And in the newest chapter of my German adventures, it’s onto Speyer, a little town 20 minutes away from Ludwigshafen. I have to admit, I was not too keen about Speyer, until I read the Wiki entry on it. Apparently, it is rich in history and was extremely significant in German history.
The Speyer Cathedral. It’s HUGE. And I like that it’s not as ostentatious as some other cathedrals I’ve seen. It’s big, but the art in the cathedral is not so in-your-face. It reminds me of the ”fire engine station” church in Cordoba, but maybe that’s how all old Roman cathedrals look like. The cathedral is also the resting place of 8 German kings and queens who died in the 10th and 11th century. I visited the crypt and it gave me the chills. It was cold, probably due to the stone architecture and with the choir practising their hymns above the crpyt, it feels exactly like a scene from Diablo 1. I was half-expecting skeletons to rise up from the sarcophagi and attack us. I wanted to take a photo of the crypt, but on second thoughts, it was probably disrespectful and the last thing I wanted to do was to incur the wrath of 8 German ghosts.
So that’s it on Speyer. It’s really small, and everything can be seen in half a day. Like Heidelberg, it’s the kind of place to just go and people watch from a cafe with a nice cold beer. Or ice cream. The Germans love their ice cream.
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Joshuas, trees are just trees. Since HY probably doesn’t read this blog, I shall say on his behalf, “The poet speak! Come joshua, let us hear a haiku on trees!”
