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march: kiedrich.

again, my parents were my companions on this very cold day in march, and it was shortly before they had to leave again, so we decided to not drive too far and just check out some villages nearby. kiedrich is neatly nestled inbetween the precursors of the taunus mountains and the city of eltville and it's pretty well known for producing wine ( well of course, it's, smack, in the middle of the rheingau ), but what it's also known for is its gothic architecture, like the church st. valentin & dionysius and the little st michael's chapel vis-a-vis. the whole village still exudes this very old, very medieval feeling, which i totally love. we stopped at a time when they held the sunday's mass, so i really didn't want to go inside the church and interupt it with my unholy presence, so we checked out the surroundings first. organ music was blasting to the outside world and the people in there sang beautiful and sacred songs and wandering on the site was kind of magical at that moment. the mass ended soon and i slipped inside to check the church out, but i still felt totally inappropriate and didn't dare to take any photos. i'm afraid i need to do that on a different occasion, because it was a cute little church.

later on we walked a little hiking tour around the village and checked out scharfenstein tower - last remaining building of a castle once, where we had a great view onto the village - and soon after that it was time to say goodbye to my parents again. i will state this again and again, but my parents are the best companions i can ask for, despite little disputes or annoyances that every family has time and time again. you know, they truly love what i love, exploring places and learning about history, enjoying nature and being outside. that's the main reason i still do vacations with them, because i love to experience places with them, and because they understand what kind of things i'm interested in. or maybe it's the other way round, maybe they influenced me too much about all these kind of things. i don't know, but i certainly won't complain. i also really value spending time with them, as we live so far away from each other and don't see us that often. and i love to make memories with them, even though i know it will be very hard for me, once i have to let go of them... ( which is something i don't want to think about, but pretty often do. )

church st. valentin & dionysius.

the elaborate and very beautiful church portal.


st. michael's chapel. it is situated directly next to the main church, only a little historic graveyard separates it.

st. valentin from the side.

the tiny graveyard was really perfect. the crucifixion group was founded in 1622.

pretty impressive stone work, i'd say.


the chapel again. unfortunately wasn't open either.

on the show facade there was this tiny outside pulpit.


bedded into an ivy carpet.

the pastor's house.

you see these wine cellar gates everywhere in rheingau land.

climbing up steep and winding hiking paths.

tiny dad.

scharfenstein tower.

and the view over the not so small village of kiedrich.

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