I am sure that many of you have read or heard the tale of the Pied Piper of Hamelin. A rat catcher is hired to rid a town of its rats and when the town folk refuse to pay he leads all of their children away. So, a stop in this fairy tale town was interesting, if not a city on my bucket list.
It was quite lovely. Emerging from the underground passage to visit the park we saw this lovely building. I've no idea what it is, but I liked the architecture. I did a Google image search and discovered that I must be the only person who ever took a picture of it, lol.
The entrance to the park boasted an interesting arch showing the Pied Piper leading the children out of the town.
The architecture in the walk-able 'downtown' was very baroque and quite lovely. Here is the Leisthaus:
And of course, the Rat Catcher's house, which appears now to be a restaurant. Don't ask.
There were several nice shops and it was great people watching with cafe tables lined along the pedestrian friendly street.
I am not sure I have enough to do this every Tuesday, but maybe the first one of each month, at least?
Great idea, Denise! I'd look forward to more of your travel posts.
ReplyDeleteThanks. I had some ideas last year that I never followed through on, but I've told myself to be focused. well, I'll try.
DeleteI agree, love this idea. Many may have missed some of your Russian and German posts anyway. That is an attractive building, I wonder what it is. You could also post pix of the parts of the States you have visited too. I wonder what was the actual background of the Pied Piper story. That's one hell of a building for a rat catcher to live in.
ReplyDeleteI am told that the story first appeared in a Grimm Fairy Tale, but that it was based on a plague that affected the area. The moral is to fulfill your promise or suffer the consequence, I guess. I am going to just pick out some of my pictures I haven't blogged about before.
DeleteGreat idea! We all seem to like a bit of armchair travel, and I love those old buildings!
ReplyDeleteArmchair travel. Priceless!
DeleteOh what a wonderful town. I know this fairy tale well since I read all of them when I was younger and still reread them. I wonder what that building is at the top. I wonder if it holds offices or is a school of some sort. It may have been some palace in its day. I would give anything to be sitting in a cafe in Europe right now
ReplyDeleteAny cafe in Europe would suit me just fine. A friend and I are talking about another trip to Europe next year.
DeleteAnother armchair traveler who would enjoy this kind of monthly feature. What interesting buildings. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
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