Day 4-Deidesheim

St. Ulrich from Choir Loft.

This was a day of rest, even in our vacation.  Church bells started ringing about 8:30, and kept ringing until 9:15.  The, rang again about 9:40am (Kind of like a snooze alarm). 

On the one hand, it sounded cool.  On the other hand, I suspect the people nearer the church who wanted to sleep in were unamused!!  We took a leisurely morning and headed off to church for 10:30.  The bells started up again about 10:10, so we took at as our rallying call. 

St. Ulrich with a "slightly crooked tower" (not that we saw!)

The church, St. Ulrich, is one of the oldest churches in this region, having been started in the late 1300s.  And the pews seemed designed for someone of another age!  After Mass, some people came in with brass instruments, so we waited to see what was happening.  They played a little, and some guy spoke a while (a long while) and we left.

Altes Rothaus (Old City Hall) and Theresa (and history plaque).

We came home, dressed for a walk, and headed back out for a tour of the town.  We saw the oldest restaurant/hotel in (Germany?), which has been in operation since about 1160, and today is a wine bar.  We also saw the Altes Rothaus (old City Hall), which was built in 1532, and had a little history on a sand stone plaque in the front.  The history started in 699, and then something happened in 770, and more stuff happened.  Nothing happened after 1790.  Apparently everything that happened was in German!

We spent the later afternoon warming back up in our time share, and prepping dinner.  Weiswurst (veal sausage), blaukraut (red cabbage with apples), Spätzle (noodles), and bier (beer).  Tomorrow will be the first day we’ll have to set an alarm for a given time.

Town square and the oldest hotel (1160) on left side.