Monday 2 May 2011

Dessau, Bauhaus, Meister Häuser, Wörlitz Park

This was our last full day in Sachsen.  We went first to Dessau to visit the Bahuaus - its second location - having seen its first location in Weimar a few days ago.  The building has been carefully restored and is really very spectacular.  There was a very interesting exhibition and we took a short walk to visit the Master's Houses (Meister Häuser) afterwards.

Next we went and found St Johaniskirche in Dessau as it is twinned with Emmanuel URC in Cambridge (where Gordon was brought up), and Marienkirche, also in Dessau.  Mariernkirche was left as a war memorial for most of the GDR times (1949-1989) but has now been restored to its former glory.

Following Dessau we had a lovely walk around Wörlitz Park where the weather was lovely.

We got back to the hotel around 7pm and had our last evening meal of the holiday at Bayerischer Banhof where we had a huge, hearty meal and were glad of a walk home to help it digest a bit!  We had a final nightcap in the naTo bar again.

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