Weekday Travels Part 1: Görlitz and Rochlitz
Last week was organised slightly differently from usual, in that I did the interesting things on Thursday and Friday and achieved nothing at all worth writing about on Saturday and Sunday. Görlitz/ Zgorzelec In order to say farewell to the language assistants in the Chemnitz area, the town council organised a day trip to Görlitz/Zgorzelec for us on Thursday. This is on the German/Polish border; Görlitz is the town on the German side, and Zgorzelec is across the river on the Polish side. As one of the few remaining towns that survived the wars almost unscathed, it is a popular film set. The Grand Budapest Hotel was filmed in Görlitz, as was part of Inglourious Basterds and The Reader , among others. We did manage to get a look at the building that was the actual hotel in Grand Budapest Hotel , although in typical style it was being renovated, so pressing our noses against the windows and peering in at the darkened staircase was the best ...