These are the doorbells for all the apartments in our building. You ring the bell for the person you want. They answer on a special phone in their apartment. If they want you to come in, they press a button and the door unlocks for you. If they don't want you to come in, you are out of luck...
Each apartment in our building has their own trash can. They all look the same. Somehow, I think people feel it looks better to see a row of cement boxes then a row of black trash cans.
This is the "seal" for Reinheim. I'm not sure what exactly it is used for, but all the paperwork I had to file with the city has a stamp with this symbol on it.
If it is the middle of the night and all the stores are closed and you run out of cigarettes, do not dispair! You can find one of these cigarette vending machines in every town. Just insert your ID, pay your money, and select the "stick of death" of your choice. I remember seeing these things in restaurants when I was little, but I think they are against the law now in the US....
Isn't this a nice old looking wall? It is part of the old city wall. They have found a way to preserve the wall and integrate it into more modern buildings.
According to the sign I found, this corner tower was used as a prision.
Today it has a much more modern use. It holds a satellite.
I found this sign in the cemetery. It says “The usage rights for this burial place have expired. Please contact the cemetery administration”. What? I have heard from some people that you rent your cemetery spot for a period of time (30 years, 50 years, I’m not sure, that is just what I have heard). Then your family can either renew… or… do you get evicted…? This sign appears to have been here for a while – it is tattered, faded and a bit weather worn. I guess they don’t want to evict the current resident. I wouldn’t either.
Here is a sign that is not uncommon in parks. It tells you exactly what your dog can and can not "doo" in the park.
This is a nice Fachwerk house. It is really fun for me to see these types of houses. They aren't uncommon here. They seem so quaint, cute, and traditional (or at least what I think traditional German is). I don't think I would want to live in one though. There is a lot of upkeep and renovation needed on these houses. Also, I think the rooms are very small. I like big rooms, big windows, and open space (gee, you would think I am from America or something).
These pictures aren't very good, but I will explain what is going on here. In Germany, I understand that it is difficult to get a drivers licence (it can be a long, expensive process, I don't know exactly because I was able to trade my US licence for a German one). To help people learn to drive, there are small "practice parks" like this one. It looks like a normal street with different driving obstacles. People can come here and practice driving. When I asked Robin about it he said you wouldn't want people new to driving to practice on the streets with everyone else – that could be dangerous... funny, because that's how I learned to drive.... The red circle shows a car driving on the course.
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