Our last Saturday night in Worms

I had seen all the signs advertising shopping until midnight on May 29. I didn't think much about it until I went downtown. It really was full blown street fair with bungee jumping in Ludwigsplatz. It was a really great evening.

I watched the bunjee jumping for quite a while. Only one time did they come back down without a jump. The poor guy looked like he was going to faint. It a good thing they put a tether on the jumpers until they get to the appropriate height.

I found a book about Worms in the 50s so I took it back to the apartment so Mr D could look at it. I decided to leave the cameras at home. I wish I hadn't. I came across an Elvis impersonator (sponsored by KIA) and a couple that sang a lot of popular songs. American oldies seem to be very popular although they did a decent version of 99 Luftbaloons by Nena.

I did have some sausage and pork steak from this Wurst stand. It was pretty good for "fair food".

Nibelungen Museum

This part of the Worms' city wall houses the Nibelungen Museum. The Nibelungen legend is a great saga that is set largely in Worms. There are differing versions of the story. The version I like is closer to Fritz Lang's 5 hour silent film than to Wagner's Ring Cycle operas.

The museum is modern. There are headsets available in English. One just needs to walk to the listenting stations and you get the narrator explaining the whole story in one tower and then different segments of the poem in the second tower. You sit in the chair and listen.

I think I mentioned earlier that I bought the Fritz Lang movie. It's five hours long and clips are used extensively in the museum. I even picked up some little dragons for souvenirs as a dragon is key to the story. It give a new meaning to "blood bath".

Eguisheim, France

We drove out to a village recommended by Rick Steves. Eguisheim is a totally charming French village. We didn't stay overnight but I can see the attraction. We were planning on dessert here but we were just too full from lunch.

French Urinals

I guess the French think that if a guy is standing he doesn't need all that much privacy. I did use it but wasn't that happy about it.

Colmar, France Old City

Colmar was a great place. Lots of little streets with half timber buildings. We had a late lunch be we were all too hungry to think about taking pictures. It was good food and definitely influenced by German cuisine. I had a ham hock, Mrs D had a chicken pot pie with a wonderful puff pastry and Mr D had beef stew made with wine. We were full until the end of the day.

Colmar, France

We drove a couple of hours South to Colmar. We were surprised to see a Statue of Liberty replica on the way into town. It turns out that Colmar is the hometown of the designer.

My attempt at a pub crawl....

ended with me coming back at 12:30 to a very awake Mrs D. She had been up worrying about me. She wanted Mr D to try to check on me. I guess things never change. I'm 48 and have been overseas a lot. But she was worried I would be harmed in the 4 blocks it took me to walk home.