>Our village has been solidly Roman Catholic for ever, pretty much.

The earliest reference in church records in Mainz date back to 1100 and the Franciscan nunnery relocated to Mainz-Weisenau in 1544.

Which wasn’t quite yesterday.

So it’s nice that the Protestant church finally got built.

It’s tucked away on the Andreasplatz – St Andreas could see it, if were to lean a bit more over to the left and then peer to his right – where Schreiber’s barn used to be.

Given the constraints of the building site, it’s a fine piece of architecture. Or perhaps because of the site constraints.

So we’ve now 2 sets of bells in the village.

Ms. JB’s pen friend from Mumbai was staying with us years ago and she used to enjoy so much sitting out on the deck and listening to the silence.

“And those wonderful bells” she’d say.

I do like the way the late evening sun reflected a crucifix onto the wall.

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