9.6.11 On the road again

Well today started off with a visit to the old Marienberg Magazine (museum)  which was very interesting and highlighted the history of the Ore Mountains.
After that we were back in the car and of for a quick trip in the country side to visit the Erzgebirge region. It is renowned for the production of small hand crafted figurines so girls got all excited and there were lots of oooosssss and aaaaahhhhhhs when we entered the different rooms where production was taking place. All of the figurines had to be crafted in very old techniques and we were informed that with some of the crafting only 7 or so people  were still able to do this. It's was amazing to see the detail and time that went these figurines and also the music boxes that were being crafted.
After a tour of the wooden toy shop we set off for Zwickau.  We came across a  traffic jam so we decided to take a detour. Along the way a strange smell engulfed the car as we passed a farm. The strange thing about this was that Amanda had been eating prunes. At first I thought it was the farm, then I realized that cows don't eat prunes. This unfortunately affected Di the most as she looked a little pale but did the polite thing and informed us it was motion sickness. It also made me put off the blog until my eyes stopped watering. It kind of felt like a cross between hay fever and being hit with pepper spray at the same time . Anyway we avoided the traffic jam and arrived in Zwickau.
On arrival we were able to take a tour of the dom of St. Marien. At the top we enjoyed a birds eye view Zwickau and then checked out the rest of the cathedral. It was then time to freshen up and enjoy a nice meal and the company of our new hosts.
Tomorrow we head to the Horch museum and the VW factory.

Paul