Hello Mum,
today we had to say goodbye to Beate, Chrissy and Tapsi.
We went to Halle today. It is the largest city in the German state of Saxony-Anhalt. It is also called Halle an der Saale (literally Halle on the Saale river, and in some historic references simply Saale after the river) in order to distinguish it from the town of Halle in North Rhine-Westphalia. The current official name of the city is Halle (Saale). The University of Halle was founded here in 1694. The famous Baroque composer George Friderich Handel was born in Halle in 1685.
This is the Technical Hallors and Saline Museum. It was founded in the buildings of the former Royal Prussian Saline, Halle upon Saale in 1967. Hallors had been members of a brotherhood of salt producers .
Here you can see me in front of the main radio studio of MDR .
This is the "Marktkirche Unser Lieben Frauen" (Market Church of Our Dear Lady), also known as St. Mary's Church and Market Church. It was built between 1529 and 1554. Its four towers, together with the Red Tower of the city hall, make Halle the city of five towers. In German, its official name is shortened to Liebfrauenkirche and it is also referred to as Marienkirche and Marktkirche. It is the church where George Frideric Handel was baptized and received his first organ lessons, where Johann Sebastian Bach inspected the new organ, and Wilhelm Friedemann Bach was an organist.
And have a look Mum, I went to a German Christmas market for the first time. And I'll see some others, too! It smelled sweet everywhere and I got the feeling of Christmas. They also sell a lot of handcraft stuff.
In the evening we met some lovely animals!
A turtle named Ines, a hamster without a name and 5 lovely budgies.
Now I'm really tired.
Love,
Crawfish