Bombers and Bikes, Day 12, NOT Colditz

I think I had seen that Colditz wasn't open on Monday, when I did my original planning but it hadn't entered my head, when we re-jigged the plans, to cut out Dresden and spend another couple of nights in Altenburg. Phil's statement, therefore, didn't seem a total surprise to me. We therefore, had to come up with a Plan B, which meant, we just decided to take a look around the town we were staying in. Unfortunately, Monday closing seems to be a thing across Germany, so the public buildings, such as the huge Schloss, were closed in Altenburg too. Never mind.

The Schloss

We decided that we could still visit the outside of the 'sights' and take photos, even if we couldn't venture inside, so that's what we did. There are a couple of parks and lakes in the town, one with a zoo in the middle, so we thought there'd be enough to busy us for a few hours. It was another warm day, as we made our way around the town. Besides the buildings, which were impressive, one of the most interesting things we saw, was the carp in the lakes. They were obviously used to being fed, as they seemed to congregate at the viewing platforms.

Carp

Having walked a fair few kilometres, we reached the Markt, where we decided to have a cold drink. It was nice just to sit and watch the people going about their business, whilst trying to stop the wasps crawling into our drinks. I resorted to dabbing some of my sprite onto the table, to lure them away from my glass. It seemed to work. It was a surprise though, just how much liquid the wasps could drink. It would have amounted to me drinking a bucket of sprite!

We carried on to view, and drop inside, the Brüderkirche, a striking red brick building, before making our way back to the hotel, where we chilled for a couple of hours, before heading out for dinner.

The Brüderkirche

Once again, deciding where to eat proved problematic, so we plumped for the Indian restaurant, mainly because it was one of the few places actually open! Tell me why, Germans don't like Mondays, tell me why! With a long ride tomorrow, this was a risk. We shall see tomorrow whether we live to regret it.

Saying that, the curries were very nice. We pushed the boat out a bit, with poppadoms to start AND a banana/ice cream pudding. Obviously, that was all washed down with a couple of beers. I've lost count of the beers now, hence, no count anymore, but it must be over 20.

Tomorrow we hit the road, heading west, with our overnight stay in Bochum. Weather is looking fine again.