Day 2 - Nordhausen Dora to Colditz

As many of the buildings at Dora have been destroyed and the inmates parade ground turned into a communist arena by the former GDR government, the impact of the inhumanities that took place until it was discovered by the US Army in 1945 is hard to conjure in the mind.

Dora Flickr

From Dora we continued east towards Leipzig and finally to Colditz.

Nothing could prepare the visitor for the sheer size of the castle on a rocky promontory overlooking the town.

Despite sometimes torrential rain with near zero visibility, our arrival was in the evening sunshine. 

The TomTom took us to the main gatehouse that is by the entrance to the German courtyard. Checking in was easy and we then moved the car, humphing all the bags back up the hill from the Castle's own car park was a little harder!

Finally arrived a Colditz Castle.  This is the view from the window in the corridor outside our room.

Dinner was a 40cm pizza car of the Istanbul Pizza House in the town. Be warned. Eat early or not at all!

Tomorrow we have the castle tour and the afternoon to be tourists.