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Local info.

* Bullay Rail Station: all buses heading towards town 'downstream' go on to the station, 6km from My Europe Base. If returning by rail after 8pm, most buses have finished so be ready to call a cab.

* Supermarkets: Zell Barl is on the plateau across the river, reachable by regular bus. Travel here for your big shopping with Globus (big), Aldi and Lidl supermarkets. Globus has clothes, electronics, beer (cheap), cafe and other shops.

* Hospital: Zell's regional hospital is also at Zell Barl

* Bike hire: several shops offer hire from 7E a day with bikes returnable the next morning. The mega bike shop is Klaus, near the Black Cat roundabout, just off the 421 route.

* Zellerland Tourist Info: 500m into town on the right adjacent the Rathaus (Town Hall) building

* Bus & Rail timetables: are in the form of an edition for Cochem-Zell that includes over 100 pages of walks and bike rides!

From August 2011 we invite guests to contribute stories, comments, tips and photos to our new Guestbook for the interest of future guests. To browse guest feedback scroll down our home page.

To submit please email myeuropebase@gmail.com

Writer in Residence for Oct 2011 'Eve' (NZ's Jocelyn Watkin) is posting many reports on her Eventful Woman blog: eventfulwoman.blogspot.com/p/writer-in-residence

“My Europe Base, My Europe Base,
I can't seem to wait to get to that place,
Where history and wine,
Flow almost as free,
The good river Mosel,
There bending its knee,
and making a welcome for ones such as me.”
Eva from Australia (about one month before her 5 week stay Jul-Aug 2011).

“My Europe Base is exactly the way we treated our balcony apartment in Zell. It was our intention to "Live like a local" During our 3 1/2 week stay, if we wanted to eat in and enjoy a bottle of wine whilst looking out over the Mosel we did, or if we felt like eating out we did with a huge range of quality restaurants' to choose from only a short stroll from the apartment. What a life!
The apartment was great, location excellent, Elsbeth was an absolute delight she couldn't do enough for us, we will certainly be back. Zell is one of the most beautiful places we have been to. Longer stays are the way to go as we found. Pack an overnight bag and jump a train or a cheap flight departing from Hahn airport. Europe is at your doorstep with a minimum of fuss, all so easy without the hustle and bustle of a major city.”

Peter & Lyn from Australia were our first long-stay guests (stayed 3+ weeks May-Jun 2011) .

Peter and Lyn from Sunshine Coast Australia enjoying a favourite cafe on the opposite bank.

WOW !! What can we say. How beautiful everything was.

Elsbeth was there to greet us with the key and a great bottle of wine. She is a treasure - couldn't do enough for us.

Everything was immacculately clean and well maintained. The Mosel Balcony was lovely and rewarded us with the most spectacular views of the river and the street below.

Zell (Mosel) is a beautiful town with very good restaurants , wine and coffee shops all within walking distance from the apartment, and very conveniently situated for bus and train travel. There are also many great walks in the area.

We did most of the day trips in the area as well as some we stopped for 1 - 4 nights being Maastricht (Netherlands), Freiburg (Black Forest) and Metz (France). All were worthy of the stays and thoroughly enjoyed each place.

Have already recommended it to people since returning home who have taken up the offer for 2012.

Our stay was Sept 2011, and do hope to return at some stage.

Thankyou Ralph and Olga

Photo gallery: Stan Foote's SkyDrive

Quick Tips

* “The wonderful staff at the information office located in the centre of Zell put us on to a Coach Company that operated tours either overnight or by day to Paris Luxembourg and Trier to name just a few, although the commentary was in German our driver Klaus spoke a little English the trips were fantastic, excellent value. http://www.feuerer-reisen.de/ “ Peter & Lyn

* “To travel by train we caught a bus from the centre of town that takes you to Bullay Station there you can travel anywhere in Germany.” Peter & Lyn

* To Bad Bertrich spa: Catch bus or ferry to Alf on opposite side of river to Bullay, then bus to BB. Refer to your timetable book.