Our wakeup call on Day 6 summoned us to yet another bus ride on our fabulous tour of Germany. Today’s destination: Weimar, after a brief stop in Wagner's City, Bayreuth and the Margravial Opera House, the haunting home of Wagner and Bach. After sleeping during the entire two hour ride, I found myself parked in front of our first stop. It is like no other. I was more than a little excited.
The interior was one of the most luxurious things I had ever seen and I was shocked when Philip told us it was all carved of wood, not gold as it appeared to be.
After a light show on the history of the Opera House, which Philip translated for us, and some free time to get lunch, it was back on the bus to continue our journey to Weimar.It was on this bus ride that Dani and I suffered a devastating loss to Tim and Pat in a game of Eucher. Nothing hurts more than loosing after a seven to one lead!
Soon we were in Weimar, the home of the Enlightennment, and gearing up for another walking city tour. We visited the poet Goethe’s home and explored the city extensively.The highlight of the tour was the music school that features such impressive alumni as Bach and Liszt. We were in composer heaven!
After dinner we checked into an incredible 5-star hotel. It was absolutely magnificent. Our rooms even had their own doorbells - which unfortunately were too convenient during late night room checks. With a little free time at the hotel, we busied ourselves with rounds of Psychiatrist, a new favorite game of our group, and went to bed early. Imagine that!
Not too shabby!
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