A Travel Blog
It’s a truth universally acknowledged that when you travel overseas you’ll come across a public holiday or two. If you’re not prepared, you can find your plans derailed with sights and/or shops closed, public transport schedules changed, places crowded. The positive thing though is that such days often provide an opportunity to learn something deeper … Read more
When we booked our trip from Berlin to Mainz back before we started the trip, we decided to give ourselves a 6-hour layover in Leipzig. We’re glad we did, because it’s an interesting town and it fleshes out a little more our East German experience. Goethe studied law here, for example, and Schiller apparently worked … Read more
We were rather sad to leave Weimar. It’s a place we’d happily return to visit … to see the places we didn’t see, to revisit the ones we did, and to stay at our lovely Pension am Kirschberg with its cheerful breakfast room and friendly owner Bärbel (call me Barbara). In our posts, we’ve talked … 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
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