Larks are everywhere

Until Metz we still followed the Moselle.  A road that we also drove in the other direction 10 years ago.  I didn't recognize anything.  Next time we will take a day to see the city.  Now a café machiatto with a view over the immense cathedral was sufficient.  We only realised that we wanted to after we already had made reservations at a b&b for tonight. 40 km cycling away.
After Metz we left the Moselle to make a crossing in the direction of the Rhine.  The flat river landscape is over again for a while.