In my "Asparagus" write-up yesterday I mentioned the transport system in Braunschweig. It is excellent. This photo shows the M3, from Weststadt to Radaklint, which I catch daily. A walk of about a mile takes me to the tram stop and I can be in the city centre in 14 minutes. I like the trams, they chug, chug along in a very comfortable rhythm. My monthly Senior Pass at 46.50€ entitles me to unlimited travel on the trams and buses, and I make full use of it. (Although not today, when the temperature has reached 30 Grad.) The trams run every ten minutes in the week, quarter hourly on a Saturday and half hourly on a Sunday. The buses are very frequent too. I came straight home today at 1.30pm to a cool flat after the two English groups. It was too hot to stay in the city.The photo below shows work at the Cathedral to install a ramp for disabled access. To my horror they have removed my favourite seat, a cosy little place beside the Cathedral's main entrance, where I used to sit and ponder the meaning of life and eat ice cream. It was a nice wooden slatted seat supported by two lions, one of which had a very shiny nose. I do hope the lions come back.
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