Weimar was around 1800 the place to be. Goethe, Schiller, Liszt and countless others lived here. Luckily not a lot has changed so we could visited their homes and go back in time. Bauhaus, van der Velde, Nietzsche - the amount of famous residents seems endless. Nowadays Weimar still lives in the past - not a lot happens here ;-)

Just above Weimar lies Buchenwald a concentration camp from WWII. It is very moving to walk through the camp especially the mortuary is an example of gruesome efficiency. Although it was warm and sunny - we both got a cold chill from the experience. 

This was the one day when I saw more bikes on the road as cars; the Harz is really bikers heaven ;-) Motorbikes everywhere! Lots of curves, empty roads and nice hills are the recipe for perfect riding...

We drove 8 hours today before arriving at our destination: the medieval town of Einbeck. Through countless fields of rapeseed, along the weber river and little ancient villages. We also saw the Eder dam , famous for the attack in 1943 (as told in the famous movie the Dam Busters); it is really an impressive dam, build in 1908 and very hard to destruct indeed.

We are on the road again. This time we are heading for Weimar and Thuringen - Germany. The trip to our first stop was perfect because we didn't encountered the expected rain storm that was for casted.
Our hotel in Ruthen is on the top of a hill with a very nice view (and our first Schnitzel with bratkartofelen... )