Quedlinburg

This will be a really short post as I'm in a restaurant accessing their wi-fi (the only reason we're eating here).  We have no internet at our B&B.

It was lovely to be met with a hug at the station by Kirily.  She suggested a taxi to the B&B due to the cobbles.  It's only about a kilometre but the whole way is rough and cobbled, and my suitcase wheels are kaputt (what a lovely German word!!)

We're staying in a lovely old Fachwerkhaus.  Notice that it's crooked!

Quite a spacious apartment...

...complete with couch and kitchen.  Bathroom is separate off to the right

Afterwards we just wandered around Quedlinburg.  It has around 1500 Fachwerhaeuser (half-timbered houses) in the Altstadt, and is on the UNESCO World Heritage List (pretty much the entire old town).  Quedlinburg survived WWII intact.  Most of the houses were built in the 16th and 17th centuries, and the churches and Stadtmauer (city walls) are even older.

Das Rathaus, the Town Hall, at one end of the Markt (Market Square)

Lots of half-timbered houses

This one is gorgeous

Burgberg Schloss dates from the 10th century

Wonderful views over Quedlinburg from up here

We've just been hit with a flash storm - gusts of wind blowing chairs down the square with desperate staff chasing after them and getting drenched in the process, and lightning flashes making things interesting.  So...we're staying here a little longer, and I have time for a couple more photos...

It's strange to see a Fachwerkhaus standing on its own

Cantilevered...

Crooked houses, crooked streets......I love it!