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  • Direction le Cap Nord
    Day 7

    Jour 5 - matin

    July 24, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 18 °C

    Et c’est reparti pour une cinquième journée : nous prenons à nouveau un bon petit-déjeuner et discutons rapidement avec les 3 coureurs déjà croisés hier. Ils ont tous 3 bien mal aux fesses également.

    Le début de journée s’annonce vallonné à travers forêts et champs. Nous sommes à présent dans la région de Saxe (ex-RDA).

    Plusieurs averses nous forcent à nous arrêter pour enfiler puis enlever les vêtements de pluie. Nous voulons à tout pris éviter d’avoir les chaussures mouillées (petit trauma datant de l’Écosse).

    Nous déjeunons après 52km, il nous reste 118km avant de rejoindre notre hôtel pour la nuit.    Read more

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  • TravelerGermany 2025
    Day 26

    From Sparkling Wines to Spark Plugs

    April 21 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    After our final breakfast in Wittichenau, it was time to say goodbye to the family and hit the road again. Our first stop was Schloss Wackerbarth – a place that holds a special role in Saxony’s wine heritage. As Europe’s first adventure vineyard, it blends baroque elegance with modern viticulture and is one of the oldest sparkling wine producers in the region. Nestled in the Radebeul vineyards, it’s as much a feast for the eyes as it is for the palate.

    Naturally, we couldn’t resist a bit of shopping and left with a bottle of sparkling joy for later.

    Next stop: Zwickau – more precisely, the August Horch Museum. As Sanjay is a car enthusiast, this was a no-brainer. The museum dives deep into the life and work of August Horch, who was not only the founder of Horch, but also of Audi – making him responsible for two iconic German car brands. A fun twist of history: after WWII, Horch didn’t survive, but Audi went on to global fame. And here’s a cool tidbit – the Trabant, the beloved little car of East Germany, shares roots with Audi, making them unlikely cousins in automotive history.

    The museum showcases everything from glamorous pre-war models to the quirky and pragmatic vehicles of the GDR era. A total nerd-out stop, and absolutely worth it.

    Then it was time to hit the road again—destination: Bayreuth.    Read more

  • TravelerIsland
    Day 54

    Marktneunkirchen Museum

    August 23, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 19 °C

    Heute sind wir wieder mit dem Motorrad unterwegs. Wir besuchen ein Museum für traditionellen Musikinstrumente Bau. Die Gemeinde Markneunkirchen war damit weltweit bekannt und hat viele interessante Ausstellungen. Begonnen mit der Sägerei man sieht wie Musikinstrumente erzeugt wurden und werden.
    Die größte Geige der Welt sowie die größte Tuba der Welt welche man auch spielen kann!
    Am Ende gibt's noch eine private Vorführung alter Musikinstrumente vom Museumsguide. Danach köstliches Essen    Read more

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  • TravelerIsland
    Day 50

    Ankunft im Erzgebirge

    August 19, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 17 °C

    Es ist frisch aber herrlicher Fernblick. Johann kommt um 15 Uhr an und wir genießen ein kühles Blondes. Unser Stellplatz ist kaum besucht und ein sehr familärer Empfang! 10.- das ist wirklich ein Geschenk!Read more

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  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 16

    Schwarzenberg: Christmas markets

    December 11, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 30 °F

    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 which I guess is the Bavarian name. It was good. Since I've yet to get my raw pork Mettbrotchen sandwich, this had to do. My football aka soccer team had a booth here. Merchandise was too expensive. I'm not paying twenty euros for a winter hat, thank you very much, even a purple hat with the crossed hammers that says Glück Auf on it.

    The Christmas pyramid here is made of metal, not wood. It's very pretty, and at night, it makes loud clanging noises as it turns. Warning: bad video incoming. On facebook, one of my neighbors asked me if I were bringing one like it back. Trepidation, I guess. I wish. I'd leave it up all year long and change out the figures seasonally.    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 16

    Perla Castrum III

    December 11, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F

    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 of Medieval-Early Modern history, the development of the idea of modern childhood intrigues me. I especially liked the DDR dolls with the sexy mini skirt- knee high boots girls and the grouchy looking soldier or cop.Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 16

    Schwarzenberg Perla Castrum 2

    December 11, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F

    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 cell door, where they locked up artisans who took place in the Nail Revolt. Yes, the revolted against the introduction of nails produced by machines, as it put them out of work. And the 1930s washing machine-- I'm always interested in labor saving devices, and how recently they came into human history.

    The box after the automaton with the trumpet: that's the orchestra in a box. Someone put money in it when we were in the next room, so I tried to record a bit of it. As with all my videos: results are less than optimal.    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 16

    Schwarzenberg: the Perla Castrum

    December 11, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 32 °F

    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 his students, some of which were incredibly detailed and intricate. This exhibit included carvings place in walnuts, and on the heads of matchsticks.

    There was also local metal work, examples of bobbin lace work, mechanical toys and devices including an orchestra in a box and a full sized trumpet player, a history exhibit, and a special exhibit of toys. It was well done with some English text, but I got to read a lot of German, and didn't do as badly as I could have. The metal plate below shows a picture of Melanchthon, one of the Saxon rulers-- I completely forgot, and in the middle, Luther. There was also a wooden reproduction of the Furstenzug-- the wall of princes in Dresden, but the video didn't come out.    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 16

    Sankt Georgen

    December 11, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 30 °F

    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) during the Nineteenth Century like a lot of other churches in Germany did. Since the 1500s, it's been a Lutheran church, and is a little bit bare, but still a worthwhile visit.Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 16

    Schwarzenberg

    December 11, 2024 in Germany ⋅ 🌫 28 °F

    Another day, another mining town. A castle was built in the Twelfth Century to protect a trade route from Pleissnerland to Bohemia, and a village grew up around it. At one point in its history, control of the town passed to Emperor Frederick Barbarossa (so that moves it high up my list for places to visit), but we saw no signs of the big guy. The castle was converted to a hunting lodge for the Elector of Saxony when it came into his possession in the 1500s. Today, it houses a museum of local crafts and history.

    It became a administrative center for the mines in the area, and in the course of its history had some heavy industry. An impressive church stands next to the castle, the Sankt Georgen Kirche.

    We jumped on a bus, being wary of the icy, mountainous roads and the fact we had a rental car in a foreign country, and were treated to mostly pretty and snow covered scenery. On the walk from the bust stop, they had wooden figures of mountain trades on the way to the Altstadt, which is mostly what's in this post. Woodworking was one of the trades that replaced mining, along with lace making, and woodworking on an artisanal scale is still very much a thing here.    Read more

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