The list of attractions and other sites to visit had diminished a little by Sunday morning. My expensive £130 ECCO shoes has fallen to pieces yesterday but I had managed after protestation to find a nice pair of size 50 Josef Seibels reduced to €80 in a mega shoe supermarket. I'm sure that you are all pleased to read this detail.
We ascended the hill towards the Festspielhaus in light drizzle.
Next on the list was a visit to my Great Aunty Wilhelmine's place, the Eremitage which ist eine ab 1715 entstandene historische Parkanlage mit Wasserspielen und Bauwerken some miles out of town.
We discuss taking flying lessons so Mrs N could become a flying Doctor. We look forward to a pleasant evening strolling in the town as the sun comes out.
We ascended the hill towards the Festspielhaus in light drizzle.
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| We don't see names like this in Buxton |
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| With immense disappointment we discover the place under wraps - Stephen Fry would have wept. |
Next on the list was a visit to my Great Aunty Wilhelmine's place, the Eremitage which ist eine ab 1715 entstandene historische Parkanlage mit Wasserspielen und Bauwerken some miles out of town.
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| Not Hyde Park corner in London but the roof of the Orangerie |
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| Panoramic shot through drizzle showing the stables - a welcoming hotel and tea room were not open in this low season. |
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| Amazing use of teeth |
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| We stroll back to the PkW through a tree canal |
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| As a former glider pilot of little repute I suggested to Mrs N that we visit Bayreuth International airport where gliding championships take place and there was bound to be derelict GDR MIG fighter to look at and a welcoming cafe. |
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| I was correct... |
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| ...on both counts. |
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| I was warned about converging verticals at my school photography class. Here is our second hotel the Lohmule thankfully lacking plastic RWs. |
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| I start the long journey back to England and note curious single carriage rail bus trains. |
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| I'm informed that this is a tilting train able to negotiate twisting tracks at high speed whilst passenger's coffee is dispensed sideways due to centripetal forces. Anyway a quick journey to Nurenberg cost only €11,20 including a U bahn ride to the airport - a bargain compared to UK rail fares. |
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| Oh for a beautiful SNR Excelsior 55! Where would she take me? |
Two wonderful posts Nick - thank you! I must thank you in particular for the photos of the radio dials of my childhood - Hilversum, Reykjavík, Bonn and so on - used to love reading all those exotic names! Incidentally, Nice to See a MiG again. Actually saw them flying 4 years ago when we were at Da Nang airport.
ReplyDeleteGeoff, thanks, when I was researching the radios I was amazed by the beautiful creations then available.... The latest modern radio I just bought does not even have a control panel necessitating use of a smart phone to operate it. Bring back the knobs and dials citoyens!
DeleteThe tree canal is beautiful.
ReplyDeleteAnd 'converging verticals' is a new term to me.
Pleased to have introduced you to some Architectural issues with camera optics!
DeleteGoodness, at other places it's called a Schrebergarten, but in Bayreuth it's an Eremitage, not less ... very fitting : Wie bei Wagnern üblich, alles Fassade ; Tingel-tangel mit Nivoh.
ReplyDeleteWhat a Bakelit-beauty in the last bic ... btw in Nürnberg is a Postmuseum, former Bavarian Postmuseum, the Museum Industriekultur - and in Fürth is a Rundfunkmuseum - just a ride with the Adler ... And with the Museumsfinder on "Radiomuseum.org" you can find a lot of these strange collections.
Thank goodness indeed that a humble Englander's observations of Bayern have not caused too much offence in some quaters! Thanks for the observations and I'm pleased to see that post Brexit Stephenson's Rocket will remain a fond memory on the independent Continent.
DeleteWe Franconians are (relatively) open-minded. We even shelter Saxonian banquerotteurs ... And Stephenson's machines and oevre can not be rated high enough.
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