The last time I went on a train in Germany was May 1976 – Munich to Athens as part of my gap-year adventure, so 50 years ago!
Anyway, Jo had a midnight to 2.00am call – that’s what happens when everyone else is on Pacific Standard Time – and so needed a late morning and a quiet day working from the apartment. Added to that a grey and drizzly day forecast, I headed to the station, and made it to Bremen.
Eileen isn’t here, and so absolutely no planning has been done. So headed to the Tourist Information who were great.
Explored the old town
Town Hall
Guild Hall
Parliament Building and Cathedral
Hmmmm
Then had a tour of the Town Hall – 29 Germans and me, so I got my own tour in English (fascinating and we took 90 minutes compared to the 45 advertised).
Here’s Pierre in the great chamber
And their prized possession – a huge whale jaw bone from the 1690s, without which history here would have been very different.
Lunch at Greta’s again (see Sunday) and more sightseeing
