3rd December 2005 - Day 61

Today I woke up with two places to visit in mind - Rastatt or Bruchsal. I haven't been to both of these towns and am quite interested in visiting their Schloss.

On my way to the Hauptbahnhof, I saw this Anzeige on the tram.

Reward: Maximum of 4900€

Things like that are interesting only because I don't get to see it often.

By the time I got to the Hauptbahnhof, I decided to go to Bruchsal as the train was leaving in 10 minutes time. I noticed that there were lots of policemen/women standing around at the train station. There must be something happening soon.

I wandered around in Bruchsal town centre for a while. The Weihnachtsmarkt there is really quite small in comparision with the one in Karlsruhe.

The Courtyard of the Schloss

The designs are painted on

One reason why it's better to visit in Summer

Is Beck's really so popular?

It was a cloudy afternoon. Everything appeared quite dark in the picture. I didn't go inside the Schloss as I was not in the mood to appreciate the displays. Maybe the weather wasn't cold enough.

I spent about 2 hours in Bruchsal and went back to Karlsruhe. When I got back, I was quite surprised to see the Police still there. The train station seems to be swarming with Police.

I could not take the trams from the Hauptbahnhof. According to the electronic display, there was a demonstration going on. Though I couldn't see any.

When I got back, I learnt that there was some Neo-Nazis (around 250) demostrating in Rastatt earlier in the afternoon. Which was why the Police was stationed, in case they made it here. But they didn't manage to make it here, and the Police had a quiet afternoon. The only demostration that happened here in Karlsruhe was a peaceful one against the Neo-Nazis at the Kronenplatz.

So, maybe it was good that I did not go to Rastatt instead.