So, I guess this is my first post. Thus, I shall begin at the middle of the beginning. (After all, I am a Star Wars fan. Such a start is only natural). I have been in Eichstätt, Germany for about a week now... And I love this town. Granted, I have to walk uphill any direction I go (that is only a slight hyperbole), and the water here is 25% chalk (also a slight hyperbole as well; the town is located near a large Jurassic Limestone quarry), and Bayerische Deutsch (Bavarian German) can be a bit hard to understand, but I love it all. The neighborhood I live is the apple filling in the streusel, though.
It does not look like much at first. To be frank, it looks like a small, run-down, European city block with small streets. Then what makes it so great that I compared it to the magic that is apple streusel? I'm glad I asked that rhetorical question. What one does not see behind these not-so-aesthetically-pleasing walls that makes this neighborhood great. First, the market square is just down the street. There, all sorts of bread, cakes, coffee, sandwiches, gelato, tobacco, magazines, model paints, fresh fruits and vegetables, soda drinks, and even an Irish Pub are all at my disposal and within a two minute walk.
Those aforementioned benefits are only the surface perks of my neighborhood. What I really love here is the below the surface treasure. For example, the street above mine is, Werbenstraße, is covered in painted icons to the Christ Child and The Virgin Mary along with statues of various saints affixed to the corners and entrances to homes and businesses. This street is not a main thoroughfare by any of the stretch of the imagination; one has to get lost here to see this street. That being said, the town is covered with all sorts of Catholic saints and icons. The ones on Werbenstraße, as beautiful as they are, are just the start of the immensely artistry that seems almost implicit in the existence of this cobble-stoned town filled with the sound of simple life and church bells.
I cannot wait to explore the rest of Eichstätt. So much is here. So, for next time, watch for entries on The Natural History Museum and The Theological Research Library. I guarantee it will not be a disappointment, dear Internet Reader.
It does not look like much at first. To be frank, it looks like a small, run-down, European city block with small streets. Then what makes it so great that I compared it to the magic that is apple streusel? I'm glad I asked that rhetorical question. What one does not see behind these not-so-aesthetically-pleasing walls that makes this neighborhood great. First, the market square is just down the street. There, all sorts of bread, cakes, coffee, sandwiches, gelato, tobacco, magazines, model paints, fresh fruits and vegetables, soda drinks, and even an Irish Pub are all at my disposal and within a two minute walk.
Those aforementioned benefits are only the surface perks of my neighborhood. What I really love here is the below the surface treasure. For example, the street above mine is, Werbenstraße, is covered in painted icons to the Christ Child and The Virgin Mary along with statues of various saints affixed to the corners and entrances to homes and businesses. This street is not a main thoroughfare by any of the stretch of the imagination; one has to get lost here to see this street. That being said, the town is covered with all sorts of Catholic saints and icons. The ones on Werbenstraße, as beautiful as they are, are just the start of the immensely artistry that seems almost implicit in the existence of this cobble-stoned town filled with the sound of simple life and church bells.
I cannot wait to explore the rest of Eichstätt. So much is here. So, for next time, watch for entries on The Natural History Museum and The Theological Research Library. I guarantee it will not be a disappointment, dear Internet Reader.