for the laundry to go through. The weather is fantastic and this town is
beautiful. It is the home of the Sax Coburgs and the place where Queen
Victoria's husband Albert grew up. Consequently there are lots of half
timbered houses, ornate old buildings, a castle and a palace.
Since my last post we have been heading almost due East and have managed
some walking, a few museums and a couple of castles! One of the highlights
has to be our visit to the Langen Foundation near Dusseldorf. This is an
art gallery designed by Tadao Ando housing Japanese Art and is a fantastic
building. We also visited the German wire museum where we discovered just
how important wire is in our daily lives!
.............some time later.......We are now sheltering under a cafe
umbrella from the usual afternoon thunder storm. This is very much the
pattern of the last week with baking sunny mornings and baking wet
afternoons followed by humid evenings.
Before the rain we spent a great afternoon exploring the castle and palace
here. The palace was interesting with the most amazing stucco ceilings but
the castle definately won the day, as a hill top fortress, or more
accurately a village surrounded by three rings of fortified walls. We move
on from here tomorrow towards the czech republik which am very excited
about.
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