Weimar, Erfurt, meeting Christoph!

Another train day - this time to Weimar.

We started with a trip to the Wiemar national theatre which is where the Weimar Constitution was agreed in 1919.  That's where the term "Weimar Republic" came from.

Next was the Bauhaus museum that showed the start of the short-lived but very important school of design and architecture.  Bauhaus really lived in constant battle from the National Socialists (Nazis) and closed in 1933, only 14 years after its opening in 1919.

Following this we me our friend Christoph Schmidt, who had stayed with us to help with the genereal election in 2010.  We had lunch on his recommendation at Cafe Residenz and it was very good!

After lunch we had a walk around Park an der ilm.  and saw the Goethes Gartenhaus.

Christoph then drove us to Erfurt.  We saw the cathedral, the Kramerbrucke, and the Augustinerkloster.

We were able to get a direct train from Erfurt back to Leipzig at 9pm that took about 1hr and 50 mins.