Travel and Touring

Archive for April, 2010

Typical characteristics of San Francisco are the weather, the soil surface that goes up and down the steep cable car and of course a very famous Bridge – the Golden Gate. San Francisco’s cold air is marked also with the famous words of Mark Twain, a famous American novelist who lived in the years 1835 to 1910. He says: The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco. Besides the cold, the city of San Francisco is located in a very bumpy ground, up and down with a very steep condition. Some roads even intangible form that climb at an angle of nearly 60 degrees!
But the road conditions so it does not preclude the conduct of local government in the form of public transport tram, known as the cable car. An old tram operated manually by cable car system. It was first operated by “Clay Street Hill Rail Road”, with the launch of its first on August 2 1873. The train is maintained until now in the year 2010, and has become the icon of San Francisco.

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Special arts and culture, centuries old traditions and scenic charm, everything is a state tourist region of Sachen. Fronted cultural performances by theaters that have been renovated international scale as well as music production houses, prestigious festivals, museums and various performances. Sachen is also known for unique handicrafts in different areas: music equipment Vogtland, Erzgebirge crafts wood from the mountains, Meissen porcelain from the textile industry in Plauen and hours in Glashutte. The great scenery of mountains, valleys, and lakes make this region as an attractive tourism destination, resort, or as a destination for family vacations.

Erzgebirge Mountains have ancient traditions of wooden handicrafts produced more than 300 years old. The most famous example is Nussknacker and Räuchermännchen made in the form of mini wooden dolls. The name of this mountain too (Erzgebirge = ore mountains) is actually derived from silver ore has been mined for centuries ever here. Mining towns of prosperity we see in our still-Buchholz Annaberg, Schneeberg and Freiberg. In “Silver Route”, visitors can enjoy historic places smelting, mining areas, the first mathematical school (founded by Adam Riese), a leading arithmetician.

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