This year we only had two days of snow at home and therefore decided that we need some more. We used two days of school holidays after the first school reports to have a four day long trip. At first we thought about the Bavarian Forest as a destination but then selected the Ore Mountains – because they are simply closer. Continue reading “Traveling for snow”
Zum Neinerlaa
If you get to the market place in Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany (which has a good underground car park by the way) you will find the restaurant “Zum Neinerlaa” directly in the basement of the old townhall. It is a nice place we found by accident. Continue reading “Zum Neinerlaa”
Markus-Röhling-Stolln
In the Ore Mountains belonging to Germany and the Czech Republic there was more to find than ore – also silver, cobalt and uranium for example. One place where miners digged down deep into the earth was Annaberg-Buchholz, Germany. At the Markus-Röhling-Stolln they gathered silver and cobalt between 1500 and 1857. Continue reading “Markus-Röhling-Stolln”