Château de Chaumont, France
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Cyril Despres, of France, right, and Marc Coma, of Spain, race their KTMs in the 10th stage of the 2012 Argentina-Chile-Peru Dakar Rally between Iquique and Arica, Chile, Wednesday Jan. 11, 2012.
The rising sun pushes the moisture and cold air to the ground and frost blooms
Johann Sebastian Bach
The Bachhaus Museum in Eisenach, Germany was the first dedicated Bach museum in Germany. It gives an interesting insight into the life, work and times of Johann Sebastian Bach, who was born in the city 21. March 1685, as the youngest of 8 children to the Director of Musicians Johann Ambrosius Bach and Maria Elisabeth Lämmerhirt.
The Bachhaus Museum with a fully accessible modern extension
The charming, almost 600 year old half timbered house is the perfect backdrop for the valuable collection of over 250 authentic musical instruments and household objects on display. In the music room the exhibits of spinetts and organs is regularly used for concerts and demonstrations during visits. We were even asked to participate in a few exerpts of well known pieces. This was quite hilarious..
Rare Swiss house organ (1750)
At the age of 10, after the ealy death of both parents, his older, equally musical brother Johann Christoph Bach took over the younger Bach's guardianship and they left Eisenach for Arnstadt. It is here that his musical studies intensified and he became exposed to the influence of music by Johann Pachelbel under whom his brother had studied.
.Collection of wind instruments
At 14 he was awarded a choral scholarship at St. Michael's School in Lüneburg. It was already more than evident, that he was an extremely talented young man. So it is not surprising that he wrote some of his most significant compositions for the organ at the age of 20.
In 1707, after an argument with his employer he took advantage of the opportunity to leave his position in Arnstadt and became the Organist of the St.-Blasius-Church in Mühlhausen. That same year he married his cousin Maria Barbara, which was not unusual for that time.
Baroque String Instruments
1717 he rose to Court Conductor for Duke Leopold of Anhalt-Köthen. Shortly after their arrival in Köthen, his young wife died. In 1720 he married the musician daughter Anna Magdalena Wilcke. He composed the well known Brandenburg Concertos in 1723.
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Typical bedroom
Photo by: The Bachhaus
The state of the art audio room
That same year he started his most memorable position as Cantor of St. Thomas Church and Director of Music for 4 main churches in Leipzig. It is in this, his last station in life where he produced the magnificent St Matthew Passion and St John Passion.1750 Johann Sebastian Bach died in Leipzig at the age of 65.
The Bachhaus is open daily 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM
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Before thermo pane windows, it was a favorite past time to watch them grow on the windows in winter.
Photo by Colegota
On a plateau, between the towns of Nazca and Palpa (Southern Peru), we find artwork, which has puzzled scientist since it was discovered. The drawings are believed to be the artistic remnants of a culture which lived around 400 to 650 AD. Known as the Nazca Lines these geoglyphs (drawings on the ground) in the Nazca Desert, cover a plateau that stretches out over 53 miles (80km). This figure is known as the dog.
Global traveller and adventuress with a genuine interest in the incredible diversity, which is this beautiful planet. With many miles under my belt, working and living in the US, I made a life changing decision to return to Europe. I live in Germany and work as a consultant in tourism marketing & development. I write out of passion for the written word and because it gives me much pleasure. Certainly happiness is achievable if we live with enthusiasm in the appreciation of the here and now and are willing to evolve intelligently. Travel helps me maintain a good perspective on what is important for our future. Life on the road is grand!
"Travel is more than the seeing of sights; it is a change that goes on, deep and permanent, in the ideas of living." -- Miriam Beard
