So before we begin, here is something I think is interesting. I used to see these 'spherical bunches of...' in trees all around here. I used to think they were nests, but then I was like, too 'thin' for a nest...
Then somebody told me that it is....
MISTLETOE! Interesante eh?
So Herbert took me to the 'West German' Harz town of Goslar (Wernigerode was in the 'East').
Here is a Botero couple greeting us as we enter Goslar (Botero, he's Colombian, so gotta include it, ya know?), Harz region!
This is a store/old house that is on the market square. It says 'when one chooses to build on the market, one must be willing to put up with envy and crazies!' I thought it was funny...
In German they call that 'wood-beam' architecture Fachwerk....
A Protestant Church in Goslar...
The details on the podium were amazing!
Gabriel bringing the good news to Mary...
I'm guessing, Elisabeth meeting Mary...
Just to show some of the hills - Harz mountains that is...
The term Kaiserpfalz or Königspfalz (Imperial Palace, literally "king's palace") refers to a number of castles across the Holy Roman Empire which served as temporary, secondary seats of power for the Holy Roman Emperor in the Early and High Middle Ages. It is a German word that is a combination of Kaiser, meaning "emperor", which is derived from "caesar"; and Pfalz, meaning "palace", and itself derived from the Latin palatium, meaning the same (see palace). Unlike the common conception of "palace", a pfalz is not a permanent residence but a place where the emperor stays for a certain time, usually less than a year. Also, before the end of the Middle Ages, the emperor had to be anointed by the pope, but could use the pfalzen in his function as the Holy German king. A remaining Imperial palace can be found in Goslar
This is all that is left of the cathedral from those days...
I still don't know what this is...maybe it's just the Bishop's seat/cathedra or maybe it's a throne...I don't know...
This is a little chapel inside of a 'charity house' built back in 1700's(?). It was built for poor men and women so they could have a place to stay.
On the right are the little 'compartments' that they people would live in....
'A river runs through it...' The itty-bitty bridge I was standing on to take this picture was built in 1180! Ay caramba!
Thanks Herbert and auf wieder-bye-bye, Goslar!
