Naumburg, Marketplace

In dozens of European cities we saw large outdoor markets that were just filled with every kind of food one can imagine. Usually by mid-day the markets are closed, the area is swept and hosed down, and the trash has been hauled away. The market place is now the location for street side cafes, a parking lot, or just to be enjoyed as the town square.

While we drove through this part of Germany, we saw a sign that proclaimed a Holiday Inn was to be built nearby. Another set of advertisements declared a concert by the “Beach Brothers” would be held in a few days. We have no idea if that is the same Beach Brothers we hear about in the US, or if someone else was using the same name.

At a store we visited one day, we talked to a man and wife who spoke some English. They invited us to spend the night in their driveway in a town nearby. We followed all the directions the best we could, and asked three people for help, but try as we might, never found their home. We drove on to a campsite a few miles further on.

Just outside one town we watched a truck with a funny set of rotating brushes mounted on an "arm" that reached to posts that lined the roadside, and scrubbed the little reflectors on the post. Never saw that elsewhere.