We started the day with s decent breakfast at Holiday Inn in Leipzig. Not as good as the previous morning in Berlin. But still ok. The sun was shining in the morning, so the roof went down. The primary destination for the day was the DDR Grenzbahnhof museum in Probstzella. But they only opened at 13:00 according to thrir website. So, we decided to first go to Jena and the Planetarium there, which had got good reviews. We drove on some nice roads from Leipzig to Jena. Once there, it turned out that the next show was targeted at children. Well, you are not older than you feel. So, we got to hear and watch a story by the Grimm brothers about the Moon 😸
After Jens (and some issues getting out of the garage), we drove to Probstzella. Some more great roads on the way. We didn’t expect to find serpentine roads in this region. But there are some really good ones here! Once we got to Probstzella, the museum was closed due to ”rebuilding”. We didn’t see any information about this on the website, which was rather annoying to say the least. We tried to find somewhere to eat lunch in the village. But everything was closed. The hotel that once was there would make a great scenery for a horror movie.
With the help of Google, we found a restaurant in a nearby village called Lauenstein, that was really good. After this, we set off towards the hotel for the night. Apple Maps took us on some really nice roads through the mountains. Once we got to the Autobahn, the sky opened up once more. But we made it to the hotel, where we met up with our German friends Martin and Rene.
Today we drove 325 km. From Leipzig to Jena. Then to Probstzella, and finally to Osternohe.
Europe by car 
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