The city of Markdorf is about 20 mins from Taldorf, and is the closest "big" city. It still wasn't a big city in American terms, but it had a few shops, stores and restaurants. I found that quite a few Reidmans moved here to live as well. Maria Riedman, my great-great-great aunt (Melchoirs sister) was born Taldorf also, and moved here to Markdorf after she got married. She lived here for many years before she moved to America with her 3 remaining children, and its documented that many of her husbands relatives are still living here (with her married name Pfaff).
We didn't really spend time trying to track down specific homes or churches here. We went to the center of the town and the biggest church there. It had a very traditional Bavarian look. We walked around the cute city center, then had lunch. Most people in these outlying towns don't speak any English at all. It was fun experimenting with our German s we walked around and ate lunch. Vince, obviously, knew much more than I did and could get us around pretty well. The rest we just figured out on our own! Most people were extremely nice and wanted to help us figure it out, so that was refreshing.
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