Blast from the Past 12/2/2008: A Literary Travelogue: Weimar, Germany

I wrote this travelogue before I ended up in the hospital. It was written for an online publication that didn't run it. Oh well, it is here.  

Willst du immer weiter schweifen? Sieh, das Gute liegt so nah.

Why roam so far afield? Look, there's beauty in abundance here. Goethe (Weimar n.p.)

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Weimar, summer 2001: breezes slide past skin heated by a gentle s…