We took a long-anticipated trip to Germany to visit Jessi Eberhart's family, and the Fast family.
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After we flew into Frankfurt, the Eberhardts took us to the old downtown of Weinheim. This is the Marketplatz (market place).
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We had a wonderful dinner there outdoors.
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Inside the Catholic church at the end of the Marketplatz.
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Later I went exploring by myself. This is Weinheim castle. City offices are in the attached buildings.
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Weinheim castle in the foreground, the Catholic church spire behind at left.
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Weinheim castle tower again; The tree at the left is beside it, and is a Lebanon cedar. It is the oldest and largest one in Germany.
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Old streets in town
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The streets and houses developed together organically.
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Sometimes there were walkways through buildings
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Some streets were narrow in the old tannery section.
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And there were lots of unique historic details.
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A brewery?
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Not just any door.
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Next day we went to a park by the Rhine river at Mannheim.
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Watching the long river barges passing.
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