We are on our way across to the Wesser River area and so we decided to go via Braunschweig and Hildesheim - two towns that were heavily bombed towards the end of the WWII - Hildesheim only three weeks before the end - what a tragedy!
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| Henry the Lion - Braunschweig |
Did some house keeping before being away by 9.30 am. A quick trip of 13 km to Braunschweig, arrived just as the rain commenced. A much cooler morning.
As we drive into Braunschweig we were immediately taken by the large imposing building of classical design - thought that it must have been the castle but, as it turned out, it was the frontage of a very modern indoor shopping mall. Much of the reconstruction of Braunschweig attempted this blend of the old with the modern.
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| The facade of the Braunschweig shopping mall! |
Around lunch-time we pushed onto Hildesheim, another town completely reconstructed since 1945. Joined a German tour of the reconstructed Dom but it was all too much after a short time! The tour guide seemed to mention the English a lot - obviously the English we the culprits for the destruction!
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| Hildesheim Don 1944 |
We left the Dom in the safe hands of the tour guide and headed for the old market square which, again, has been totally reconstructed in the 1980s. What a great result. They have attempted to replace the old buildings with identical buildings.
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| Hildesheim market square |
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| Restored house on market square - Hildesheim. |
Later moved on to Bad Munder for more R n R.
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