Mainz

Today we took a train ride down to the city of Mainz. Mainz is a pretty ancient city, originally built by the Romans back in 38 B.C.

It was an interesting trip, although Mainz pretty much seemed like a "Super Sized" Bonn. Both cities are on the Rhine. Both have a cathedral at the town center, both have a pedestrian shopping area, both have a favorite son (Beethoven for Bonn, Gutenberg for Mainz), both have a farmer's market, etc.

The experience of the day, however, came at the end. Outside the train station they had set up picnic tables, and there was a live Oom-pah band playing German folk music, accordion and all. I bought a 2 foot long sausage from a street vendor and we sat and ate our huge sausage while listening to Oom-pah music. It was like something straight out of a Rick Steve's program.