Ramada Hotel Leipzig

... 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 ...

... 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 ...

... br><br>We caught the tram into town and visited the tourist bureau. Unfortunately it appears that there is not much on at the moment - the festival season starts the day after we leave!<br><br>We explored the huge Hauptbahnhof (railway station) which includes a 3-level shopping centre. We had an enjoyable lunch at Pic Cin cafe (spelt that way!) - ham cheese and mushroom crepes for J &amp; A.<br><br>We looked at Nikolaikirche and Thomaskirche, both ...

... 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...

... aber noch auf uns warten. Auch wenn sich der endgueltige Abflug bis nach 2Uhr hinzog - jeder im Flieger vertraute den Aussagen. Montag ca. 11:00 Vereinigter Emirater Ortszeit (oder wie das heisst) - der Flieger ist gelandet und wir werden am Flughafen empfangen. Keiner ahnt allerdings zu diesem Zeit*********** der Anschluss selbstverfreilich nicht gewartet hat und was uns weiter erwartet. Die naechsten 7 Stunden werden wir auf dem Flughafen Abu Dhabi ...

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!

... d had to transfer through here earlier this trip with my parents. We made it to the Holiday Inn, across the road from the station, without any problems because my parents had pointed it out to me during our earlier visit. Belinda and I had booked a great promo rate for the hotel and were thus impressed by the product we got for the price. Our room was in the roof so our bags had to be carried up a flight of stairs because the lift doesn't go that high but it ...

... architecture. I had a wander around the town centre, before finding an internet cafe. This later transpired to be also an alternative music venue (behind) and an art gallery displaying mainly paintings based on snails (above)(really). From Weimar halfway to Leipzig I was able to follow first the river Ilm cycle route and then the river Saale, so the only hills were to the sides, which was fine by me. It being a Saturday there were plenty of other cyclists on the paths ...