Every year on the First weekend of September the town of
Bernkastel-Kues which is about an hour from here has a wine festival. This town sits on the banks of the Mosel River. There are miles and miles of vineyards on the hills. It's a beautiful little town.
The kids are pointing to the castle we came to see "light up" with fireworks. This festival is known for the firework display in the evening. The river below shoots off fireworks then the castle shoots of theirs. They go back and forth simulating an attack when finally the castle lights up appearing to be on fire.
The videos below show the fireworks. The first video shows one display from the ground shooting up to the castle. You'll notice a HUGE explosion that I don't think was supposed to happen. It set a TON of fireworks off in the middle of just a normal display. It actually startled all of us because we were so close, I thought something was going to shoot off in our direction. The 3rd video is the castle doing a display. You'll see some fun smiley face fireworks. The rides below show how INSANE European rides are. We're spinning on a gravity type ride w/out any seatbelts on. It goes quite fast then slows down a bit to do the bumps. Then, after minutes of going one way, it switches the opposite way. The ride went on FOREVER! I hope you enjoy!
Every year on the First weekend of September the town of Bernkastel-Kues which is about an hour from here has a wine festival. This town sits on the banks of the Mosel River. There are miles and miles of vineyards on the hills. It's a beautiful little town.
The kids are pointing to the castle we came to see "light up" with fireworks. This festival is known for the firework display in the evening. The river below shoots off fireworks then the castle shoots of theirs. They go back and forth simulating an attack when finally the castle lights up appearing to be on fire.
The videos below show the fireworks. The first video shows one display from the ground shooting up to the castle. You'll notice a HUGE explosion that I don't think was supposed to happen. It set a TON of fireworks off in the middle of just a normal display. It actually startled all of us because we were so close, I thought something was going to shoot off in our direction. The 3rd video is the castle doing a display. You'll see some fun smiley face fireworks. The rides below show how INSANE European rides are. We're spinning on a gravity type ride w/out any seatbelts on. It goes quite fast then slows down a bit to do the bumps. Then, after minutes of going one way, it switches the opposite way. The ride went on FOREVER! I hope you enjoy!
8 comments:
That looks like so much fun.
Wow, the girls were flying out of their seats, yikes, scary, fun...!!!
We went to this festival one year and loved it, though it was VERY crowded. One of those things everyone who lives in Germany should do at least once.
That ride looks so fun!!! And it totally cracks me up that "Disco Stick" is playing in the background.
All the music playing was American music. It was funny! They had bumper cars that had USA flags on the back of each of them.
Bernkastel-Kues was one of our favorite "date" places. We miss it!
If you notice, you can only hear the smith Girls screaming. The Germans are funny when it comes to amusement rides, they are completely stone faced. I am sure your girls are the only ones who had a good time and the Germans probably looked at them like "Vas ist de matter mit dem?"
hahah Cool firework show also.
It was totally crazy--I was waiting for one of those German kids to go flying off the saucer thing--NO SAFETY BELTS--just gravity! The fireworks were amazing, so glad your family was there with us!
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