**NB: It seems this has been ready for publishing since late August. Oops.
For Chuck's birthday, we spent the weekend in Bremen, Germany. In December last year, our friend Nils insisted that we go to Dresden, Germany for a weekend. We loved Dresden, so when he recommended Bremen, we had to go. Needless to say, we loved Bremen.
Each time we go to a German city, it seems that there is some sort of festival or party. In Bremen, it was the start of the Music festival, so Saturday night was filled with music, wine, and a laser show complete with the ringing of the church bells.
Becks brewery is located in Bremen, so a tour of the facility and a tasting was on the list of things to do. We even had some Haacke Becks, which you can only buy in Bremen. Check out the slideshow for a glimpse at the World's Largest Tap (well, as according to Chuck!)
We didn't do a lot of touristy type things aside from walking around and enjoying another fine German city. There is a great promenade along the river and on the weekends a sort of flea market is set up. Most folks set out sheets or blankets and laid their wares on the ground...kind of rummage-sale style. Other folks looked like they could pack up their 'hot' items and run. One 'booth' had about 10 bicycle seats and another had 8 receivers/tuners for a stereo set....Can we say....liberated from their rightful owners???
We also walked around the Schnoor district, which is the oldest district in Bremen. The streets are lined with colorful homes from the 15th and 16th centuries.
The most interesting event of the trip was a visit to the planetarium, something Chuck wanted to do for his birthday. No problem. Maybe it was going to be like the planetarium in St. Louis, which btw is fabulous. Uh, nope, not like St. Louis. All 16 of us pile into this tiny round room with two German guys, which I think were PhD students. The whole 1 hour experience was completely in German, which we only know please, thank you, you're welcome, and the number one. As I sat there, I kept thinking about the Muppets where the two old dudes are sitting up in the balcony telling jokes. Yeah, it was something like that. What a memory!
Here's a link to the slideshow.
For Chuck's birthday, we spent the weekend in Bremen, Germany. In December last year, our friend Nils insisted that we go to Dresden, Germany for a weekend. We loved Dresden, so when he recommended Bremen, we had to go. Needless to say, we loved Bremen.
Each time we go to a German city, it seems that there is some sort of festival or party. In Bremen, it was the start of the Music festival, so Saturday night was filled with music, wine, and a laser show complete with the ringing of the church bells.
Becks brewery is located in Bremen, so a tour of the facility and a tasting was on the list of things to do. We even had some Haacke Becks, which you can only buy in Bremen. Check out the slideshow for a glimpse at the World's Largest Tap (well, as according to Chuck!)
We didn't do a lot of touristy type things aside from walking around and enjoying another fine German city. There is a great promenade along the river and on the weekends a sort of flea market is set up. Most folks set out sheets or blankets and laid their wares on the ground...kind of rummage-sale style. Other folks looked like they could pack up their 'hot' items and run. One 'booth' had about 10 bicycle seats and another had 8 receivers/tuners for a stereo set....Can we say....liberated from their rightful owners???
We also walked around the Schnoor district, which is the oldest district in Bremen. The streets are lined with colorful homes from the 15th and 16th centuries.
The most interesting event of the trip was a visit to the planetarium, something Chuck wanted to do for his birthday. No problem. Maybe it was going to be like the planetarium in St. Louis, which btw is fabulous. Uh, nope, not like St. Louis. All 16 of us pile into this tiny round room with two German guys, which I think were PhD students. The whole 1 hour experience was completely in German, which we only know please, thank you, you're welcome, and the number one. As I sat there, I kept thinking about the Muppets where the two old dudes are sitting up in the balcony telling jokes. Yeah, it was something like that. What a memory!
Here's a link to the slideshow.
ok, it´s a for sure thing.. we are going to Bremen on our way to Holland...
ReplyDeleteAnd will take our pic with the Bremen town musicians!! :o)