Cochem is Cool

More language practice!

The wine-covered hills of Winninger Hamm.

Hello train! We’ll be boarding one of your brethren soon enough.

It’s a really dang pleasant day.

That’s one of the most inventive bench legs I’ve ever seen!

Get over here so we can order good already! Sheesh!

I really dig tiles like this. I wish there were more around.

They stop cars, and mostly stop motorbikes, and somewhat annoy the cyclists.

Around here we keep our propane supply well away from the house.

Castle-o-rama!

It’s very scenic, but I do wonder, what does a modern town actually use a building like this for?

Castles all ’round. Throw a stick, hit a castle.

It’s the yearly washerwomen festival! Sounds like a total blast!

“Who’s that trip-trapping across my bridge?” *SNORT*

Some buildings are better maintained than others…

This very specifically shaped device appears to be for dispensing very precise amounts of pest killer?

If you look closely you can see the crew working on the retention wall.

A zoomed-in shot of them.

Downy down there!

These bugs hitched a ride on my backpack cover when it started raining.

That’s where we gotta go to get to the snack shop. Awesome!

SNACKS.

Strange to see such mundane things advertised on such a fanciful sign.

This horse needs to be reined in, but instead it’s getting rained on! HAR.

It’s a dude smoking a goose barfing up a fountain. Obviously.

That dude on horseback appears to be cutting the leg off a peasant. Not cool, bro.

Quite a snoot on these statues.

1575 was a good year for eating lots of radishes in our summer clothes, apparently.

Nearly 300 years of RATS.

Folks love the bike.

Some of the coolest corner decoration I’ve seen yet.

Now those are fancy corners.

Well thank goodness the mer-dude is strapped in. Safety is important.

The detail on some of these slate roofs is really impressive.

The city emblem rendered in roofing slates.

Wait, you’re saying this wooden wall was put up in 1704? I wonder how many times that’s been re-painted or outright replaced in 300 years…

Don’t drink this water.

Castle and environs.

The mural on the side of the castle. It appears to be a beachcomber getting pummeled by a cherub.

Vines galore!

A lot can depend on a wheelbarrow.

Nick recording post-rain birdsong.

Someone had a lot of fun coloring this!

World war 1 casualties.

This little fellow had a lot to say.

The history of the town, told in collage. It goes way, way back.

I really like glass art, especially with mysterious symbols involved.

One of the cooler post office boxes I’ve seen…

It’s a funny-shaped room, but it’s got room.

STUFF ONLY, people.