80 UK TRAVEL WRITERS VISIT WEIMAR GERMANY
Visit to the cultural heart of Germany by members of the British Guild of Travel Writers to the area of Thuringen and the city of Weimar.
The home of Geothe beloved writer of the German people and Schiller the dramatist who’s works are still performed in the city today.
BRITISH GUILD OF TRAVEL WRITERS
British Guild of Travel Writers listening to Bach Music.
Members of the British Guild of Travel Writers investigate the region and spent time at the Ettersburg Palace where they were entertained with a selection of music by from Beethoven to Piazzolla performed by Konstanze von Gutzeit (cello) and Daniel Hiede (piano).
The tastes of the country were included with members keen to taste the beer and the famed sausages that are sold from numerous places all over the country.
Staying at the famous Elephant Hotel in Weimar the group toured a nearby former Jewish prison and work camp as well as finding out more about the arts and people like Goethe, Schiller, Wagner and of course Bach who all had close connections with Weimar and the area of Thuringen.
Situated in the former East Germany the area had for many years been under Soviet control before it reunified with the West. Some well known cars were once made in the area the Wartburg for instance was made very close by.
Followed by a firework display and a chance to tour the White Room within the palace.
The home and now a museum about Bach visited by the British Guild of Travel Writers.
The event was hosted by the German National Tourist Office and on the following days the 80 travel writers had the chance to see and experience what this UNESCO World Heritage site area can offer tourists from Great Britain who last year increased their visitor numbers by 8.5%.
