on the proposals until July 31.

Last summer the aging ferries connecting the Island and Nova Scotia struggled to stay on the water. The Holiday Island was in dry dock most of the season, leaving the Confederation alone to serve the route through the busy July-August season.Weitere Beiträge

The Nahe also has a
wine route – like almost every region. But the Nahe vintners are working to-
gether with the German Gemstone Route, after all, the German gemstone stronghold Idar-Oberstein is not far away. Every year a special wine edition in a special
decorative bottle is put on the market. It is called “Edelschliff” (noble cut). Every bottle is furnished
with a precious stone – in 2010, it was an epi- dote, and inside the bottle is a liquid gem:
a selected wine from the Nahe!
More information about the German wine region of Nahe at:
www.weinland-nahe.de

The Deutsche Weinstraße goes through many typical wine villages with timber-
framed houses where vines are growing across the road. Once a year, on the last Sunday in August, on an event-filled day the entire German Wine