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Buy the Booklet before you look but i warn you there is something emotion etting about two pages in English of the a Type -8 swore hand the immense Cathedral rises Kyj Field of almost endless  Are trying to raise 1,200,000 Marks to repair Spears to be rather slight bomb damage so50 pfennig admission and a extra 50 a to climb the 768 Steps in the main steeple.8,150 pipes in the Organ. X now on to Bla Beuren facing away from the Cathedral proceed straight. Ahead to Olga Strasse which is the Street pass tag. Directly in front of the Railroad station. Turn left on Olga Strasse and proceed on the Streetcar tracks Over a Bridge. Olga then becomes Zingle Strasse. Go along slowly for two blocks and when you come to Large open Square turn right with the trolley line. The first Bla Beuren sign is at this turn High on a Post on the left hand Side. From this Point on there Are plenty of signs. The Entrance to Bla Beuren go right but not lignin Blue and White which says Zum Hoch 1 to the High altar and Zum  find Jour Way through town by these signs you Willi sharply right through a building passage and ? to you left will be a sign Reading Hochmal Harper ring the Bell say hoc Haltar and you re on your  regular tour begins at 2 . The guide do snot speak English. The altar is in theol Auburen cloister built in 1085 by Benedictin monks. Rebuilt in the 15th Century the cloister has been protestant since the reformation. The Kloster Kirche where the altar stands is used every year by roman catholics on Corpus Christ Day. The altar it self was built in 1493-94. Gregor e r h a r to famed15th-Century sculptor carved the amazingly life like figures at the final opening of the altar. If you think the scratch ing of names in Public places is a recent idea Check some of those carved into the Back of the seats lining the Little Chapel. I found one name scratched about the Date 122 and dozens from later the same Century. Leaving the cloister turn right drive a few Yards and you Are at the Blaukopf. There is a walk i the Pool and Many a Good picture to be made Iun is shining. The Blue Pool is caused by an round River rising to the surface from there through the Valley to the Danube at Ulm. German poet Eduard Moerike said the the Blaukopf is so wonderful it cannot be i in  if you scoop some water out to appears perfectly dear. The return trip through Ulm dec Coly across the autobahn at Ulm West and through the Val Ley Over Goppinger and Essling Gen the on Good tar top Road and gives a pleasant finishing touch to the tour. The famous Attar left at Blau Beuren built in 1493-94. Gregor Erhart famous 15th Century sculptor carved the life like figures. The cloister Garden at Bla Beuren is quiet and Serene. Tufi cloister was built in 1085 by Benedictine monks and re built in the 15th Century. It Baa bin protestant since therefor s&8 photo by Lang Cathedral one roman ruins in Taurus by Harvey Sanderson staff correspondent the Taurus Mountain country lying North of Frankfurt was the Choice for our second tour in that area and it proved a Good Choice. The circular route will take you Over Highway that Are in Good condition through picturesque wooded Countryside Rich in scenery and offering unlimited scope for the Motorist interested in things antiquarian. We started at the Bohnhof in Frankfurt and Foj Lowed the two Lane Cement Highway n 8-40 to Hochst at the outskirts of Hochst turn right onto the Brick Road toward bad Soden n-8. This stretch of Highway is somewhat pitted but you will soon be on a Good Road again. At Konigstein you will begin climbing through Hardwood Forest. There Are some excellent Pic Ture possibilities in the towns cradled in the Val Leys. At Camberg we made our first error. We missed the sign pointing straight through and Fol Lowed a somewhat Tor Turous course Over a scenically attractive but steadily worsening route into Feuerbach. If you want to get closet nature and take some intriguing pastorals Youcan make the same mis take we did but it is much better travelling to swing Over the main rout into e r b a c a winding through Countryside quit similar in general Char act Ristics to the Finger lakes Region of Central new York minus the lakes. Limburg is a picturesque town dominated by it Large Cathedral. We made the ascent to the Dom through the narrow Steep and winding roads. Approaching Weilburg a Beautiful Valley town called your journey  evidence of roman times Are on every band As you travel through the Beautiful Taurus country on this stripes tested tour. This triangular route takes you past ruins of score of roman castles and battlements of special interest to the historian and the photo  maps by Colegrove for a Stop while we took pictures of the Bridge an Stream that features the scene. From Limburg we swung across the top of our circular tour through Weilburg and Industrial Wetz Lar Home of the Leica camera Plant a  on your right and into Klein Linden where we swing in a southerly direction toward  Klein Linden the intersection with Highway n-3 is not Well posted for. The stranger. You Maifea Sharp rights turn unless you want to turn left and go on into Giessen. Route n-3 into Frankfurt with the exception of the stretch through the Butz Bach ordnance area is fairly Good but after the country through which you have been driving much of it is anti Climac tic. The autobahn is closest hand of you want to Speed Home. We stayed on n-3, How Ever and enjoyed the Countryside Down through bad nauheim and Fried Berg with its Castle. A arrived Back in Frankfurt having covered 68 mile through some of Ger Many s most charming Countryside. Incidentally and recommended especially for those who like explorations at Saalburg in the Taurus Region you can see the remains of an ancient roman fort dating Back to the year 200. In bad Homburg you will find Road signs pointing the Way to Saalburg but we suggest that you keep this trip for another Day. Today s route takes you within reach of be snack bars at Wetzlar and bad nauheim and on today s Church Page you will find Church service listed. This picturesque Bridge above leads into the town of Weisburg in the Valley leading to Limburg where the twin towers of the ancient Cathedral below dominate the scenery. Castle Friedburg above offers the Amateur photographer a Chance to get some Salon studies. A Tower below one a defense bastion for the Castle s rear still overlooks the Steep surrounding Hills. Is photos by Waller