The market place right next to us has many street performers. This "Marble Statue" is a man who can stand as still as this picture and really does look like a statue. If someone drops money into his cup, he begins to move, makes gestures, shakes your hand, then once again becomes very stiff. Even with all of the people milling about him or staring at him, he remains composed and stiff. Very intriguing to watch!
The day after Lindsey arrived, we went by train to Burgdorf to visit Karen Schultze. She used to be a travel agent. She invited us to her home 20 minutes from Hannover so that she could give us some travel tips for Paris. She drove us to the small, quaint town of Celle which was 30 miles from Burgdorf, to show their fun shopping area. This is one of the buildings in Celle.
We took Lindsey on a walk around Hannover to explore new sights. We saw this church covered with beautiful fall ivy.
All dressed up for our big night at the Opera. We went to see Peter Grimes. DON'T ever go see it. It was the most bleak, depressing, story and music ever! We left at intermission.
"The Girls" went to the "Masch See" (manmade lake in the center of the city) and went paddleboating. Our legs got a good workout!
Tracy and Lindsey in sync with one of the modern art sculptures in the Herrenhauser Gartens.
These sculptures were in a small building in the corner of the Herrenhauser Gartens. This artist is quite popular in this area. There are statues in various places around the city like these.
Tracy, on a typical misty day here.
3 comments:
I like the red hat of tracy's
Hi,
actually the name of the artist is Nikki de Saint Phalle and those big statues are called "Nana". We had a big exhibition when I was working in the Modern art museum in Nice, that's how I know...
Thanks Chrystelle,
It seems like I heard that once but I couldn't remember the names. Now we have it in print so we can remember.
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