We had a bit of discussion about what to see today. In the end we decided on a visit to Bad Dürkheim where there is the ruin of an old castle. We had a steep walk up the hill to the castle and an interesting wander around the ruins. Mick spied a timber mill way down below and then wanted to sit in the carpark and wait for the show as a large truck had become well bogged at the end of the little carpark and the driver was waiting patiently for a crane to pull him out.
On the way out of the village we stopped to look at the newly rebuilt salt "graduation tower" .... a huge, long timber building with salt water dripping down panels along the length of a walkway. It is apparently very good for you to walk along and inhale the salty spray. We had a look around some roman ruins from the 4th cenury AD. Nothing like that in Australia!
A last moment decision was made to detour to Freinsheim for a walk around the walled town. It was extremely quiet on a weekday but what looked like a tiny little shop from the street was a bit of a tardis and we enjoyed the browse..... well, Claudia and I did anyway!
This morning Mick measured up to do a little job for Claudia. One of her basement store rooms is to be turned into a guest room and she wants the pipework that runs along the ceiling on one side to be boxed in. So this afternoon he went off with Adolf (Claudia`s dad) and Claudia as tanslater, to pick up the materials. It seems they did ok. Tomorrow there will be an interesting working bee.
We are two Australians who lived the dream and spent 20 months as liveaboards on narrowboat Parisien Star. Life before.... during.... and after.
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