Here a just a couple of photos to commemorate the day:

I went into Kaiserslautern for the morning and found a great little cafe.  Sat here and read, wrote, and people watched for quite a while.

This is part of the German Wine Road!  We drove up to Landau and Godsramstein for a wine festival that wasn’t actually happen.  Props to Steve for the effort!  The drive was beautiful though so it made it all okay.

This is the little village of Landau where the wine festival was supposed to be.  I could have easily stayed here for a looooooong time.

During the drive, Steve randomly pulled over to make a phone call and we just so happened to pull up to this fruit stand.  This was my favorite thing that happened all day.  The day was feeling very crisp and fall-like anyway, the this stand was selling fresh crop apples that were the best I’ve ever tasted.  We also bought cherries, nectarines, a bottle of Riesling for 3 Euro (about $3.50) and a bottle of local red wine made from the Dornfelder grape.  Less than impressed but then again, it was only 3 Euro.

Ok, really?  We’re cruising around Germany in a Mini Cooper, eating delicious fruit from a local fruit stand and it feels like fall outside.  I had to rock the head scarf!

This is Steve’s village called Obernheim-Kirchenarnbach.  It is SO charming!  It’s in a little valley and probably only has 150 houses.  There are cows and sheep and grassy fields all around it.  Very picturesque.

I’ll post photos from Rome very soon!