Well, parts of it date back to the 1400s, chunks of it were destroyed in the war and rebuilt by the people of the city. It's home to one of the oldest shopping streets in Europe.
Unfortunately, that's pretty much all I've got. I've seen all that good stuff, the Cathedral and the whole aldstadt district; it took about 45 minutes to tour the lot. It's lovely and quiet here, not too many people. Probably because the whole place seems to shut down on Sundays. There were a few cafes open and a brass band playing in the main square, apart from that the town was dead.
Just another thing we failed to find out beforehand, I suppose, but how many cities can you name where Sundays are still treated as a seemingly official day of rest? It caught us by surprise and I think it would have done if we'd had years to plan this trip. I'm not complaining, I don't know what we would have done if anywhere was open anyway, it was just weird to walk through a city with practically no-one about, you don't get that anywhere I know. Every city I've ever spent time in has been perpetually busy, even on Sundays.
Just a short post today then. There doesn't seem to be much to add. It feels weird that this time next week we'll be in our last hotel of the trip and getting ready for going home in the morning. With the number of places still on our list to visit it doesn't seem possible to fit it all in in a week. In the same way, it almost seems like we've been over here forever already and home and work is just a dream I was having. I'm looking forward to getting back (home that is... to work, not so much).
Anyway, tomorrow it's country number 5: Denmark. See you then.
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