Leizpeg
There is nothing like arriving to one’s
accommodation only to realize that one’s computer is still on the train and on
the way to Hamburg….. I was most
fortunate to speak to a very nice and helpful person at the Information Desk who happened to
speak English. Quick as a flash he was on the phone and my computer was back at
the station within a few hours. He was a very interesting person who had worked
for the railways for around 40 years in various capacities. We had great conversations about all
sorts - trains, travelling, things in
general and I was so grateful to him for his assistance as no one else gave a
stuff! It got very cold here when we
arrived in Leizpeg so out came the just-in-case winter things from the bottom
of our suitcases before we checked out the old town and to find somewhere for
dinner. The place was cold and dead. No walking groups, no students hanging
about – just a few passers by. Yes it
was Sunday but????? Monday arrived, and seemed to get colder as the day went
on. However we inspected the city from 29 floors up in the Panorama Tower and
wandered around the small old town
centre where very little was happening again – apart from one walking group in
a St Nicholas’ Church, famous for the Peaceful Revolution on September 4, 1989,
which helped bring down the Berlin wall. We booked a city tour in the afternoon
which was very fortunate as it turned out because a very cold wet front came
through during the whole trip so no photos....... The city is quite pretty
- nice buildings - lots of tree lined
streets and parks. Fortunately the leaves were beginning to fall or we would not have been able to see
any of the sights! No decent shopping that we could see and sadly had no time
to visit any museums or galleries however we have visited many in recent
weeks.....
Would I go back again? Not on a one day
visit!! Leizpeg is apparently one of the
most liveable cities in the region, a
city of canals, culture, education, history, art – our Art Hotel Featured works by the famous Anna
Tessenow - hippiness - and apparently worth dipping one’s toe into
for much longer than a day……
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