Saturday, May 26, 2018
After grabbing a quick continental breakfast, we obtained our "boarding passes" from reception and left the Viking Astrild for an early morning walk through Bad Schandau. Iron-rich springs were discovered around 1800 and a spa town and summer resort developed. It is the smallest German place with its own tram service. Yet, it is perhaps most famous for being a set location for filming
Inglourious Basterds and the inspiration for the elevator to the
Grand Budapest Hotel.
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| Toskana Beach seems more like a beach volleyball court! |
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Marienkirche; since 1924 the Roman Catholic Church
has used this 19C building constructed as accommodation
for a Russian diplomat in a classic
St Petersburg villa style |
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Historic elevator/Historischer Personenaufzug
(1904-1905 with Art Nouveau ornamentation) |
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Looking at the dog's position, it appears the sign means
no pooping rather than no dogs! (KSS) |
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| "Protect our plants from your little devils!" |
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Ball fountain/Kugelbrunnen in the Spa Park/Kurpark
(without water, they look like cartoon bombs or smudge pots!) |
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| Way up a hillside was the Martin Luther Monument |
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| Even with limited space, they still have a garden house |
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| Back in the Kurpark with a water pump and rhododendron in bloom |
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| Kurpark stage |
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On the left are pestles for grinding millet, and
on the right is a conglomerate quartzite rock |
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| World War I Memorial |
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| Bridge over the Kirnitzsch stream |
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| Simple terminal station for the Kirnitzsch Valley Tram/Kirnitzschtalbahn |
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| Kirnitzsch Valley Tram (KSS) |
This is the only tram system to service a national park in Germany, the Saxon Switzerland National Park. It uses historical rolling stock, and the trams were featured in the movie
The Reader where Kate Winslet was a conductress.
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The Ice Age Stone/Eiszeitstein marks the southern
border of the Scandinavia inland ice sheet
(during the Pleistocene epoch) |
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Association of Persecuted of the Nazi Regime/
Vereinigung der Verfolgten des Naziregimes
Memorial to the victims of Fascism |
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| Lace curtains and flower boxes (KSS) |
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The Lutheran St John's Church/St-Johannis
Kirche with octagonal tower |
Someone who saw us trying to enter the church motioned us around to the back.
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| This door was locked as well! (KSS) |
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Sendig Fountain/Sendigbrunnen (1896,
reconstructed 2011) |
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| Gambrinus Brewery |
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| Bad Schandau City Hall/Rathaus |
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The coats-of-arms of the region's sister cities,
carved in Elbe sandstone |
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| The Viking Astrild |
We were back in time for a real breakfast!
Next: The Bastei.
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