Bad Homburg
EuroTrip 2006
Bad Homburg
Hans u. Gerti take us to the palace at Bad Homburg. I think it still has the original
wood floors, which is why the tour guide gives us felt-bottom slippers to cover our shoes.
We “polish the floors” as we go through the tour. The tour guide is evidently a native of
Frankfurt, because he speaks a dialect. He also speaks very, very fast. Mom can’t even
understand much of what he says. But it was enjoyable.
Hans u. Gerti take us inside a church. The inscriptions on the wall are Protestant
in nature (John 3:16, etc.), but the the church/cathedral is very beautifully decorated
with gold-layered tile work. Behind the altar is a tiled mosaic of a very Byzantine-looking
Jesus. (I can’t believe we didn’t take any pictures of the inside, but I did find
this church on the Web. It’s called the Erlöserkirche of Bad Homburg and
it’s Evangelisch.)
Weilmünster
Later, we visit Meta und Manfred for lunch at their home. Meta is originally from
Köln and misses it. But she enjoys their place here very much.