Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Lovely place, lovely Frauke, lovely pictures! Cheers, Nathan Nathan Wajsman Alicante, Spain http://www.frozenlight.eu http://www.greatpix.eu PICTURE OF THE WEEK: http://www.fotocycle.dk/paws Blog: http://nathansmusings.wordpress.com/ YNWA On Nov 4, 2012, at 12:31 AM, Douglas Sharp wrote: > For the whole gallery without the little travelogue (and more than just > the selected shots) - click on this link: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/?g2_page=1 > and work your way through it (it's more or less chronological). > > Here's a selection. > > The city of Eisenach simply in the state of Thuringia simply oozes history. > > It's the birthplace and home of Johann Sebastian Bach: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4417.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4420.jpg.html > > The city where Martin Luther went to school: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0046.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0050.jpg.html > > Where composer Richard Wagner spent many a holiday: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0036.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4489.jpg.html > > Home of the Wartburg, where Martin Luther was hidden from the Catholics > and translated the Latin Bible into German: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4541.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0103.jpg.html > > Home of the memorial to the members of the student movement (Corps) and > others who were killed in the struggle for a united Germany between 1864 > to 1871 - the architecture is said to be based on a beer "stein" - fencing > and beer still play an enormous role in student corps: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0095.jpg.html > > Anyway, Jens, a friend of mine for over 35 years invited us down to > Eisenach and asked my Missus, Frauke, to read from her first book and > present the second in his bookshop: > > Getting there: > > We never use the autobahn, so we take the scenic routes and make a couple > of stops along the way. > > The first was for a coffee in Einbeck, a small town famous for its brewing > excellence - the name "Bock" for a kind of beer is derived from the > ancient name of Einbeck, "Einb?ck". > > The old brewery - "Brauhaus": > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4400.jpg.html > The Marktplatz: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4403.jpg.html > > Our hotel in Eisenach - recommendable -very clean and comfortable family > hotel with wonderful K?stritzer black beer on draught and excellent steaks: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4501.jpg.html > > The city has lots of narrow streets with a mixture of historical and > modern buildings - from 15th century, baroque, renaissance, Imperial and > Jugendstil to GDR-utility and modern developments after German > reunification: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0003.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4478.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4498.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4510.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4513.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4511.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0038.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0040.jpg.html > > > Jens: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0008.jpg.html > > Jens & Frauke: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0012.jpg.html > > Bookshop (and Frauke): > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4465.jpg.htm > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4470.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0021.jpg.html > > The "reading": > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0021.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0068.jpg.html > > More travelogue of our third and last day and the trip back home tomorrow. > Hope you enjoy them > > Cheers > Douglas > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >