Thursday, June 2, 2011

Eisenach & Wartburg Castle

We went Eisenach for 2 hours on a holiday in Germany, meaning nothing was open. So we sat at a cafe for 1.5 hours. There we met a bird who was very friendly because he sat on my friend lap, then a man helped us get him off but he wouldn't leave the man alone then. He would throw him off his arm and he would fly right back! It was comical.
We then went to the castle. The Castle had a beautiful view, but the castle itself was not as cool as I had hoped. And once again, it had something to do with Luther. I cannot wait to go back to America and not hear anymore about Luther! It was interesting to see though.

Erfurt


I really liked the city of Erfurt. We started with a tour where our tour guide had to prove a certain bridge was a bridge, twice. In case we didn't know the first time. We once again learned about Luther, which I'm gettin tired of. We got a lot of free time to ourselves. My roommate and I fed the ducks and walked around the town. It was a nice big little town! Then we had dinner at a local restaraunt, then girl bonding time with the group!

Weimar/ Buchenwald Concentration Camp


We started out the day at Weimar. The only problem was that there was very little to do in this city without doing museums, that you did not know what they were for. So, that was boring. We then went to Buchenwald concentration camp. This was an amazing place to see. It was very surreal. The only bad part about this was that most of it was torn down. There were no barracks left, which would have been very neat to see. We did get to see memorials, the crematorium, and the washroom. This was all very interesting to see! We then got to Erfurt and stayed in a beautiful hotel!!