October 19-Bad Harzburg

Since we are here for a whole year we are trying to see and do as much as we can.  Some things are common tourist spots for Americans to visit and others are not.  Bad Harzburg is a town located in the Harz mountains which are the tallest mountains in Northern Germany and is not a common place for Americans to visit.  This stained glass was on the train station when we arrived.  We took the regional train which is inexpensive and so nice to travel on.  I think Joshua will especially miss riding on the train.  He definitely prefers the train over driving.

One of the reasons we decided to visit was to ride this 3 minute cable car ride to the top of the mountain and see the beautiful leaves changing color.

There was water running along the city street.  It was very pretty.

The view from the top.

I have never seen a mushroom like this in real life.

We hiked down the mountain.  The weather was so nice.  I think the boys are going to especially miss all of the rocks, sticks, hazelnuts etc.