This is the Main River that we have been cycling along for the last two days. The photo is taken from the top of the castle in Wertheim. Tomorrow we’ll be on the Moselle in Metz. Voici la rivière Main. Nous la suivons en vélo depuis deux jours. La photo est prise depuis le château …
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Postcard #27 – A Trompe l'oeil tower in Germany
This may not be as realistic as the trompe l’oeil building we saw in Poznan, but it’s very welcoming! Ce n’est peut-être aussi réaliste que le bâtiment trompe l’oeil que nous avons vu à Poznan mais c’est très accueillant !
Postcard #26 – Miltenberg, Germany
After a six-hour drive from Görlitz yesterday, we were delighted to be cycling along the Main River in the evening but we were not expecting the sheer beauty of the little town of Miltenberg, which is given two lines in one of our guidebooks and not even mentioned in the others! My favourite house is below. This …
Postcard #25 – Baroque & Renaissance Doorways in Görlitz
Görlitz has a surprising number of very beautiful baroque and Renaissance doorways. The first is the most richly sculpted while the second is the most popular among tourists. It was discovered quite fortuitously in the 20th century that someone standing on the left of the arch could hear quite plainly what was being whispered by …
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Postcard #24 – Görlitz
Gorlitz is on the German-Polish border. This is taken from the Polish side looking forwards the German side. The Polish town is called Zgorzelec but is very different. The second picture is my favourite building in Gorlitz, built in 1550, with its two sundials. It used to be the Ratsapoteke or Town Hall Pharmacy, but …
Postcard #7 – Bad Sulza
When we cycled past this building today, we were most intrigued. We still aren’t entirely sure because all the information was in German and I haven’t been able to find out much more on the web. Bad Sulza means “salt baths” and photos inside the building show men loading salt into the section on the …
Postcard #6 – Goethe & Schiller
We had Italian cappuccino in Weimar today while three different groups listened to their guide telling them about Goethe and Schiller, who are probably the two most revered figures in German literature. The monument erected in 1857 has been described as one of the most fameux and most beloved monuments in all of Germany and …
Postcard #5 – Apolda, Germany
We are at Apolda, a little town in the Thuringe area of former East Germany. The only other town where I’ve seen such great trompes d’oeil is Dresden, which we visited in 2014. Have a look at the first and last photos here – and don’t you think that musical wall is wonderful? When it …
Postcard #4 – Bad Wimpfen
Today we cycled in the opposite direction to Bad Wimpfen with its delightful half-timbered houses. Bad means water as in thermal waters. Unfortunately Jean Michel got a puncture. It made the 80 k return and the 30 degree heat a little exhausting! Aujourd’hui nous sommes allés dans le sens opposé jusqu’à Wimpfen. Bad veut dire …
Postcard#3 – Hirschhorn
We had a long day cycling along the Neckar from Zwingenberg to Heidelberg, a round trip of 90 k. On the way back I wanted to see the view from the castle at the top of Hirschhorn and it was worth the extra effort! The second photo is the view from Heidelberg castle with the …