One day a year in late August the wine route is closed to cars so that cyclists can take over and have it all to themselves. Lucky us, that day was today. Without realizing that it was today we had planned to bike a few towns south to eat lunch at a little restaurant we found a few weeks ago. Though it turned out we could have eaten at all sorts of places today as every few hundred meters along the road there was a tent set up serving wine and sparkling wine and sausages. And they were all filled with people too.
Here's where we ate lunch, at a little table in the middle of the vineyards. I really like the light bulbs going down the row above the tables ... it was a nice touch today especially since it was cloudy. We got here just in time, a few minutes later all these other tables were filled up too:
Here's Martin with his enormous glass of wine:
As you can see, they filled it a little over the 0.25 liter mark:
We both ordered the classic Flammkuchen, which is a really thin crispy bread topped with a thin layer of creamy cheese, onions, ham (pancetta), and chives:
We always knew a lot of people around here biked and when you get everybody out on their bike on the same road at the same time it turns into quite a crowd. Here are some pictures of the streets filled with cyclists:
And all the bikes set aside while people enjoyed the live music and booths in each town:
And no event would be complete without a horse meat stand (yuck):
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