Day 1 in Saar

THIS ISN'T SUMMER CAMP WAKE UP

Actually, it was full Pony Farm. Susi made a delicious breakfast:

And then we hit the road on our German horses:

 

First stop was to bike to the nearest Castle with a Biergarten:

We then took the ferry across the river:

I asked the Ferry Driver if we could go up to the overlook of the Saar. He said, "Ya, sure you can. It's harder with bikes." He then pointed me up a trail.

The trail ended up being so steep we had to push the bikes and max out the heart rate monitors on the fitbits. (side story Will's heart works the best / least often)

The Path led us to a beautiful path through somebody's farm:

I saw a farmer working on his tractor and went to go talk to him.  He was 100% Saarland and spoke in a very thick dialect.  Here is the impression I have of our conversation:

" Hello, I'm sorry to bother you "

"Hodi Ho NOOOO Problem I'm just working haha"

"We'd like to go to this place"

"It's down there far away around the corner behind the second tree and turn a couple more times and then you there which is far from this little old town"

"Okay thanks!" (It mostly made sense)

"SO where are you from?!"

"USA and I work-"

"HOOWDY HO HOWDY HAE HO HOwdy! I'm just a little farmer here on this little farm you can see I only have a few tractors (he gestures over his shoulder) but I'm sure you are used to bigger farms!!!"

"No it is very pretty here...."

Anyways we ended up talking a little bit and he was the jollies man I have ever met.  He also really helped us out.

Here is a beauty shot of his farm:

And then, as if it was meant to be, we passed a Pony Farm. I took a picture for Jochen.

After more riding around and exploring we ended back up in Kleinblittersdorf, where beers and grilling waited for us.