| Show FAIRYTALE COUNTRY APPEALS TO J YOUNG AT HEART I GI s it i t s 9 l j e pr x r I n vyrA i K h t i A t. t f i. i i t t tl r t R 0 j I r I I I r t r I i. i v tt ti oJ Ei t I Y jJ i N 1 w. w A A. A IL r i f I 1 r 7 I. a 4 0 i c. c J Y 10 I I 1 A 4 J iJ The Brothers Grimm settled in the university town of Gottingen left where when I dents still celebrate passing their exams by kissing the goose girl statue In In the ir ti square In the quaint town of Hameln right an outdoor or show fe ty Ji the legendary Pied Pled Piper who charmed children here in the fairy Its It's a land of or fairytales and legends witches and castles castles-a a land that the Brothers Grimm made famous fa famous for generations of or the young and the young at heart Yet despite its many enchantments this region of or Germany which stretches from Cram Frankfurt north to Hanover has remained relatively unexplored by Americans Where does your storybook story book trip begin You could start at Hanau just 11 miles east of or Frankfurt where the Grimms were born A statue in the square of ot thU this town which is fa known toda today for tor its quality silversmiths and goldsmiths recalls its favorite sons Traveling north you reach the steep cobbled streets and timbered half buildings of at Marburg which looks very much like it did when the brothers went to the university there at the start of at the century Much of at the town is II even older than that In front of at the century town hall the bustle of an outdoor market fills tills the square on Wednesdays and Fridays From here suggest the travel experts at Lufthansa German Airlines go eo on to Kassel where the young Grimms went to school The town boasts Europe's oldest surviving playhouse from 1610 which is now a natural history museum And in a little palace off orr the main street is a museum dedicated dedicated dedi dedi- to the Grimms Grimma themselves themselves them them- selves for tor it was here that the two collected many of or orthe the tales that will outlive us Snow all-Snow White Hansel and Gretel Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty Continuing on your route you can stop at another another an other university town G Gottingen which has a century center that thai is isas isas isas as enchanting as when the Grimms worked there Students Students Stu Stu- dents gather in the town square on Fridays to celebrate celebrate cele brate the start of the weekend week weekend end and come there when they pass their exams to kiss kissa a statue of at the goose girl Sunday concerts are played under ancient flags and coats of arms of or I Hans Unseat ic League cities in the town townhall townhall townhall hall that dates from the Middle Ages Eighty miles northwest of at G Gottingen is Hameln Harne In the home of at a legendary figure not associated with the Grimms but still very special the Pied ried Piper riper Its It's said that a tJ 1 multicolored multi d away the rats tl that V Vs s the city back Iq 12 J fi When the townspeople e te ti 1 fused to pay him J j t i their children awa away wi he hei tJ i very same piping Much of or n n F 1 street dates from train th the niB b and you h ha Y 1 t. t a chance to get a good loot oJ 1 at the carved r l rj j J and ga gables gable le tea r. z buildings since ita r only street l I j If a storybook top not 1 j 1 complete without 1 a i U fe it t y 1 you can s stay t a y ito in q ii o b j Castle lo lout th J r Hameln on the Wese River Rini I jj e which is now a hotel It we here hereso so the legend goes goe that Sleeping Beauty pricked b bet bee r r t. t finger and fell feU into her t year sl sleep ep until she w was visa n It 1 m magically awakened by her ht y Prince Charming l But you need eed no no magic i ito f tl ij to get away to this worl world f l that mixes the real and nd th the make believe For l tion on Lufthansa's Fly Drive plans that combine comblo tr the freedom of nt JT t travel through the AV t t country with the e o orp t t t J Jat of at transatlantic s airfares contact your travel traye i agent or Lufthansa |
