Exploring GERMANY'S Amazing CASTLES: Road Trip Through Mosel Valley (Part 1)

What's the first thing you think of when you think of Germany? Okay, maybe it's not Germany's beautiful castles, but something like beer, bread or the Autobahn. But we think that castles should also be very high up on that list!
In this video (which is part 1 of 2), we go on a road trip in Germany, our home country, to explore Mosel Valley and go on a medieval castle hopping tour. Mosel Valley is a popular travel destination, for Germans and travellers from other countries as well. Mosel valley is one of Germany's 13 wine areas and it's well known for its excellent Riesling wines. The area also played an important role in Roman as well as medieval times, which is when the castles were built that we'll visit on this trip.
First up we visit Eltz castle (Burg Eltz), one of Germany's most beautiful and in our eyes underrated castle. We then drive to Beilstein and hike up to Metternich castle to enjoy a great view of the Mosel river. We also have lunch in Beilstein to eat German asparagus, which is in season right now. It's also one of those foods that German worship and that almost everyone goes crazy about when it's in season. We then make our way to Geierlay suspension bridge. It used to be the longest suspension bridge in Germany and it's publicly accessible 24/7. A more adventurous experience than we expected!
Also be sure to join us in part 2 of this German castle series when we visit Cochem castle and then end our road trip by sleeping in a medieval castle!
In this video:
0:00 Start of our German Castle Road Trip
0:51 So what is the Mosel Valley?
1:20 Germany's Most Underrated Castle (Eltz castle)
5:58 German lunch in Beilstein - why Germans go crazy about Asparagus
7:06 Trying Riesling (white wine) ice cream
7:59 Walking through Beilstein, a very cute German village
8:42 Enjoying a great view of the Mosel on top of Metternich castle
11:19 Exploring one of Germany's longest suspension bridges
13:31 Geierlay suspension bridge (scarier than we thought!)
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  • @ZoeandSimon
    @ZoeandSimon Жыл бұрын

    🏰 Thanks for watching, we hope you enjoyed part 1 of our castle tour - stay tuned for part 2! 😊 Also, let us know in the comments: how are you with heights - would you love or hate the suspension bridge? 😁🌉

  • @sauronmorgoth5417
    @sauronmorgoth5417 Жыл бұрын

    Eltz castle is a castle's castle! Great location, the middle of no-where. Very serene scenery, nicely paced. Germans make fantastic white wine, but unfortunately you guys keep most of it for yourselves! Looking forward to next installment.

  • @yie1918
    @yie1918 Жыл бұрын

    Wow amazing village 👍🆙🌹💮🌸🌺

  • @jimjones3777
    @jimjones3777 Жыл бұрын

    WOW straight out of a fairytale - so cool! 😮😊

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Yeah, it does feel a bit magical! 😁

  • @Yasin_Affandi
    @Yasin_Affandi Жыл бұрын

    Thank u for this wonderful video n for also showing your explorations in Germany.

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed the video! 😊

  • @Yasin_Affandi

    @Yasin_Affandi

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ZoeandSimon Wonderful. 😁

  • @ceooflonelinessinc.267
    @ceooflonelinessinc.267 Жыл бұрын

    Glad to see you guys dropping some videos of your home! Looking forward to more to come 😊

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, we're happy you enjoyed the video! 😊

  • @kwidi4ever
    @kwidi4ever2 ай бұрын

    Thank you for the beautiful video.

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    2 ай бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

  • @sriisland9856
    @sriisland9856 Жыл бұрын

    Very beautiful episode Simon 👌 also Z&S your very awesome look 😍💪👏 lunch experience 🎆👌 Stay Safe Z&S See you again 👋👋

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you very much, glad you enjoyed the video! 😊 Stay safe!

  • @mimamo
    @mimamo Жыл бұрын

    Eltz castle really is the castliest of castles. As if someone designed it for some fantasy movie or video game, haha!

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Haha yeah - straight out of a children's book!

  • @sayhitobobby
    @sayhitobobby Жыл бұрын

    Oh my gosh! 😵 you are the first thing I think of Simon!!!! ❤🫵🏻🇹🇭🇺🇸😍🥰

  • @philwebster3914
    @philwebster3914 Жыл бұрын

    Great video guys, thank you.....strange seeing you both all rugged up in warm clothes after your recent travels lol

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you, haha yeah we much prefer walking around in t-shirts all day 😁

  • @realnapst3r
    @realnapst3r Жыл бұрын

    Oh mannn I miss Spargelzeit 🥺 and m8 that bridge looks absolutely stunning 🤩

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    It's a great time of the year 😁

  • @suayhughes8103
    @suayhughes8103 Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful country. And sweet couple!

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Thank you! 😊

  • @aVeryHazeCoition
    @aVeryHazeCoition Жыл бұрын

    Beautiful video 🥰

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

  • @smsoderso
    @smsoderso Жыл бұрын

    Nice!

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    🤗

  • @dinuka3868
    @dinuka3868 Жыл бұрын

    Döner Kebab review plz :)

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    On our to do list 🙂

  • @_rd_kocaman
    @_rd_kocaman Жыл бұрын

    a new side gig suggestion for your trips: create exclusive content

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    We've thought about it 🙂 What kind of content would you find interesting?

  • @user-sq3io2ny3h
    @user-sq3io2ny3h6 күн бұрын

    Вы там 800 летних блох коллекционируете 😀😀😀?Левшу прислать😀😀😀😀😀?

  • @arnodobler1096
    @arnodobler1096 Жыл бұрын

    Darauf einen Riesling oder zwei 😂

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Oder drei oder vier 😁

  • @bostonterrierplanet-bn1ge
    @bostonterrierplanet-bn1ge Жыл бұрын

    never will I eat asparagus!

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    but you have to!

  • @bostonterrierplanet-bn1ge

    @bostonterrierplanet-bn1ge

    Жыл бұрын

    @@ZoeandSimon Are you my Mommie?

  • @BonBon-ro9lo
    @BonBon-ro9lo Жыл бұрын

    idk bro no offense but asparagus seems pretty basic to me...

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    Weeell, it is a simple dish, but it's all about the quality of the ingredients 🙂

  • @MegaMonic9
    @MegaMonic9 Жыл бұрын

    First thing? Really?

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    Жыл бұрын

    We meant it more as a joke 😁

  • @Lexi-rc8bn
    @Lexi-rc8bn2 ай бұрын

    Ok! :D To your comments about asparagus: No! Just, and simply NO!!! I living between Mosel and Ahr and yes their is a season for asparagus. But I don't like it! Nobody forced me ever to eat it! It is not the only thing Germans like to eat in this time of the year (Horrible! That sounds that we Germans have only asparagus to eat for one month! :D )! You don't have to eat it!! And of course nobody will exclude you from any society for don't liking asparagus! 😂 I don't know, how you nice tourists from all over the world (but especially from the US) always find the one German, who is messing with you this much! Or maybe you didn't get the joke in such exaggerated statements. ... Or maybeeee you spreading simply fakenews???? 🧐 Anyway: Yes the castle of Metternich is a ruin. It was absolute complete till the german asparagus-wars in 2017! 😋 So now I have to see the other videos too. I wonder if you visited the "Indiana Jones castle". Or the castle with the white maiden ghost. Or the castle that is always surrounded by wolves. Lets have a look... (And of course I liked this video!)

  • @ZoeandSimon

    @ZoeandSimon

    2 ай бұрын

    We're glad you liked the video! ☺️ We're German too (from Hamburg), so our comments were just a slight exaggeration from our side to show how seriously some people take their asparagus (we love it too) 😅 But the asparagus-wars sound brutal haha!

  • @Lexi-rc8bn

    @Lexi-rc8bn

    2 ай бұрын

    @@ZoeandSimon Ja! Die Spargelkriege fand ich auch gut. Oh Mann. Und ich quäl mich hier durchs Englische. Ich dachte echt da haben irgendwelche Amis die Aussagen von Einheimischen zu ernst genommen... Mooooment. Das heißt ja eigentlich IHR seid die Einheimischen mit den übertriebenen Aussagen! 😨 ;) Naja. Trotzdem schön, dass auch mal jemand Videos über das Moseltal/die Eifel macht/gemacht hat. Viel Erfolg weiterhin.

  • @euronomad
    @euronomad7 ай бұрын

    Please show us scenery not your face. Sorry, that's what we want.