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Via some very nice narrow and winding roads, we arrive at the castle of Bourscheid. It is very nicely restored and the views from the tower of the castle is stunning. This is how the knights used to control the river.....

After our tour through the castle of Bourscheid, it is time to get on the bikes again and we leave Bourscheid in the direction of Vianden. The castle of Bourscheid seen from the bike After some more hairpins, winding roads and beautiful forest we see the castle of Vianden in the distance. We ride past Vianden back to the treffen site in Kockelschuer but before we went to the campsite, we had a lunchstop at the MacDonalds in the city Luxembourg. The castle of Vianden in the distance When we returned at the treffen site, a lot more GoldWingers had arrived. There ware a lot of nice bikes to see and interesting people to chat with.

A lot of GoldWingers had arrived

There was an American GoldWing rider who towed a camper-trailer behind his bike. He even had a refrigerator ! With this outfit, he was traveling all over Europe. A camper-trailer behind the GoldWing In the evening a good jazzband played at the party in the in the basement of the sports hall and I had a very nice evening. Saturday, September 9, 1989 Today is the day of the big parade. About fivehundred GoldWings will ride to a wine cellar in the city Luxembourg. The road past the treffen area was closed by the police so all fivehundred GoldWings could leave in one long row of shiny steel, plastic and chrome. Because of the problem with the fairing, I could not join the tour but it was nice to see all the bikes passing by and taking pictures. Fivehundred GoldWings leaving the treffen site In the evening there was another party with a very good Rock'n Roll band, the "Blues Busters". With the prize ceremony, GoldWing Club Holland won the prices for most members present at the treffen. The German club won second price. Sunday, September 10, 1989 After breakfast and a shower at the sports hall, I walked around the campsite to admire the bikes. There were some very nice and special bikes present. A "Honda-Davidson" with a sidecar Today is the last day of the treffen and everybody is going home again. The parkinglot was filled with loaded bikes, trailers attached and ready to go home. A parking lot full of GoldWings I left at about twelve o'clock with some other members of GoldWIng Club Holland. We went to Arlon and then choose the freeway via Bastogne and Liege to Maastricht in the Netherlands. In Eysden, near Maastricht, we filled our tanks. From Luxembourg all the way to Maastricht, I was riding together with Sieneke, Frans, Egbert and Ben. From Maastricht until Rijswijk, close to The Hague, I was riding together with Ben (he rides a GL1200) and the last part I was alone. It was a very interesting trip. I liked the friendship that I experienced on the treffen and it was realy exciting to ride on the freeway with a group of GoldWings. Unfortunately my GL1000 had those problems with the fairing that I found out about in Luxembourg and later I found out there was something very wrong with the engine too so this was the last trip I made with this GoldWing .