European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1989, Darmstadt, Hesse Wine Road Ili \ if Iii r a i. In 7 p in dark i if in i k in Lic Iii i hi1 Road i urics up Aid through fir him so Mil vineyards to Eitrott. Thu h is dominated \ \ Ull Ini i Tel los. Ihl pc Lell a will route to him ii up la Lii the Vosgi Iliili Totams to Visil Slu in it Mont Smalc mile acc i coated Stor on .mi1 or Hii h Oll cars a i no View a Panorama ill the surrounding i1 it 11 Salute Odile it k to the v. Inc Road tint i lie ullage it Bernai. I he most at Rai live part of the Irvn i inc f Mardi. Bordered by the Cairn 11 Voli inc town Hall 11 in 2l, i i Chapel Tower Mil a him Plain lopped l y a figure Olsi. Odile in Iron it llii1 i loll Del clix in is the pulls is six s Aux six bucket Well it i s7said id in the inn i handsome Well of in Type i aka. Lust up the Sini i. The Church of saints Virr and i aul with ils Lari. Iiri it towers it is said to have interesting slain cd Glass windows from the end of the i 111 i Menhir Lail the doors were lot cd i Sotiri an has become a big Bir inv. In Bernai docs not depend on wine production As it did in the past. I he wine that is mane however has an pm Elk lit reputation. I he ? Are particularly proud of thu in pistol wine slut h o.1. T s its name to a visit by Llic emperor during the i Naissance. I he emperor we re toll was to reeled Illi -. Ceremony at the Hall and was offered a Jalass of the Loi in wine 1h said it was pm est it. Without Ali inking. Uni Rumlis fathers answered naturally it is Gurvnl Rny Honor. But we Haye Butler that we keep for dead Sili in e Krc eted the unto Lunate Slatem enl. 1 he emperor Iio Wever laughed and Dre a pistol Linin his Belt and handed it to the . When you meet a a Cater boor than yourself he said you can sin lot him dear with Good our net Stop was , dec Uati charming. It it at til Rui Suller is i Ohe Mario Mario s Lolland i Dili t entry mansion Oik e owned by i Ouis a i Lix Man of and now a museum of period furniture. The outside of the old House did not appear too pm Ilin. And no one came to the door to let us in so we headed to our next planned Stop the medic Val Rampart town of ill. On the , we passed through inc Hilltop Lown of Liliense Hiller. I Lali limb Rcd houses line the Long Mam Street and there1 were Many wine a alms cellars and gardens. I Ater we res related we had nol stopper. 1 he Little to a with its interesting gabled City Hill would have offered a Stop. Samba in la Vilka Lown dating Back to the 14th c Elury is nut As popular with tourists m Bernai and Rii new Chr. Ii has however just As Many irad Lional Hall timbered houses and its streets Blossom with a sri or at a Bear the local Symbol in the medieval Rampart Lonn of Dambach la Villa. Toner Gate in a roil Eini Square. Castle ruins stand watch Over Kay Serberg. and Are shaded by Are Oma mental Trees ii was tune Foi Punili. The Young woman at the lot St of ii i provided a list of inst auranus be Aie not allowed to recommend re one Over another. 1 hey ire All Good she said then he whispered her t hoi e. We were not Diss pointed. Afterwards we strolled through the town. Near the Irvn Hall is a Fountain decorated with a Bear. The Tavui s Symbol. A Bear also decorates the medieval i Lierheimer Tor one of three ancient an lied gateways leading into the town. I he outlying 450 hectares of vineyards make Pahach la Ville one of the most import land wine growing i of Muncs of the lower Rhine. They Are overlooked by the Chapel of St. Sebastian which boasts a Lovely 17th-Century baroque Allar. Idea Tours of the Village Are offered every i . Ami n tour of the wine i Ore path followed by v. Me lasting is offered every tuesday. I rom , the Roar look us through the villages of Diefenthal and Scherr Iller. I Here were so altered revolts by the oppressed pc inns throughout the Middle Ages from the Mill to the Hilli i Elury. In l and germans when the peasants revolted the upper classes rushed the movement with ferocity. That was the Case in Scherr Iller. Where in 1525, the troops of the Duke of massacred 0,0 10 in a local uprising. One of he most imposing Castle ruins in the Valley cd Leau re i Orle Bourg is nearby. Ii can be real lied by loot a t minuet walk rom the Roar. We visited King Rheim a popular goal of tourists next. I Here we admired the grotesque head on the Unter Lor lower town Gal which faces the enemy Village of Sig Olsheim and the i Hal eau of Reich Genslein which now houses an attractive wine cellar. Sully most tourists no longer Lake tile Lime to stroll through the town. 1 hey Are Loo Oci pied with the Aiea s Parks a Stork Park a Refuge for Birds of prey and the Montague rules singes or Monkey Mountain in the Liesl nearby. The Barbary ape. Or Macar be a native of the wooded mountains of Morocco and Algeria is the latter Park s spec i Lily i he Volerie Des Aigles Slagles Castle is open from Panl i to sept. 30 at 2 . Daily Anil from oct. 1 to nov. 11 on wednesdays and saturdays. Montague Des singes is open from april i to sept. 10 from 10 . To noon and from 2 to . On weekdays and until 7 . On sundays Anil Bank holidays and from oct. 15 to nov. 11 on wednesdays and saturdays from 10 . To noon and from 2 to 4 . 1 lie pare Des cig ones it Des Loisius Stork and Leisure Park is open from april i to sept. I daily from 10 . To 7 . And from sept. To oct. 15 on wednesdays saturdays and sundays rom 10 . To 7 . Besides storks there Are. Deer ponies an aquarium a Mingol stripes Magat lne september 21,1989
