I had a GREAT day with friends from church
spending a day in Muenster Eifel sightseeing
and a little bit of shopping in this beautiful city.
Here we are in front of one of
the entrances to the town.
Ingrid, Sabine, Coreen, Nicole.
We decided to take our tour walk
around the town walls before we
started in on the shopping fun!
(No bags to carry...)
We climbed some steps to walk along the
town wall and have these beautiful views.
Part of the town wall had the old
openings where the arrow shooters
would guard the city from.
Ending our walk along the wall.
Looking down at Nicole and Anette.
Looking up at Coreen, Sabine, and Ingrid.
I learned more about these "Timber Houses"
that we identify with Germany so well.
These structures usually have few and
small window openings to minimize any
warmth lost. Also most of them had very
low ceilings and small spaces inside.
With the Timber Houses smaller windows
and smaller spaces this also meant smaller
entrances to the homes.
Nicole is not very tall and she just fits in the frame!
We stopped in a metal designer's shop and he
showed us his family craft they have had for many
generations molding metal shapes small and large.
Here is some of his work for the
Germany Karnival festivities held in the region.
These symbols are individual designs created for
each area's logo to wear during Karnival festivities.
This is a product before it's colored.
Second town entrance.
Ingrid, Anette, Sabine, Nicole, Coreen
I LOVE seeing views like this in
the German towns and villages!
And I LOVE it even more when I
get to walk along the cobblestone streets!
A VERY narrow home!
The oppositve view of the town gate.
SO German!
This older version of a Fiat
caught my eye.
Besides many of these older buildings
having limited space and lighting
they were also not always square.
Usually the space was tight lower to
the street and as the structure was built
upwards there became more space at
the top so the building's are often wider.
This metal collar chained to the church,
pillar was a punishment spot for those
who stole, lied, or did other serious
misdeeds. When you were punished
you were collared for a certain length
of time and town members could walk
by and throw old food at you as part
of your public punishment.
One of the old church's in the town.
Funny thing.
Here we are in a sweet, quaint German town and
all my German friends wanted Vietnamese food!
The canal running through the town.
The brown spot near the top front
of this building is exposed straw and
mud which is what these old structures
were built with as well as the timber.
Here is a closeup of the old dry
straw mud that is exposed.
So COOL all these gables...
A shot a little further back.
Anette's favorite craft shop.
They also sell beautiful plants.
Another GREAT day with GREAT friends!
One BIG reason to miss Germany when we move.
