Travelog for: Spooky

After eating so much yesterday, I had to jump into the pool at our house.







After swimming I relaxed in the sun.

Today we went to the weekly market at St. Lunaire.







There are beautiful houses.





At the Pointe du Décollé



















At the beach we found this sandcastle.

St.Lunaire - Dolmen













St.Lunaire - church

At home I ate a Ker-y-pomme

Today we and our host's daughter went on a surprise trip.

The Bietigheim Horse Market begins on Friday before the first Monday of September and ends on following Tuesday. Beside the traditional (actual) horse market on Monday, ride- and jumping tournament (Friday until Sunday), the other riding demonstrations as well as the procession (Monday) with following premium of the most beautiful cars, there is also an entertainment park with marquees, a large shopkeeper market.[size]




[size=3]Later we had fun on the river rafting.





On our way home we took a photo of the landscape.

Today there is a thunderstorm and Petra decided to read a book. We were very curious, what it was: the "city of...." books, but she said, that she prefers the twighlight books.

It is such a beautiful day, that we decided to go on a walk to the little field chapel. On the way we passed the seven sorrows of Maria, the holy mother.
They started to built the chapel in 1903 and consecrated it in 1905. In year 1908 the seven stations were finished. The first four stations were destroyed by environmental impact and war and so they were recreated in 1957 and consecrated in 1958.

The Seven Sorrows (or Dolors) are events in the life of the Blessed Virgin Mary which are a popular devotion and are frequently depicted in art.

It is a common devotion for Catholics to say daily a Hail Mary for each.

1. The Prophecy of Simeon over the Infant Jesus. (Gospel of Luke 2:34)





2. The Flight into Egypt of the Holy Family. (Gospel of Matthew 2:13)





3. The Loss of the Child Jesus for Three Days. (Luke 2:43)





4. The Meeting of Jesus and Mary along the Way of the Cross. (Luke 23:26)







5. The Crucifixion, where Mary stands at the foot of the cross. (Gospel of John 19:25)


Here is the field chapel, Feldkirchle.







6. The Descent from the Cross, where Mary receives the dead body of Jesus in her arms. (Matthew 27:57)





7. The Burial of Jesus. (John 19:40)

Hi Mum,


Here you see me and my friends waiting for the start of our travel to Oelsnitz, Vogtland, where we want to stay for one week.

We made a rest at the DB museum in Nürnberg.

I read a letter about locomotives.




Then I saw many locomotives and waggons.









I read about the train of Ludwig II.

Oelsnitz is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated on the river Weiße Elster, 9 km south of Plauen. We stay in a beautiful house called Finsterbusch's Häusl.

On our way to Kingenthal we passed at the Muldenberg river dam. It provides about 100 000 people with water. The dam wall has the longest mural crown of all river dams in Saxony. It was built in 1920 - 1925.

The weather was very cold and windy and it drizzled. So we hurried back to the car.

Klingenthal is a town in the Vogtlandkreis district, in the Free State of Saxony, Germany. It is situated directly on the border with the Czech Republic opposite the Czech town of Kraslice, 29 km southeast of Plauen, and 33 km northwest of Karlovy Vary.

The Aschberg ("cinder mountain") towers above the town at 936 m. The extremely elongated town, 10.5 km from end to end, is surrounded by numerous woods of firs.

The town is bisected by the Döbra and Zwota rivers. These two rivers unite at the Czech-German border to form the Svatava river, which in turn flows into the Ohře river at Sokolov.

Klingenthal's inhabitants number 8,996 (September 30, 2005). The town is famed for its manufacture of musical instruments and is a well-known ski resort.

We visited the Vogtland-Arena, a wellknown ski jump in Germany. The first ski jump was opened in 1959, the new Vogtland-Arena was opened in 2006. 

I was really impressed by the altitude of it.




With this train we drove up the hill.




Wow, isn't it high?





I would love to meet some of those ski flyer, but unhappily there is no training today.

In the evening my host and one of her sons took as on a walk along the Pirk river dam. Maybe just enjoy the photos as our hosts did it in reality.

Göltzschtalbrücke (Göltzsch valley bridge) is the largest brick bridge in the world. The railway bridge is 574m long and was built between 1846 and 1851 using more than 26 million bricks. When it was finished, it was also the highest railway bridge in the world. It is currently part of the high-speed Dresden-Plauen line, close to stop Netzschkau.wikipedia

For lunch we drove to the Kuhberg, the highest point in northern Saxony. Our lunch wasn't that great and also watching the play train wasn't fun. We only saw some crashs. We wanted to go to the top of the tower, but it was too expensive. So all in all this place was annoying.