Germany

Remarkable voice

[September, 2012] The chubby man in black is the owner of the voice. This is Roemerberg in Frankfurt, Germany. He was singing a song from operas.Germany is famous for its classical music and it is…

Germany

Sightseeing bus in Frankfurt

[September 2012] In Germany as well as in the UK, Sundays seem the day for railway repairing. Because of that the journey from Gemstones area in Germany to Frankfurt was not easy. We had to…

Germany

A church built into a rock

[September 2012] Oberstein in Germany is famous for its gem stone business, but another speciality here is this Felsenkirche, a church built into a natural niche in the rock. You can see this from the…

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Grinding gemstones is a hard work

[September, 2012] What do you think this man is doing? Here is the gemstone grinding watermill in Idar, Germany. As you can see, workers lied on their stomach and put the stones on the machine…

Germany

Visit a gemstone mine

[September, 2012] There is a gemstone mine in Idar, Germany, which is the only one open to the public in Europe. Here they can get four kind of stones such as agate and jasper. From…

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Enjoy gemstones

[September 2012] There is German Gemstone Museum in Idar in Germany. There are more than 10000 exhibits from all over the world. It is worth a look. I got very much interested in the stones…

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Medieval Herrstein

[September, 2012] At the tourist office of Idar-Oberstein, we were strongly recommended to visit Herrstein. This is a very pretty town with medieval houses. The timber framed traditional houses are from 15th century, and the…

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Malachite is a by-product of copper

[September, 2012] There are some things I learned by visiting German gem stone route. One of them is that the beautiful Malachite can be dug from copper mines. The workers dig the place where the…

Germany

Gem stone town

[September, 2012] Do you know that there is a gem stone town called Idar-Oberstein in Germany? I got to know this through a magazine and had wished to go there. And now my dream came…