Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/11/04
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Once again, a nice tour. Now rest up and recover............. ;~) Jim Nichols Tullahoma, TN USA ----- Original Message ----- From: "Douglas Sharp" <douglas.sharp at gmx.de> To: "LUG" <lug at leica-users.org>; <leicareflex at freelists.org>; "LEG" <leica at freelists.org> Sent: Sunday, November 04, 2012 3:22 PM Subject: [Leica] IMG: Eisenach travelogue part II > Hi All, > > our two last days in Eisenach were taken up with a long hike up to the > Wartburg with a group of friends. > > Here's Frauke waiting for the group arriving: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0081.jpg.html > > This is where we are headed for - the long way around: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4491.jpg.html > > The hikers: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4538.jpg.html > > A quick look back: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0085.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0085.jpg.html > > The castle in sight: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4540.jpg.html > > Tail-enders in the woods - living in Hannover (North German Plains) slows > you down when it gets hilly. > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4566.jpg.html > > Almost there: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4543.jpg.html > > Short pause for breath: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4561.jpg.html > > The view from the outer keep: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4560.jpg.html > > Click forward from here for views of and from the castle > > At this point we were much too shattered to do anything except drink lots > of cool beer - it must be said that Frauke has two new hips and I had a > strained Achilles tendon and a twisted knee even before we started, so the > descent is virtually undocumented. > Just a short stroll around town to look at where Martin Luther went to > school: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0043.jpg.html > > Back down to the Stadtschloss and then back to the hotel for a well-earned > beer and a steak. > > The first stop on the next day was in Duderstadt, one of the > best-preserved timbered towns in northern Germany, for a coffee and a > rest: > > Although it's called the "Ratskeller" "city council beer cellar), it's a > very good Italian restaurant: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4575_001.jpg.html > > The market square conjures up all sorts of amusing stories - at one end is > the Catholic church and at the other the Evangelical church: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0111.jpg.html > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0117.jpg.html > > The side streets all have their churches, too, including one with a > corkscrew spire: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0119.jpg.html > > and the catholic end has a "saint on a stick" - usually not seen this far > north, but Bavaria is full of them: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0126.jpg.html > > After leaving Duderstadt, we were followed by a nutcase in an Iveco truck > who seemed to think that the numbers on speed signs mean the minimum speed > you have to drive: > > We had about an hour of this guy on our back bumper and finally escaped > into the car park of a well known hamburger chain: > > Diesel on our tail: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4572.jpg.html > McD in Alfeld > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0136.jpg.html > > The trusty VW Polo that got us there and back > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/CRW_0140.jpg.html > > The bloke who took the pictures - a quick snap in a hotel bathroom: > http://gallery.leica-users.org/v/DMS/Germany/Eisenach/_MG_4429.jpg.html > > Cheers all, and thanks for looking > Douglas > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > >