Today I decided un-change my schedule that I changed and decided to visit the town of Hameln afterall, (spelled Hamelin in the English.) It was a city I wanted to go to for a while, but wasn’t sure if I’d ever really come back, so I figured I should do it as long as I’m … More Who Is The Pied Piper?

…won’t keep me away. I decided to take it mostly easy and get a late start which was nice just to take a bit of a break, especially after finding out one of my plans involves having to sign up for a tour ahead of time with the local Kassel Fire Department – for a … More A Museum A Day…

Well, the city was originally spelled as Cassel but they changed in in 1928 for some reason. Oh man, it was a long day, and it was up hill from the moment I left the hotel, literally. I got on a tram, and took it down the huge, and very lengthy street that runs through … More The Castle of Kassel

I had to cut a city from my plans. It was a fairly small city, with very little to do, but I still think looked nice and could have been interesting. The main attraction would have been a museum, but museums all across the country are closed Monday and there just wasn’t enough else to … More A Change Of Plans

Well it was an alright day, nothing terribly exciting, but a few neat surprises abound. It started with a trip to the “Klusfelsen” (Klus cliffs) and the “Kluskapelle” (Klus chapel) which is a large and unique 110 million year old rock formation, and at the top, a small chapel was carved in 1167 with a … More A Sunday In Goslar

Ore, at least there used to be. Pun definitely intended. Well, after leaving Wernigerode I went just a little further west to the Imperial City of Goslar. An important historical town in Germany’s history. Wars fought for control of the town, and control of the nearby historic Rammelsberg Silver Mine. Goslar is a very old … More There’s Gold In Them Thar Hills!

A line from Johann Wolfgang von Goethe’s “Faust.” The mountain is the Harz Mountain Range, atop the Brocken, the highest mountain in the range where Faust made a deal with Mephistopheles, his soul in exchange for mere mortal knowledge and power. And today I went to that mountain, right to the Brocken, via a very, … More “Tonight the mountain’s mad with magic”

Well I visited the old St. Nicholas Church of Quedlinburg which was under heavy remodelling and reconstruction. Nothing fancy, just another big ol’ church. Then I tried to go to the Fachwerk Museum, but it was closed on Thursdays… just conveniently the one day I wanted to go. Fachwerk is the German term for ‘half-timbered’ … More What-igerode?

Well I successfully made it out of Weimar and to my next town for only one night. Though I think my train was a time machine of sorts, as it took me to the town of Quedlinburg. It looks like I stepped right into the midst of an old medieval village right in the heyday… … More What Year Is It!?

Or reversed, JEDEM DAS SEINE. (yeddim – dahss – zigh – nuh) “To each his own…” An old Roman principle that each man gets what he deserves. Though it was twisted by the Nazis to justify their brutality against the undesirables of their society. That was the main event of today. A bus ride to … More ƎNIƎƧ ƧAꓷ MƎꓷƎႱ