Jewish Cemetary or Heileger Sand

This is the gravesite of Rabbi Meir of Rothenburg. A famous rabbi and poet.

Worms has the oldest surviving Jewish cemetary in Europe It was used from 1076 to 1940. I didn't follow protocol as I read the instruction to cover my head after we went through the cemetary.

An Evening am Ludwigsplatz Part 2

Waiting for his girlfriend. She showed up about 10 minutes later.

The lights came on as soon as the sun went down.

An evening am Ludwigsplatz in Worms

As I had a beer, I played with my camera's zoom funtion. Mrs. D calls them my Peeping Tom pictures.

The Original Liebfraumilch

Liebfrauenkirche - Beloved Lady's Church

This is just a short walk from where we are staying. Wine produced here is a better quality than regular Liebfraumilch

Why the streets are so clean

Check out the broom! He also spent a lot of time on the curb.

Buying fruit and vegetables

Here's another thing that is very different in German stores. You have to identify and weigh unpackaged fruit. A label is generated to put on the bag.

Pfand = deposit

When you buy bottles items in Germany, you pay extra as a deposit. With everyone doing this, you can imagine the volume of items being brought back to the store. I didn't quite know how it worked until I noticed this sign. Leergut-annahme means returned empties.

There aren't any employess involved with the customer returns. There only these machines. Single bottles go in the round hole on top and full cases go on the bottom. The value is calculated by reading the bar code. Don't peel the labels off you bottles!

There goes a case of Diet Coke.

After you have returned everything, a receipt is printed with the total. It can be used to reduce the amount you pay for groceries or I assume to get cash back from a checker.