Erfurt – right in the middle of Germany
Listen to your heart…
Erfurt is the capital of Thuringia and just about the most centrally geographically part of Germany you can find yourself in – so it’s often called the ‘heart of Germany’. I’d heard of this city before, but only really the name. We were recommended it by some friends and after a wonderful day in Leipzig we thought it would be rude not to pop in and check out this place, especially as it’s famous for sausages!!
This city is typically German, there were few tourists even in the peak summer season and those visitors we saw were German, so there were no English-language tours. The city (town?) is tiny – very quaint – and you can see the whole place in a couple of hours. It was perfect for us to just wander around the cobbles streets, the market square, the grandiose buildings, statues of Martin Luther and the magnificent cathedral. Plus we were recommended the best sausages, so it was a perfect trip! Here are the photos for you to dribble over…
*The sausage stand is right outside C&A (Grafengasse 20) and you can feed the ducks in the river if you have any leftovers too 🙂
4 Comments
Steven Glassman
I was in Erfurt for a concert about three years ago and found it to be utterly charming. I didn’t get to go into the cathedral though,because there was some sort of super huge religious event occurring at the time. Did you see any of the Kika statues? They’re a giant statue of Berndt das Brot there! (See http://stevenglassman.com/2012/10/01/erfurt/ for a photograph…)
Vanessa Abel
No way! Bernd das Brot is a thing? I have a silly photo with him! Haha – it was outside a restaurant so I presumed it was just something that belonged to the restaurant – cool! I am going to have to fish out that photo and add it to these 🙂
Steven
Oh yeah! He’s hilarious! Drop his name into YouTube and check out the amazingness that is Bernd das Brot!
Here’s one to get you started: https://youtu.be/8a-JvVZaO4k
Vanessa Abel
OMG – that really is hilarious!