Magdeburg; Tuesday, 31 July, 2012

After breakfast and packing I headed out briefly into town to enjoy the last hour or so in the city before I was due to head on to Erfurt.

I wandered over towards the former convent and then back along the riverfront to the restored Johanneskirche.

The church is now an arts centre, but one of the towers has been opened up as a viewing platform. I had thought that as the whole thing had been refurbished they would have installed a lift, but no it was a hefty 280 odd steps up to the platform.

However, the climb was worth it as the views over the city were spectacular.

Having descended back down to ground level I wandered back over to the hotel, grabbed my stuff, checked out and headed to the station for the penultimate destination of the trip, Erfurt.