October 27, 2009

This morning we went to Rehau to meet with a famous concrete artist, Eugen Gomringer. 

It turns out we had two concrete artists in the same room that day!  For lunch, we met with the Hof Rotary club.  I chose the beef roulade knowing full well that I would have to discard the inards and just eat the beef until I discovered the inside was full of mustard.  UGH!  Another less than desirable meal for the records.  From there we went to Bayreuth which was a nice city. 

It was bigger than Hof and Plauen, so I was extra excited to be there.  We went to the opera house (Markgrafliches Opernhaus) which was beautiful. 

They gave a great presentation about it, with cool lighting effects. 

After that we had some hot chocolate and dessert.  From there we walked to the Wagner museum and toured his former home. 

I liked how he had his dog burried next to him. 

That night we had Italian food for dinner.  I was excited to find Gnocchi alla Sorrentina on the menu, but it's never the same as what I had in Sorrento.