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  • TravelerDriving from Spain to Finland
    Day 4

    Gas + Food Stop

    October 14, 2019 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 21 °C

    Fuel for the car and us! Short stop before crossing the border to Poland!!

    Ravintoa autolle ja kuskeille! Lyhyt pysähys ennen rajan ylitystä Puolaan!!

    Un poco de gasoil para el coche y comida para nosotros! Breve parada antes de cruzar la frontera hasta Polonia.Read more

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  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    2
    Day 12

    Freiberg Cathedral

    December 7, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 41 °F

    Freiberg cathedral part 1: now a Lutheran church, this was really overwhelming, despite being under repair.

    Of note, a tomb of the Wettin family, rulers of Saxony including Elector Moritz and Augustus the Strong's mother. Was gated off though.
    Also the miners' pulpit with miners holding it up.    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    1
    Day 12

    Freiberg:the Silver City

    December 7, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    We learned our lesson from our trip to Görlitz about arriving places so early.

    The town was founded in the 1160s after the discovery of silver in the nearby Erzgebirge- the Ore Mountain range. Silver was mined, and contributed to the wealth of the city, until 1913 due to the fall of silver prices. In that time, however, the city developed an impressive Renaissance town center, two major churches with Silbermann organs (Petrikirche and Jakobkirche), and the oldest existing university of mining and metallurgy (1765: originally known as the Bergakademie, today the Freiberg University of Mining and Technology). Mining was resumed in the lead up to World War II, but for lead, zinc, and tin, and continued until 1969. The city is included in the Erzgebirge/Krusnohri Mining Region UNESCO World Heritage Site.

    There's also a good Czech restaurant, kind of modernized and fancy, where we ate lunch.

    The Erzgebirge, or Ore Mountains, is a range that is rich in various minerals (hence the name), that spans the border of Germany and the Czech Republic. Down in the southern section, not far from the border, is the village of Olbernhau, the home of my maternal grandmother. So as in Eisenach, we're entering into the region of meine Heimat.

    Freiberg was one of the first places, according to their website THE first place, to bring back the original Christmas/Advent miners' traditions. Along with the cathedral, the Silbermann organs, there's a large mineral collection in the local castle, and a mine tour (unfortunately very limited availability and not on weekends. In season, a Christmas Market and traditional parade and Mettenschicht-- a celebration of the last shift in the mines, presented by the Freiberg Berg und Hüttenknappschaft (yeah, I needed a translation for this one, Historical Mining and Ironworks Association). The parade is by torchlight, so this was high on our list of must dos.

    More on that to come...

    A note on the skating ring. Someone (not me) vetoed the idea that we rent skates and try it. "Broken ankle blah blah blah". So no skating for me.    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 20

    Medieval Market

    December 15, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 39 °F

    For a place we never planned to go, and not seeing any museums, castles, et cetera, I have a lot of pictures of this place...

    That said, this was a very nice medieval market. The workers were dressed in costume, which was hit or miss in the others we went to. They had they usual kitchy things: the hair bands and fake swords for kids, and believe me, I've bought my share of that stuff with four homeschooled kids. They also had a few craft booths, the printer was interesting, and of course food and drink.

    There's a few last pictures of the other market as well, along with the really very delicious Lebkuchen with whipped cream waffle we had on our way out to the car.

    If we ever get back to this part of Germany, I wouldn't mind coming to Chemnitz to see some of the museums. I've only heard negative things about the place, but I liked it, from what we saw.    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 20

    Jakobkirch

    December 15, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 37 °F

    Another city, another church. This one was originally built between 1350 and 1412. Not much of anything from the pre-war period remains, as it was pretty much gutted by bombing in March 1945. They even have a model and photos to show the damage.

    Still, I always like to visit churches, find what's interesting, nice to look at in them. They had a section of the old wall visible, as well as an area of reconstructed painting. It reminded me of the colors in the Frauenkirche in Dresden. The highlight of this visit was the display of nativity scenes, which is in a separate post.

    Lutherans will appreciate the words over the door, "A Fortress is our God".    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 20

    Chemnitz

    December 15, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 36 °F

    Well, we never planned to come here, but events brought us to this place. Chemnitz is/was a very heavily industrial city. It was forty-one percent destroyed during the war, and some of it wasn't rebuilt until after Reunification. It was the most stereotypically "East German" place we've been, mainly due to the apartment blocks, though we also saw some of those in Erfurt and outside of Dresden.

    There are a few interesting looking museums, but we were tired and got a late start. Not to mention, we had a mission. We had to buy that suitcase.

    Even after we got it, and put it in the trunk, we had already given up on culture. We decided to find the giant head of Karl Marx-- the city was named Karl Marx Stadt from 1953 until just after Reunification when seventy-six percent of the citizens voted to change it back. We also hit the Christmas market, which was in the Marktplatz and then spread out from there until it ran into the Medieval market, though they called it something else.

    We made a visit to the Jakobskirche, which had a nice display of nativity scenes.

    Besides the interesting museums we also missed getting a picture of the Red Tower, one of the few remaining old defensive towers even though we walked passed it several times in our search for the Woolworths. Which we also kept walking past...    Read more

  • TravelerMostly Saxon Christmas Markets
    Day 12

    Freiberg Bergparade

    December 7, 2024 in Germany ⋅ 🌧 37 °F

    Finally, the parade! And below are some youtube links. Since I'm in the airport and can't find my earphones, I think the videos are the march on, the Steigerlied, and the march off. Let me know if that's wrong. I'll fix it when we finally get home.

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zgCChSuwiu4

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QqajWyFF3M4    Read more

  • TravelerEurotour 2024 with Mark
    Day 8

    Colditz

    August 16, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 24 °C

    Leaving Zum Frongut for Colditz Schloss, managed to manoeuvre through some pedestrian gates to get a quicker run to the bakerei 😀
    Colditz was amazing, 10 Euros for the tour with all sorts of crazy stories of escape concocted by the British, Dutch, French and Belgian prisoners. 
    After the tour it was off to find somewhere for the night, heavy rains in a couple of days so trying to get to a city on the German/French border.    Read more

  • Travelereuropareis
    Day 312

    Karls Erlebnissdorf

    May 21, 2024 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 23 °C

    Nach zwei Nächten am Nonnenwald auf einem Alpakahof ziehen wir weiter. Hier lernten wir zwei sehr nette Familys kennen. Die einen führen den Alpakahof. Die anderen kamen mit dem Wohnwagen. Wir quatschten viel und genossen es.
    Weiter geht es in Karls Erlebnissdorf. Wir dachten wir gehen am Dienstag. Somit wären die Pfingsttage durch. Wir wussten nur nicht das viele Schule Pfingstferien machen, also noch ein zwei Tage oder so länger Ferien haben…
    Somit war es so überfüllt… Wir sahen den Park beim Vorbei fahren und dachten es sehe kuhl aus. Der Park ist Gratis. Man kann ein Eintritt kaufen und die Attraktionen besuchen. Oder Einzelfahrern lösen. Es wäre ein toller Ort, aber mit drei Eintritten kostet es dann doch wieder 36 Euro. Ändu löste einmal eine Einzel fahrt weil man sehr lange Anstehen muss für die Attraktionen. Im ganzen Park geht es um Erdbeeren, Mais und Bockwurst. Die Bahnen, die alle für kleinere Kinder ausgelegt sind, sind auch in diesen Themen angesiedelt. Das Highlight für uns war die Riesen Scheune voll Mais wo Mann darin schwimmen, Baden und bauen kann wie in einem Bälle Bad. Aber wirklich sehr kuhl.
    Es gibt einen Riesenshop mit sehr kuhlen Produkten von allen Dingen mit Erdbeeren, Pferdesalbe, Hirsenkissen etc. so ein wenig wie ein Bauernhofshop nur viel grösser. Die Kids genossen den Tag trotz vielen Leuten.    Read more

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