On Saturday, we went to Jena and Weimar. Jena is a large university town, and Weimar is where the Weimar Republic, the government of Germany between the World Wars, was based. Weimar was also the home of Goethe, an author, and Schiller, a playwright.
Jena still has some remnants of the old city wall, including the Johannistor, which is the only remaining gate. It’s said that for students, walking through the Johannistor brings bad luck on exams.
Weimar was an interesting place to go. There were quite a few open pedestrian areas that didn’t seem to have a border with actual roads and many of the squares had grilled bratwurst stands.
Weimar is also where the Bauhaus art style started. Bauhaus places priority on utility and is similar to modernism. There is a Bauhaus museum in Weimar, but we didn’t visit it because we were getting tired of walking around.