Sunday, July 2, 2023

Mainz

We stopped at the botanical garden in the morning.

Some great inspiration for when we get back home. Doesn't look too difficult, right?

Beautiful church in the main square. Mainz Dome. 

Next, we visited the Gutenberg Museum. Sometime between 1452 and 1455, Johannes Gutenberg published the Gutenberg Bible with a moveable type press.

Though most of the blurbs were in German, there were a lot of interesting demonstrations of books, woodcuts, presses, and historical writings.

The miniature 'books' were fun.

Grades of freedom of the press. America needs to work on its freedom.

We both ordered the Mainz plate (Meenzer teller). The cheese bowl.... tasted strange.

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Mainz

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