Beilstein – A village where the time has stopped

9^th March 2008

A very small village/county at the right bank of Moselle (www.beilstein-mosel.de), a pint-size village right out from the world of fairy tales. Little more than a cluster of houses surrounded by steep vineyards, its romantic, half-timbered town scape is enhanced by the ruined castle Burg Metternich, a hill-top castle reached by staircase.

It was very quiet when we arrived, so quiet that as if the time has stopped, that created a lot more mystical atmosphere to the village as we marched up the steps to the ruined castle. Despite of it small size, it has the wine of its one. I could imagine the place would be over flooded with tourists on the week preceding Easter holiday and that the quietness and the mystical feel would be gone by then.

Am glad to be here on a quiet afternoon and have the opportunity to enjoy the beauty of the quietness and listen to the very still voice of the nature…