We had so much fun on Saturday! Martin was happy that I let him sleep in, then we met Kaitlyn and Sean for lunch in downtown Wiesbaden. I had another Flammkuchen, with bacon this time, and it was excellent. I won't bore you with a picture of it because I have a lot of better pictures for this post, lol.
The adventure of the day was a trip up the Nerobergbahn, a funicular railway up a large hill on the edge of the city. Since the official site is in German, I'll link you the Wikipedia page for more details on how it works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerobergbahn Essentially, there are two cars, and the top one is filled with water to make it heavier. It travels down the mountain and pulls the opposite car up. Here is the car at the bottom before we boarded:
When we got off at the top, the view was incredible! Photographer credit to Martin for this gorgeous panoramic:
My favorite part of the view was all of the beautiful old houses we could see. This kind of architecture is one of my favorite things about Europe, and one of the things that makes me the most sad about being forced to live on base. If by some miracle we get an exception to live in the community, I'd take any of these in front! ;-)
After checking out the view, we explored further along the hilltop. I found a giant log, and of course had to climb on it (this should not surprise any of you who know me...)
Probably the most notable attraction on the hill is the Russian Orthodox church with huge golden towers. It was built in the mid-1800s when a duke married a Russian princess and she died giving birth to their first child. He built the church over her grave and named it after her. For more details on the church, you can look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Elizabeth%27s_Church,_Wiesbaden
Someone had told me there was a pool on the hill, but when we stumbled upon it, it was much more impressive than your average pool! The Opelbad (translates as "oil bath", but I'm fairly sure it is actually water) is a HUGE long rectangular pool overlooking the whole town of Wiesbaden. It was a fairly warm day, and I wished I had brought my bathing suit to jump in! This will definitely warrant a return trip to get in the water.
I love how green Germany is, especially all the beautiful trees that frame the roads and this railway. Definitely didn't have scenes like this in Tucson!
Finally, here are a couple more pictures of the trip down the railway: one of us passing the second car on its way up, and then approaching the station at the bottom. It was a really cool little system, will definitely have to take my dad on it when he visits!
The adventure of the day was a trip up the Nerobergbahn, a funicular railway up a large hill on the edge of the city. Since the official site is in German, I'll link you the Wikipedia page for more details on how it works: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nerobergbahn Essentially, there are two cars, and the top one is filled with water to make it heavier. It travels down the mountain and pulls the opposite car up. Here is the car at the bottom before we boarded:
When we got off at the top, the view was incredible! Photographer credit to Martin for this gorgeous panoramic:
My favorite part of the view was all of the beautiful old houses we could see. This kind of architecture is one of my favorite things about Europe, and one of the things that makes me the most sad about being forced to live on base. If by some miracle we get an exception to live in the community, I'd take any of these in front! ;-)
After checking out the view, we explored further along the hilltop. I found a giant log, and of course had to climb on it (this should not surprise any of you who know me...)
Probably the most notable attraction on the hill is the Russian Orthodox church with huge golden towers. It was built in the mid-1800s when a duke married a Russian princess and she died giving birth to their first child. He built the church over her grave and named it after her. For more details on the church, you can look here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Elizabeth%27s_Church,_Wiesbaden
Someone had told me there was a pool on the hill, but when we stumbled upon it, it was much more impressive than your average pool! The Opelbad (translates as "oil bath", but I'm fairly sure it is actually water) is a HUGE long rectangular pool overlooking the whole town of Wiesbaden. It was a fairly warm day, and I wished I had brought my bathing suit to jump in! This will definitely warrant a return trip to get in the water.
I love how green Germany is, especially all the beautiful trees that frame the roads and this railway. Definitely didn't have scenes like this in Tucson!
Finally, here are a couple more pictures of the trip down the railway: one of us passing the second car on its way up, and then approaching the station at the bottom. It was a really cool little system, will definitely have to take my dad on it when he visits!
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