A Travel Blog
Now here’s the thing. When we planned our Weimar days, we looked to see what was closed on Mondays knowing that Monday is often museum-closed day in Germany, and made sure we went to those on Sunday. So, for example, Goethe National Museum was closed on Monday but open Sunday, while Goethe’s Gartenhaus in Park … Read more
When we have a few days in a place we like to do a daytrip, like Toledo from Madrid and Arles from Avignon – and we did so from Weimar. Not that Weimar couldn’t occupy our full three days and more, but we like checking out the neighbourhood! We chose Monday because that seems to … Read more
We mentioned in our first Weimar post that the city has been called the spiritual capital of German culture. Here are some reasons why: JS Bach (1685-1750) lived here twice, in 1703 and then 1708-1717, though the house he lived in no longer survives. His son CPE Bach was born here. Wolfgang Goethe (1749-1832) lived … Read more
Do you find that some places just feel right? That they have a certain vibe that captures your attention almost immediately and you feel you a going to love them? We do, and Weimar gave us this feel, even though the walk to our pension from the station at 5pm on a grey Saturday was … Read more
Some “Bad” towns We decided to spend the morning of our last day in Swabia exploring a couple of “bad” or bath/spa towns, and so headed off for Bad Schussenried and Bad Buchau. We discovered that Bad Schüssenried contained one of the 111 Prehistoric Pile Dwellings which have been “gathered ” together to create a UNESCO World … Read more