Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/05/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ken, For interesting nightlife and lots of local color, see if the bar called the Honsheimer Eck is still there. I was introduced to the "Horni" by Walter Heun when I was at the Leica School in 1986. The place is small and had the most extensive collection of jazz tapes you could ask for. They served a North German style of beer called Haake Kraeusen Pils which we partook of liberally. I can remember (hazily) conversing in broken German with a Green Party member who introduced himself with " I hate your country!", which we discussed in depth over several biere. The next day we met in the intersection made famous by Barnack in his ur-Leica photos ( the Eisenmarkt) and he gave me his Communist party pin from his shirt. I guess good bier makes differences less important. But I digress. The Horni is in the old part of Wetzlar and I recall only a short walk from the Eisenmarkt. I hope it is still there and flourishing and that you get a chance to check it out. Tom Furlotte Memphis