A Walk Through Rodenbach

For a little while there the weather was beautiful and fairly warm.
It still is pretty; but today  it is back to being really cold. Despite that fact, I needed to get out of the house. I needed to go for a little walk; so I decided to walk to our little bakery here in Rodenbach and take a few pictures along the way. The first thing that catches your eye where we live is this huge steeple around the corner. I don't know what type of church it is but you can see this steeple from just about anywhere you are in Rodenbach. I also wanted to show you picture of sidewalks here in Germany. They're not the cobblestone sidewalks you see downtown or the smooth plain sidewalks you see in the states. I like them. They're pretty and add character to the streets; but if I'm too caught up with the scenery and not watching my steps, I end up tripping over myself quite a few times. They're very bumpy and I'm not very graceful.  I usually catch myself and just pray no one saw me almost fall...again :)

  

As you get into the heart of Rodenbach, you run into this interesting angel statue. I have no idea what it is and unfortunately it had no plaque on it. I just  like the way it looks. After I took this picture an older German man came up to me and asked me a question. I have no idea what he said, but I managed to  say, "Mein Deutsch is nicht so gut." That didn't seem to phase him because he just asked me another question, smiled and nodded his head. I just smiled and nodded my head back and that seemed to satisfy him. He is the first person who has said anything to me on the streets. Unfortunately I have no clue what he asked. I guess they don't see many people walking around with cameras in Rodenbach.

On my walk today I found a new building. It is right by the bakery but I have never seen it. It is some type of tower that I think was jointly used as a church and a school at one time; but has since been torn down. At least that's the jist I got from trying to translate it. Mrs. Angie? Does any of this look familiar to you??

                                        Finally I made it to the bakery. Unfortunately I didn't get any pictures of the inside; but next time I will.  My treat today was a coke and a pretzel. Mrs. Penny you were right. The pretzels from the German bakery are delicious! And I am now addicted to German coke. It has no fructose corn syrup, just real sugar. I love this stuff and it goes perfectly with a pretzel.

There are many more streets to walk in Rodenbach. I'll have to venture out and find new walking paths. I'm sure I'll get lost; but that's the best way to find things.