Harz to Berlin

hi guys

 

beautiful day here. 1pm. sunny and warm.

nöt easy to find internet sö sorry nothing till nöw.

you can check out all these places on google ......if ya wanna virtual töur with us!!

great travelling weather.....only one really cold day....rained a couple of three hour stretches only plus all last night.

the combo of the leased car and the tent is relly working well for us

it´'s about E20($40) per night for us to camp. Pensions start at E60 tho we got a bargain at Eisenach for E40 

happy with all our equipment...missing the stuff that jane threw out at the airport tho!!!!

 

 

a quick summary.........

 

sunday 3 may

packed up tent at Werningerode in the Harz.

headed south

visited Mittelbau  Dora concentration camp, 6 km from Nordhausen.

then south to Eisenach where Bach was born.

to Eisenach....raining.....sleep "Villa Bomberg"...quirky pensiön

 

 

monday 4 may

To Wurtburg castle in Eisenach.....<unesco world heritage site....Luther hid in a room for 8 months while he translated bible into deutche. 

xplore Weimar...beautifull 18C town (were gonna do some things there, but all germanz shuts down on mondazs)

To Leipzig....sleep in A frame bungalow....raining

 

tuesday 5 maz

xplore Leipzig....to st thomas kirche...where Bach lived and worked för 25 zears

autobahn to berlin. at 140km we are the slowest.....everyone passes us!!!

tent up at Gatow camping ground. 30 mins sth/w of zentrum.

bus into berlin for evening

 

wed 6 may

decide to get the 3 daz museo pass......how many of the 200 here can we see???

museo BLITZ

Pergamum....hellenistic....babylon....assyrian.....islamic......aleppo room (chistian guy in islamic country in 12thC)

Bode.....11thC....18thC

 

thur 7 may

more BLITZ

Judisches....jewish historz in germany

Gemaldegalerie.....paintings

 

fri 8 may

Bröhan.....art nouveau...art deco....

Berggruen.....picasso...matisse....klee

Alte Nationale Galerie....impressionists

Xplor a bit of the berlin wall

 

sat 8 may

bus to ferry...ferry to wannsee....tram to potsdam

many palaces here

how to choose??

to avoid decision....decide to walk in the xtensive parklands of the palaces....this took all afternoon

think we might come back tomorrow and blitz the palaces.

 

sun 9 may

nein we won``t do the palaces.....the walk in the park was beautiful.

pack up tent.....it poured all night.....but us completely dry.....great tent!!

going to poland today.....poznan.....krakow.....auswitsch

 

 

love you lots

the berliners