We are in Bensheim visiting Gabby and found some time to stop at an internet cafe that allows Wi-Fi. Below are some pics from Germany both the Mosel and Rhein river valleys.
The people of Germany have been extremely friendly. In Beilstein we were wlking aroudn town looking for a place to eat and were stopped by an older gentleman asking if we needed any help. Turns out he was Dutch and living in Ireland. He walked aroudn the town giving advice on where to eat and had some words of wisdon along the way. "If you don't see the dew drops on the flower, you've missed the flower". He said his Father was part of the Dutch resistance during WWII and because of that he felt the need to help us in any way he could out of respect to his Father the American soldiers that fought for their freedom.
In Oberwesel we were looking for parking and stopped in front of a house in a residential area of town. An old lady knocked on the window and offered us her personal parking pass to park there for a couple of hours. She did not speak English so Mother Tourista pulls out her English-German dictionary and points to the phrase dealing with parking. This type of kindess has been very prevalant at all our German stops thus far.
This was at a Champagne Cooperative Winery in France (H.Blin):
This is a medieval torturing device...looks like something Jeff would make for his back.
This is my favorite picture of the trip, Clock tower at evening as well as a great pic of a Chalice in front of the Oberwesel town hall:
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