Harz Mountains, Steam Train, Brocken, Walpurgis nacht.

Today was the main reason for having the hire car.  We made an early start to get to Werngirode for 10am to pick up the steam train up the Brocken.  The trip took 1.5 hrs to get to the top of the Brocken.

We visited the museum at the top and and had a walk around.  This was all closed to the public and a high-security GDR listening post until 1989.  After a bockwurst and a drink we got the train back down to Wenigerode, getting off one stop early so we could wander around Wengirode through Westentor.  We saw people dressed as witches and warlocks in celebration of Walpurgis nacht (a bit like halloween) where witches are meant to dance on the Brocken.

Follwing this we visited Thale in the car where there was a huge festival for Walpurgis Nacht happening.  The queues for the cable car to get to it were huge so we didn't bother!

We popped into Quedlinburg on the way home and took a few more pictures but found nowhere to have dinner so we drove back to our hotel to park the car and went out for dinner at La Toskana Italian restaurant just south of Südplatz.  We followed this with a few drinks at the bar at naTO.