The Loire Valley and especially Blois
We’re gradually heading home to Blois. Today we drove to Laurenburg, our last 3-night stay in Germany, stopping off at Marburg An Der Lahn on the way, site of the first Gothic church in Germany. We don’t know what the horse connection is. Nous rentrons tout doucement en France. Aujourd’hui nous sommes allés à Laurenburg, …
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Today, because of the steep climbs on busy roads, we left our bikes on the back of the car and drove to three sites in the Harz mountain range: an early 20th century wooden church in Hahnenklee inspired by Norwegian stave churches, the surprising 16th century blue wooden church in Clausthal-Zellerfeld, the largest wooden church …
Goslar, 35 km south of Wolfenbüttel, is said to have 1000 Renaissance houses. When we arrived by bike today from Bad Harzburg where we are staying the town was teeming with people attending an enormous arts and crafts fair. There were three downpours while we were there but the sun came out again each time …
The beautiful little town of Wolfenbüttel with its wonderful collection of half-timbered houses built around 1600 is in the Harz region in the centre of Germany. We were caught in a shower but fortunately it didn’t last too long. La jolie petite ville de Wolfenbüttel avec ses belles maisons à colombages construites vers 1600 se …
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A very monotonous 25-km ride along the Elbe side canal took us to the very scenic Hanseatic town of Lüneburg with its many 16th century brick houses. The first photo shows the restaurant where we had lunch at the lower level while the second and third photos show the view from where we were sitting. …