On the Fichtelberg
Erzgebirge region, eastern Germany
July 22, 2003
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They did us a favor, turning us back at the Czech borders -- two favors,
actually. National Car Rental would have taken my butt to the cleaners
if anything had happened to the little Ford Fiesta wagon they rented me
in Amsterdam were I driving it around in Prague. But more important,
we got to explore the Erzgebirge -- who ever heard of it? -- a cute little mountain
region in eastern Germany. They opened the chalet for us, their only customers
that night, and after checking in we wandered -- on foot, National Car Rental --
across the Czech border, into a little Tijuana-style village where Vietnamese folks
were selling bootlegged CDs and cartons of cigarettes. Dinner & beer were,
predictably cheap, even at the only cafe open in town.
In the morning, meat with a side of meat, and then up to the Fichtelberg,
the tallest peak in the region, where we rode the chairlift to the peak
and took a few rides on a summer toboggan. Click on the small picture
of the steel tube track to see a short Quicktime movie of that ride.
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