Showing posts with label Pied Piper. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Pied Piper. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Travelling Tuesday to Hameln,Germany

Well, as I promised, I will be telling about more of my travels and have decided to write about them in a new feature called 'Travelling Tuesday'.  Since I am sure we are all Russia'd out for the moment, I am going to visit a town I did not mention last year on my German A to Z tour, Hameln, or Hamelin to us Americans.

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?