Our home on the Mosel

Thursday, December 28

After our cross-country drive, we arrive at our next Airbnb stop.  We are staying in a little village called Kövenig, which has perhaps 30 homes and a seasonal restaurant next door that won't open again until the summer.  The town does have both a bus stop and a train stop with hourly service both north and south from about 6 am to 10 pm.

Our home is actually two apartments sharing a common front door. The downstairs apartment has one private bedroom, one bath, a kitchen and a living area with a fold-out couch.  The upper unit has a main floor with a kitchen and small eating area; a larger community room with a long dining table and several fold-out couches and a toilet. The next level up has three bedrooms, one with a double bed, one with a double and single and one with just a single. There is also a full bath on that floor. On the top floor is another bedroom with two singles.  It is far more cramped than the farm, but we are making do.  There is also a balcony that overlooks the Mosel River a few meters away.

Just a couple miles to the south is the town of Traben-Trarbach, which spans the Mosel and has a population of around 6,000.  This is the nearest place for any services we need.