Mercure Leipzig Gutenberg 3m

... tonight in the outskirts of Leipzig. we have found that Starbucks do free 1 hour internet, so that has been our net places. After a relax and recouperation we head off to the Reichstag, time is going by and we really should be on the road but the Reichstag is meant to be good. So we get there and queue up..the wait is 45mins and it's around 7pm by the time we get the audio tour and walk up the Dome and work our way back down. It very interesting and there is an ...

... took about half an hour to get to the zoo. By this time, of course, the Swedish snake that Saskia had been desperate to bring with us, had gotten too heavy and lost its appeal. Martina wrapped it round herself like a mad scarf and we went off to see the black bears, pygmy hippos and penguins. We didn't have a chance to see all the creatures. It would have taken too long. We did see the baby elephant and some very cool lizards. The ...

... which was part church service and part concert. The first piece was played on the large organ at the back of the church, then the choir performed a number of pieces by Byrd, Bach, Buxtehude, and Monteverdi. Some were accompanied by a small organ, other by string players. It was beautiful singing, made more so by the environment.

Leaving the church, we walked back through Mitte looking for somewhere to eat, but also enjoying the stalls and ...

We slept in until 9:30, with only a few disturbances overnight. We had been worried about noise from the trams outside the door and the railway line next door, but it wasn't bad enough to wake us. The renovation included double-glazed windows, which certainly cut out a lot of noise.
We spent the morning pottering around in the apartment, and trying to arrange for a load of washing - but the man was off having his foot treated so we couldn't (or get onto the ...

... in our jumpers, and it didn't help that there was no response to the buzzer to call the office. We tried ringing them but no answer there either. After about half an hour, Helen tried buzzing one of the other apartments and someone answered and let us in. It turned out that the owner/caretaker/whatever had damaged his foot and tings were a bit chaotic while he limped around in the four-storey building. He was very friendly though, a spoke good English.

After ...

The Start of our Travel was the regular Train-Journey from Zittau to Leipzig. A not very spectacular drive, which we do almost every week. We wanted to use the time to improve our spanish skills but ended up talking to some carneval-junkies, boarding the train some 15 minutes after us...

... Zwar wird uns Eintritt in eine Lounge gewaehrt - aber ich brauche wohl niemanden erzaehlen, wie belastend eine solche Warterei ist. Und noch etwas: es wurde noch ein Zwischenstop eingeplant - in Karachi (Pakistan). Montag ca. 23:00 Pakistaner Ortszeit - wir werden mit einem groesseren Mitarbeiteraufgebot durch den Flughafen von Karachi geleitet. eine knappe Stunde spaeter - unser Flieger (diesmal von Cathay Pacific) startet nun hoffendlich zum endgueltigen Ziel: Bangkok

Leipzig had one of the coolest museums we've visited so far: one dedicated to the operations of the GDR (East German) secret police, known as the Stasi. The GDR kept extremely detailed tabs on EVERYONE in their country, employing spies of all ages and collecting and filing all the information. The Stasi Museum (Museum an der Runden Ecke) was their old headquarters in Leipzig and has been kept as it was to show the oppressive nature of even the Stasi workplace. Very exciting and VERY cool!

... into the Vallet of the Pharaohs, rode the dragon roller coaster and the giant swinging ship. The Belantis Castle is spectacular! Was still a bit cold for the water rides but i still had alot of fun! It was kinda funny though. I think i was having more fun then most of the kids there! At 18,00 it was time to leave the magical place, which sorta reminded me of ...

... So, I got weird stares from some people who thought I was destroying German society. (Take it with a grain of salt; as you'll read later on, Germans are good people and they definitely know to party) Anyways, when I got over the niceness of Stuttgart, there wasn't much else to do but shop and eat, so I was eagerly anticipating going to Munich. Speaking about eating, I fell in love with the supersized pretzels and bratwurst sausages during my stay, so you wouldn't believe how many ...