At the Top and Back Down

We made it to the top. Thankfully, it was getting close to two. IF I had read the sign wrong, and the cable car wouldn't start up again, I saw there was a bus (seriously-- I could have ridden up on aRead more
We made it to the top. Thankfully, it was getting close to two. IF I had read the sign wrong, and the cable car wouldn't start up again, I saw there was a bus (seriously-- I could have ridden up on aRead more
So our great plan, immediately derailed. The Schwebebahn, aka the Fichtelberg cable car, had been reserved until two for a wedding. Well, there went our plans for a leisurely ascent in Germany'sRead more
Yes, we rented a car, but went by bus again. Today, we headed off to a town called Cranzahl to catch a steam train called the Fichtelbergbahn, one of three popular narrow gauge routes in Saxony. IRead more
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Von Chemnitz gehts weiter ins nahe Erzgebirge. Die Gegend um Annaberg-Buchholz, die Kultur und der Bergbau sind inzwischen sogar UNESCO-Weltkulturerbe. Die schöne Altstadt fühlt sich fastRead more
Or: We Didn't Learn Our Lesson Yesterday
On the road again, this time from Annaberg Buchholz east (like the good German I am-- Drang nach Osten) through the Ore Mountains to the tiny village ofRead more
About time, right? What is this trip supposed to be about?
A few highlights: we tried Speckfettbrot-- yes, it's exactly what it sounds like bacon-fat-bread. I know the spread as griebenschmalz whichRead more
The toy exhibit, which contained toys from the 1920s through the DDR era. Toys are another thing in which I'm interested, from a socio-cultural history point of view. Having studied a lot ofRead more
More from this great little museum. I think I'm really just amused by/interested in really strange things sometimes, which was also used as a prison at various points, hence the picture of the cellRead more
The former castle turned hunting lodge is now a museum. We really liked it, so a lot of pictures incoming. It featured a great deal of local wood art, by a woodcarver named Harry Schmidt and hisRead more
The church that stands here now was built over a smaller one in the 1600s. That seems to be the way of things. This one, however, didn't undergo a re-Gothicization (I just made that word up) duringRead more
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On a clear day you can see Kilimanjaro
Traveler We might have needed binoculars for that, which we left at home.
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