Sunday, Nov 11th. Scattered rain, then unused-to sunshine. Better photo weather. Amazing clock that defies description, even with instructions. More gorgeous buildings. Chocolate shops, puppet shops, glassware shops. Museums everywhere. Jewish Quarter was heartbreaking. Hitler may have been planning for a “Museum for the Extinct Jewish Race”. Stored, rather than destroyed Jewish artifacts. One synagogue had a wall with 77,000 handwritten names of lost people. Represents only half of those lost. 240 children out of 10,000 survived.
Huge metronome (which didn’t operate), built to replace a massive Stalin Statue. Funicular (also not operating) encouraged a hill climb for a beautiful city view. Large city square had numerous living statues, huge bears, soap bubble guy, etc.
Wonderfully greasy sausage sandwich, fried potato swirl on a stick, hot wine. The city isn’t cheap, but the exchange rate hides it. Evening spent watching Youtube segments of orchestra performances.
So cute. Just another bridge, with ornate decorations. Building centerpiece. Unremarkable, considering it’s competition. The lower calendar clock rotates once a year. 365 saints are listed. The upper clock? Mysterious. The only boring building in the city. Deserves a plaque. A Jewish Synagogue. Jews weren’t allowed to be stonemasons, so it was designed and built by Christians. Didn’t try. Rub for good luck. Commemorates the spot where a ruler was thrown off the bridge. Huh? Sign above a puppet shop.