The heart of Germany

I spent today exploring more of the German state of Thuringen, where I live. We have a ticket called the Hopper Ticket which allows to you to travel to another city within 50 km and back for just 6 euros, quite a bargain. And I went to two cities on the same ticket, getting off at one and then getting on a later train to continue to the other.

Bad Langensalza, the first town, had a couple churches and a lot of gardens which are a big tourist draw. Lots of cobblestones and of course the local butcher shop selling fresh Bratwursts outside on a grill. The Japanese Garden was pretty sweet, although they could've used some fish in the water. The city built a creek around the old city walls, making a nice entry to the gardens.

There are approximately 15 Muhlhausens in Germany. The one in Thuringen, has the 2nd largest church to Erfurt, a good brewery, a large city wall around most of the city and an impressive church that Bach played at for several years. Pretty sweet place with lots of sights, lots of people out an about enjoying the warm weather (over 10 degrees Celsius today) and some sweet streets.


Muhlhausen with the Church of the St. Mary and city wall

Church of the St. Mary, 2nd largest in Thuringen

Bad Langensalza Japanese Gardens



On a side note, yesterday while discussing ways to agree or disagree in my class, Gernot, a 60 year old man came up with "bullshit" as a good way to disagree. Let's hear it for the people from Siemens.