Ingelheim am Rhein

Esther's town is really cute! She actually lives in the sort of old part of town, a block from the old city walls. The whole town is surrounded by vineyards, too.



The old walls surround the Burgkirche and several war memorials.



The church has a small but very interesting cemetery. I loved the monuments from the late 1800's. There were a lot of this column-with-draped-cloth style. The moss growing on this one was an awesome effect, it looked like a movie prop!



We walked up from the church to the vineyards. They aren't really fenced off, you can just stroll on in.



The grapes are not fully ripened yet, I am not sure how soon the harvest will be!



We walked a few of the small streets after our tour of the vines. There are a few of these tiny one person cars I saw in Germany. This three-wheeler is actually one of the larger single person cars I saw! It's still an odd concept, I can imagine owning a smart car with two seats, but not a one seater.



Oh, and this is a window shutter latch holder thing. The head hangs down when not in use, normally. You open the shutter, and the peg lines up along the bottom edge, then you flip up the toggle to hold the shutter in place. Designs that are little busts are common, but I also saw some geometric swirly designs.