Travelog for: Bärndt

Hello mommy!

Today I visited one of the landmarks in Thuringia: Wartburg Castle.
We went there because my host took part in a choir concert in the castle palace.

Since 1999 Wartburg Castle has been an UNESCO world heritage site.



But before I show you some pics of the castle here is the view of
Eisenach city on our way up.





And here I am, in front of Wartburg castle.
It was founded in the 11th century, so it is pretty old.







When we entered the castle grounds we saw a poster for the concert.
There were many people with colorful T-Shirts, the singers.













The concert took place in the Palace, a romanesque site.





The chairs are still empty but in an hour over 200 visitors will listen
to the concert - me too!

I tried something special for dinner today
- a recipe from a South African cook book: Peanut soup with
coconut.





Here are all the ingredients I need to cook it.



First I need to chop the carrots and leek and  dice the onion.







Everything goes into the pot.



Next it's 75ml of dry white wine.





Now it already looks like a soup. I have to add the peanuts and the coconut though.







After some more time for simmering the soup is ready. Yummy!

Enjoy the meal!

Even though I have been in Mechterstädt for quite a while I have not had time to see the village.
Today I took a little tour - a very little tour since there is not much to see and it was raining.
Only 1000 people live here.



There are 2 restaurants:



and a fire station:



There even is a small supermarket.

This weekend we went to Frankfurt/Main for the German Choir Festival.

But first we got ready for our trip and packed our bag.
Or rather we were packed into the bag





It was a 3 hours coach ride but time went fast and we also had
enough to eat because we brought a 'SingerSurvivalPackedLunch'.





We did not see much of Frankfurt except the 'Jahrhunderthalle'
where my host and the choir had rehearsals and where the big
concert on Saturday evening took place.





The concert hall was built in 1963 and is pretty large with space for up to 4800 people.





We spent almost all our time there except for one concert. Then we went to the Heiliggeist Church.

I visited a little summer party in Mechterstädt at the 'Bodelschwingh Hof' , a center for disabled people. I listened to the music on the stage and had a look in the garden center. The cucumbers are growing!

It is time to move on !

Today I jumped into my travel box to go to my next host on the Big German RR: Pandamao in Munich!

Claire Tamias and Voi Nam waved Goodbye!

Today I have arrived - Munich, capital of Bavaria 

Today I did a little sight-seeing trip - I wnet to the Karlsplatz (everybody calls it Stachus). It is the starting point for one of Germany's largest shopping area - the kaufinger and Neuhauser street.

One of Munich's tourist sights - the Marienplatz. It is the "centre" of th city, at one end of the shopping area. Lots of tourists are here ... so nobody will notice me ... just another tourist 

Today I went to the little garden plot of my host. There are lots of nice flowers and veggies growing.

We went to the Victuals Market (Viktualienmarkt) to do our shopping for the week-end. The Victuals Market is right in the city center, you can buy all kind of food and other stuff like flowers there.

There is the Tollwood fair in Munich right now. I enjoyed strolling through the little alleys, watch the little shops.

Suddenly I felt like being in a different country - I had entered the "Marrakesch" tent. It was little bit like in a bazar .....

I did some sight-seeing today and passed the Odeonsplatz. My host was astonished - the Odeonsplatz was closed to the publlic. When we passed we saw an orchestra playing - it semed to be the big rehearsal for the concerts of "Klassik am Odeonsplatz" that will take place tomorrow and on Sunday, too.

Besides the concerts I enjoyed looking at the Bavarian King's residence and the Theatiner Church. I rubbed some lions' noses that were sitting in front of the residence - I was told that it should bring luck to rub the noses.