Bremen: Our Feet Hurt

Jack and I spent last weekend in the city of Bremen...about a 4.5 hour bus ride from Berlin. We had the perfect weather...60s and sunny both days that we were there, which was perfect, as Bremen is one of those towns that you experience on foot and out doors. I was very much looking forward to this trip because Bremen is the setting of the Grimm's Fairy Tale "The Musicians of Bremen". We use this story our 2nd graders to help with inferences, characters, and predictions. It's a fabulous fairy tale!

If I had to sum up our 2 days in Bremen in one word, it would be "walking". We did lots, and lots, and lots of walking. After checking handy dandy Google Maps, we found that on Saturday alone, an underestimate of how much we walked was about 13 miles. Phew! Our feet hurt! While walking, my camera was in full force, taking pictures at and from every angle possible. This blog post is going to be the spit-up of just a handful of the pictures that I took. Enjoy!

The Schnoor:
An adorable little cobblestone quarter with shops, restaurants, and homes

One of the many statues dedicated to Grimm's fairy tale

Altstadt:
Small but gorgeous area of town

This boy refused to move

Famous shopping street (Böttcherstr.) with a candy shop that made the whole street smell of sugar

Jack's "home" for 3 weeks

Bürgerpark:

Huge park that we walked around

Misc.

Pictures from walking along the Weser, a famous cobblestone shopping street, and the Beck's Brewery

River on one side, big houses on the other

Beck's Brewery off in the distance.