Erfurt; Tuesday, 31 July, 2012

I caught the tram from the station over to the hotel, checked in and then headed back out into the city.

First stop was the Dom complex, two massive buildings on a hill standing over the centre of town. In addition to the cathedral there is the church of St Severus which makes up the complex. I had a look round both before continue to wander through the centre of town.

I stopped off at the Krämerbrücke, a small bridge that is completely covered in shops and houses on both sides. At the end of bridge it passes underneath a Methodist chapel from whose tower there are stunning views over the city centre, and from where you can truly get an idea of the size of the cathedral area.

I then caught the tram out to the edge of town and the Egapark showground. The park was partly built around an old fortress the Cyriaksburg, with the main building having been turned into a museum of gardening one of the towers into a observatory and the other tower into a viewing platform.

I had a long wander around the site taking in all the different gardens before it was time to head back into town to grab some dinner in a very nice restaurant looking across the Domplatz, a short further wander and then back to the hotel and bed.