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Chapel of the Cross
Jesus Bakery and station of the Way of the Cross
Church of St Peter and Paul, vaults
Restoration works on the stucco ceilingsthe things you never planned on are sometimes best
Görlitz is perfect for walking. The city center if very compact but full of a fantastic array of architectural styles with gothic, renaissance, baroque, and art nouveau all well represented. One particular thing of interest are the innumerable doorways that line the cobblestone streets. Travel can bring you to exotic places, that is for sure but it can also bring you to places you never planned on going. Sometimes they are the best experiences as you have no expectations to let you down and by doing something someone else suggests you are not only giving over control but showing faith that something more important than your opinion exists.
And so it came to be that instead of a return trip to personal favorite Meissen (and a fantastic little restaurant serving up the local brewery’s entire lineup), I opted to go along with my father-in-laws plans to take us to Görlitz. The day started inauspiciously enough due to my being quite hung over from the previous day’s wedding. Since it was my very own, I had no one to blame but myself and the enjoyment I had more than made up for the queasy feeling made worse with every unexpected turn en route. We first had to pick up some wedding guests who also gave up a day to Meissen in favor of enjoying our company. Sandy and Dave turned out to be even better sports about the whole thing than me. Of course, they were also in much better shape than me with regard to adverse effects from the previous night’s consumption.
(concluded below in Fondest Memory)
