I did not mention that on Thursday through Sunday nights we had the annual wine fest! I have been every year since I have been coming to Weimar. In the platz in front of Goethe's house about 5/6 wineyards set up stands and sell their wine. You can either buy a glass, either .1l or .2l or you can buy a bottle to drink there or,( the deal of the day) you can buy a bottle to go. On Friday night I tried 3 different wines at one place and then bought 2 bottles to go. One weisseburgundian and one dornfelder. Together the bottles cost me 12e! 6e each! One 2 l glass costs 4e.
On Saturday night, after dinner at Texas, I went again. This time I hit 2 different stands. At the first I had one 2l glass and then one 1l glass and bought a bottle of Riesling for 4.50e. At the next stand I had 2 different glasses. Then I went home. The winefest is a fun time. There are a lot of people there and I don't think it is a lot of tourists.
On Saturday morning I decided to go to Arnstadt. I had never heard of this town before but read a bout it in a Thuringian Card book. Apparently it is the oldest city in Thuringia. I took the train to Erfurt and then changed for Arnstadt. It took less than 50 minutes and I think the change-overin Erfurt was longer than either of the train rides. The Altstadt is pretty easyt o find from the train station. There are signs and it is pretty much straight ahead on Erfurter Strasse. I found the Tourist Bureau and they gave me a city map with a self-guided walking tour. I visited the city Palace and the cathedral. To be honest neither is that interesting. I did stop for a beer after I got my map and after the palace I had lunch and it was nice and reasonable and I enjoyed the city and walking around there. All in all it made for a nice day out.
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