June 8 - A bit more
(Dang Rocco is ahead of me!)
Well, just a few more notes about Day 1.
We saw some beautiful country side as we were driving from Amsterdam to Weimar. We noticed what looked like mustard plants. Whatever they were, the yellow flowers were striking against the surrounding green. They were also very fragrant. It made for a very nice distraction on a very long drive.
This picture is a very typical scene especially in the former East Germany. A small village tucked into a hillside or a valley and surrounded by fields and forests. It was also interesting to note how the former East Germany seemed less populated, more sparse than former West Germany.
About 20 km from Weimar, we saw the LARGEST BEACH IN THE WORLD. Well, at least from this distance, it looked like a HUGE pile of sand. We are going to try and get closer on our way back this week. Could you imagine being the engineer who laid out the area for this huge pile of sand only to come back a week later to see that the operators missed it? "Oh yeah, fellas, I need to move it over just a skosh. Say, 10 feet? Thanks and see you on Tuesday!"
In case you haven't driven in Europe, it is different than driving in the States in several ways. Here is one. In the States, you might take I-10 West to New Orleans. In Europe, you take the A4 to Berlin. I am in so much trouble. I am terrible at geometry and you have to know through which towns you will pass in order to get to your destination. Here is another example, in order to get from Weimar to Hamburg, you might take the A4 toward Eisenach and then the A1 to Hamburg. Hope you know where you are going!
Whew, finally moving on! Hope you liked the photos!
Knuckles (very sore)
Well, just a few more notes about Day 1.
We saw some beautiful country side as we were driving from Amsterdam to Weimar. We noticed what looked like mustard plants. Whatever they were, the yellow flowers were striking against the surrounding green. They were also very fragrant. It made for a very nice distraction on a very long drive.
This picture is a very typical scene especially in the former East Germany. A small village tucked into a hillside or a valley and surrounded by fields and forests. It was also interesting to note how the former East Germany seemed less populated, more sparse than former West Germany.
About 20 km from Weimar, we saw the LARGEST BEACH IN THE WORLD. Well, at least from this distance, it looked like a HUGE pile of sand. We are going to try and get closer on our way back this week. Could you imagine being the engineer who laid out the area for this huge pile of sand only to come back a week later to see that the operators missed it? "Oh yeah, fellas, I need to move it over just a skosh. Say, 10 feet? Thanks and see you on Tuesday!"
In case you haven't driven in Europe, it is different than driving in the States in several ways. Here is one. In the States, you might take I-10 West to New Orleans. In Europe, you take the A4 to Berlin. I am in so much trouble. I am terrible at geometry and you have to know through which towns you will pass in order to get to your destination. Here is another example, in order to get from Weimar to Hamburg, you might take the A4 toward Eisenach and then the A1 to Hamburg. Hope you know where you are going!
Whew, finally moving on! Hope you liked the photos!
Knuckles (very sore)
posted by jprg4evr at 5:00 PM
2 Comments:
I think the yellow flowers are canola.
I am really enjoying the blogs.
Did you find that things were in disrepair in the East German part? In 2004 my husband and I visited Kronach area, where he was stationed when he was in Army Intelligence in the 1960's. It is on the former border between East and West Germany. While there we visited all the east German border town that he couldn't visit when he was stationed there because they we behind the Iron Curtain. Our impression was that mostly old people lived there and that the enonomy was pretty depressed. The towns were in disrepair.
You mentioned the graffiti in East German cities. Belin had LOTS of graffiti on the front of very classy buildings. Our cab driver there said "they got it from Americans"
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