Thursday, March 12, 2009

"Halluh!", I mean, Halle....


This entry is a bit out of order. I went to a city called Halle to do some interviews. It was a beautiful, sunny day when I was done and so I decided to go see the place.



The main market square with the Red Tower (1408-ish) and Market Church in the background.





And I'm glad I came to visit, because I didn't know/totally forgot that Handel ('Messiah') was born in Halle. So there he is striking a pose...



And this is the house where he was born - they were doing restoration work on it...





Front entrance to the Market Church...





'Odd' fountain piece in front of entrance to Church, more Chinesy instead of 'German'...






Up top, where the top painting is, is THE organ that Handel used to play on when he lived in Halle!




This Church's podium reminded me of the 'star' that Superman comes to Earth in as a baby...








At the other end where Handel played is a 'new' organ - BEAUTIFUL!






Au revoir, Marktkirche...








'Red Tower' and Halle - thanks for the memories...AND for the good weather! (Haven't seen much of it since! :*(