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Maredo Steak House. Horst and Carola.
12 August
After the Guinness Storehouse Tour we went back to our AirB&B and grabbed our bags and took the AirLink bus to the airport.
Horst picked us up from Bremen Airport and took us to our Plenus Hotel in Rembertistrasse. His friend Carola is staying with him this week. We met them at 8pm for dinner at Maredo Steakhouse. Ron and I had rib eye medium cooked. It was so tender and juicy. Fabulous! The salad bar is terrific too.
13 August
We were supposed to catch up with Charlotte Bazley Cavelle and Axel today in Buchholz. However she was not available so we toured Bremen instead.
Firstly, we had breakfast at Cafe Celona in Marktplatz then we dropped into Margret & Jochen Heck's for coffee and to do our washing. We had Bratwurst im Brot for lunch. Then a walk around Bremen to the St Petri Dom, the Rathaus, pose with the Bremen Minstrels statue, Roland Statue in Marktplatz then off to Bottcherstrasse, the Schnoor, the Railway Station. The Bürgerschaft (State Parliament) building was controversial when built. Designed in 1966 by the architect Wassili Luckhardt. It is a different design to the other buildings in the square.
Back to the Heck's for coffee and cake.
After the Guinness Storehouse Tour we went back to our AirB&B and grabbed our bags and took the AirLink bus to the airport.
Horst picked us up from Bremen Airport and took us to our Plenus Hotel in Rembertistrasse. His friend Carola is staying with him this week. We met them at 8pm for dinner at Maredo Steakhouse. Ron and I had rib eye medium cooked. It was so tender and juicy. Fabulous! The salad bar is terrific too.
13 August
We were supposed to catch up with Charlotte Bazley Cavelle and Axel today in Buchholz. However she was not available so we toured Bremen instead.
Firstly, we had breakfast at Cafe Celona in Marktplatz then we dropped into Margret & Jochen Heck's for coffee and to do our washing. We had Bratwurst im Brot for lunch. Then a walk around Bremen to the St Petri Dom, the Rathaus, pose with the Bremen Minstrels statue, Roland Statue in Marktplatz then off to Bottcherstrasse, the Schnoor, the Railway Station. The Bürgerschaft (State Parliament) building was controversial when built. Designed in 1966 by the architect Wassili Luckhardt. It is a different design to the other buildings in the square.
Back to the Heck's for coffee and cake.
St Petri Dom, Marktplatz. St Peter's Cathedral. Gothic architecture from early 13th century.
St Petri Dom, Marktplatz
St Petri Dom, mouse in the corner warns builders that the employer does not pay the workers.
St Petri Dom, Marktplatz
Rathaus und Ratskeller (town hall and wine cellar). Town Hall built 1405-1410. Facade of Weser Renaissance added 17th century.
Stadtmusikanten (town musicians) by the Town Hall. Bronze sculpture by Gerhard Marcks 1951.
Liebe Frauen Kirche. Church of our Lady.
Murals on the Rathaus (town hall)
Roland. This is the largest of the 26 Roland statues in Germany. 5.55m tall. Is a symbol of free trading rights and freedom since 1404.
Roland and Marktplatz
Schütting. Guidehall. Built in 1537 in Renaissance style of Flanders buildings. This guildhouse of Bremen's merchants is home of the chamber of commerce.
Bottcherstrasse. The gilt relief called "Bringer of Light" adorns the gateway and is home to the Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum, the Roselius-Haus and the carillon made from Meissen porcelain.
Bottcherstrasse art
Bremen on the way to the Schnoor. The Schnoor Quarter is Bremen's oldest district. It is a maze of 15/16th century houses lining alleys. Now it is home to artists and goldsmiths and galleries.
Bremen Hauptbahnhof, bikes everywhere in Bremen
Bremen bratwurst in Brot, Marktplatz
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