Radisson Sas Hotel, Leipzig

... in the dome. So as a consequence it is around 8.30pm by the time we get in the car and out of the parking lot!<br> Luckily the drive is only around 1 and half hours, we stop at Maccas for dinner as it's fast and keep driving on to Liepzig. We land just after 10pm, to the guy who looks like he doesnt know we have a booking. Luckily his wife knows about us..we get into our room which is clean and comfy and try and decide what we are doing tomorrow.. Rothenburg it is!<br>

... of small highlights you can remember from your childhood: a willow tree hanging out over the water, ripe for climbing on; snowberries that pop when you tread on them; a small earthen cave to climb inside with a story about two brothers who once hid in there. We walked past the castle, over the bridge and past a house with windows that looked just like Ox eyes, watching passers-by in a sinister sort of way.<br><br>With all the stops ...

... to find that it is a modern building rather than the old one we had expected. We went to the Egyptian Museum, which was a very interesting but very small collection.<br><br>Our next appointment was at Thomaskirche for a Motette at which the Ottawa Bach Choir were singing. We had some time to kill, so looked through the shops to get Helen some new jeans - with eventual success - and had a coffee.<br><br>The Thomaskirche was nearly full for the ...

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.<br>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 ...

... just took us on a loop back to the same spot. So, we guessed which road might be a way around the blockage and followed it until the GPS found us another way back past the blockage to our destination, Guesthouse Apartments Leipzig. We were concerned by the shabby appearance of the outside, and by the road being dug up to re-lay the tram lines. We parked across the street in the carpark of a hardware store and walked over to find out about checking in. We were very cold ...

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...

... aenderte sich die Anzeige von planmaessiger Abflugzeit 22:10 auf 23:50. O.k. der Anschlussflug war damit noch nicht gefaehrdet und die 15Euro Gutschein konnte ich auch noch verwerten. Nach zwei Bieren aus dem Burger-King (die 15 Euro mussten ja irgendwie aufgebraucht werden) aenderte sich die vorraussichtliche Abflug dann allerdings auf 0:50Uhr, was sich dann mit den Anschluss schon um 10 Minuten ueberschnitt. Laut Aussagen der Fluggesellschaft sollte dieser ...

... spare seats in ours, the 2nd train of the set. The journey was great as should be expected from an ICE trip although, as is now a somewhat recurring theme for us, we arrived with little time to purchase breakfast and lunch so we got food at the station and drinks on the train, which weren't cheap. Also I was disappointed that our seat power point did not work so I only got an hour of blog typing done. Arrival into Leipzig was a familiar experience for me as ...

... while it looks like it might be extremely rude, means literally ´life-artist´. The next morning the combination of a hangover and enjoying the company of Stefan, Susi, and Sven (another German from the Opera Hostel) kept me from moving on until after 2pm, so I only went as far as Weimar 25km away. Weimar was, according to my Dad and Google, the seat of the inter-war government administration. Its also a popular tourist destination, with some Bauhaus buildings and generally ...