Third time’s a charm! Actually, the first and second times were also charms.
We liked our stay at Karlbacher Hof in 2015 so much that we reserved there again as early as possible, without having anything more concrete in mind than “we’ll need a place to sleep during the Weinwanderung.”
We got lucky with the drive in on Friday morning and the return trip on Sunday afternoon: no traffic problems, despite the nightmare of construction on the A6.
The WEBMU pals who introduced us to this glorious weekend in September back in 2012 flew in from Old Blighty with their not-quite-three-year-old son — perhaps indoctrinating him with early exposure to Weinfestkultur.
On our way out of town late Sunday morning, We stopped by the Altes Landhaus winery store/hotel/vacation apartment place and bought a couple bottles of a Chardonnay/Weißburgunder blend, and restocked on their 2014 Scheurebe we loved so much with Snooker on our first stay Karlbacher Hof.
For future reference: Bissersheim, Herxheim am Berg and Kirchheim an der Weinstraße look like good alternatives if Freinsheim and Großkarlbach are all booked up. A couple thousand meters on a farm path is about the most you’ll want to do on foot back to your accommodations if you don’t have a DD (we did — thanks Damon!). Don’t count on taxi service; they’re in high demand.
That looks wonderful! What is up with the giant head?
Who knows? It’s kind of creepy. Or at least nosy.
It’s not as old as the Schwarzes Kreuz landmark nearby, though, that’s for sure. That one is from around 1430 A.D.