But apart from my grumbles which I can work round, the music is of the highest quality, in fact it cannot be any better. After a concert by Vox Humilis, I rushed back to the hotel and put some of their CDs on my amazon wish list. I will sort them out at home. So I am glad I came for the music. I would never get two concerts a day of this quality anywhere else.
We had one concert in Muhlhausen.
An interesting graffiti in Muhlhausen.
The market in Muhlhausen
One of many decorated doorways in Muhlhausen.
I visited the Bachhaus in Eisenach. He was born here. The Museum is very good. There is a very modern bit with headphones everywhere to listen to music and this is built onto the original half timbered house. Most of the old houses here are half timbered but unlike English houses of the same materials, the timbers have a small cross section say about four inches on a side. Unlike English ones which have a basic framework of oak timber 8 to 10inches on a side. Which means they need a smaller number of timbers. When I lived in Newent, I discovered that, in mediaeval times, if you could get the roof on by nightfall, you could keep the house and the land. I always assumed that was the reason for cruck cottages where the cottage ends were formed of two great timbers put together in a triangle. This method needs fewer timbers. I have heard of a group doing that today. I would love to see it done. Must be run like a military operation!
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