We are curently in a lovely city called Erfurt which is the capital of Thuringia. We finished travelling the whole lenght of the Romantic Road through Bavaria and headed straight north to this delightful place. We arived last night and decided to spend the whole day here and will continue onwards north tomorrow.
Erfurt is where Martin Luther started writing his ideas about reformation of the Church. We toured the abbey where he used to live in 1505 or thereabouts. It was a long and boring tour with our english translation being about 4 sentences and the guide going on in German for about 40 minutes!
This is a beautiful place though with narrow cobbled streets and overhanging houses. Alan is excited by the trams and the trolley busses!
Although we are not getting the rain Sydney is experiencing, the temperature is about on par, with us needing our coats and vests everyday so far.
Hi guys. Sounds like you are enjoying the German countryside. How are the Germans treating you? I hear they are very efficient and organized. Not much to report from here. As you say lots of rain and cold here, guess you will be right up on the tour de France. Great results for cadel, although I can't understand it really. So look forward to the next missive, have a Steiner for me! X rosanne
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