Wiesbaden-Part 3
SUNDAY MEMORIES
Judy Wills
It has been said Germans are known for beer and cuckoo clocks. The American version of that is that, after being in Germany, Americans return stateside with either a baby or a cuckoo clock! Well, we had the baby, but she was on-the-way before we even got to Germany!! In any case, there was a store in downtown Wiesbaden that had the world’s largest cuckoo clock as it’s store front! Here is a picture of that store front. I really enjoyed wandering around that store. But I did NOT want to come home with a cuckoo clock – and I didn’t!
We thoroughly enjoyed Christmas time in Wiesbaden. Here are some pictures of downtown at night. These were taken in 1968, so I don’t know if or what Wiesbaden does for decoration in 2020. We enjoyed the city streets. But we really enjoyed the “fairy tale” kiosks set up along the main street – Wilhelmstrasse. These are just a few of the ones we saw.
Hansel & Gretel
There were several main streets in Wiesbaden, Rheinstrasse was one of them. Ringstrasse was another. Here are a few pictures of those streets.
Rheinstrasse looking toward Hainerberg
You can see the Ring Kirche at the end of Rheinstrasse heading up toward Ringstrasse.
We especially enjoyed seeing the churches along the way. Here is the Marktkirche (Market Church).
The Marktkirche – as it was when we were there
There was a spa/park near downtown called the Kurpark. Here is the Kurhaus, which was a casino at the time we were there.
Here is the fountain within the park.
It is a beautiful park, with some “Roman” touches to it. In researching Wiesbaden, I found that Wiesbaden was indeed, occupied by the Romans in around the 370’s A.D. WOW!
In April of 1968, Fred and I made a trip to Holland – my first visit there! We left Karen with some church friends, and set out to enjoy ourselves! We took in Amsterdam and all its sights. We enjoyed an open-air market there.
We stopped in Leiden to see the Treslong Experimental Gardens. So well done.
We took in Haarlem with its magnificent cathedral.
The Bell Tower of the St. Bavo Church Credit Google search and Wikipedia
The pipe organ inside there has the distinction of having been played by G.F. Händel in 1740 and 1750, and in 1766 then ten-year-old Mozart! WOW!! Later, when we made the trip with my Mother, someone was actually playing the organ – and I was quite enthralled! Beautiful!
The organ pipes in the church of St. Bavo
~~~~~~~~~~To Be Continued~~~~~~~~~~
Judy is living in Central Florida with her retired U.S. Air Force husband of 50+ years. Born in Dallas, Texas, she grew up in the Southwestern United States.She met her husband at their church, where he was attending the university in her town. After college and seminary, he entered the Air Force, and their adventures began.They lived in eight of our United States, and spent six years in Europe, where their oldest daughter was born. She was a stay-at-home mom for many years .
Judy has always been involved with music, both playing the piano and singing. Always interested in exercise, she was an aerobic dancing instructor, as well as a piano teacher for many years, and continues to faithfully exercise at home.
After moving to Central Florida, she served as a church secretary for nearly nine years.Her main hobby at this point in time is scanning pictures and 35mm slides into the computer. She also enjoys scrapbooking.She and her husband have two married daughters and four grandchildren, including grandtwins as well as a great-grandson. She and her husband enjoy the Disney parks as often as possible.
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