Going Where you shouldn't in Bremen.

Day 35 - June 28^th

As we were 40km out of Bremen we decided to take the motorbike into town and it was a pleasant ride along the banks of the Weser and through the local countryside.

We rode in during some busy traffic and as we got closer into the city center I think I missed the sign saying traffic was limited to buses and trams only. 

It’s quite a harrowing experience riding into town and slowly realizing that there are no other cars/motorbikes in town and you have a shitload of people looking at you. The upside of this hiccup was that we got a very close park to the centre of town!

We jumped off the bike and wandered into the Altstadt and town square. We had heard and read a little bit about Bremen and the town hall (Ratshaus) and Cathedral were great. We then strolled through the quaint streets around town and to the market that was still in operation to pick up bread and meat for lunch.

Inside the Town Sqaure with the Rathaus
(Town Hall) in the background.

Bremen Cathedral.

Statue of Roland, Brem-Dogga.

I think we need to be careful on buying from markets, as although it would seem cheaper coming from local producers it is a far sight dearer than Lidl/Aldi. The 100g meat for example cost us about $7 AUD, which was a rip-off!

The Bremen Town Musicians.

Where do you think people have been
 touching this young lass?

Apart from the town square, the rest of Bremen was fairly uninspiring and didn’t really crack up to be what we had imagined. In fact, so much so that we ended up in a department store (so Claire could try on a Dirndl for our visit to Oktoberfest) and spent 2hrs trying to catch up on the blog at a nearby Starbucks.

Dirndl Number 1.

Dirndl Number 2 and a little cheeky spin.

The ride back to the campsite was great as we were treated to a nice sunny warm evening through the countryside, although buying a open face helmet was a rookie error as I get a lot of the local fauna attaching themselves to my face at high-speed, which is slightly uncomfortable.