Bielefeld. We stayed at Hotel Zur Spitz in a pleasant corner room that allowed some cross-flow of air; with temperatures at about 34 to 36C this was most welcome. The management and staff were most pleasant and helpful. The meals in the beer garden were good and reasonably priced. Our friends, Rolf and Frieda, took us to historic sites including a large statue of Kaiser Wilhelm I, a museum in Wiedensahl the home town of writer William Busch, and Externsteine Rocks where monks had carved caves in the rock. Perhaps the site that impressed us most were the 26.5 m high statue of Arminius (also known as Hermann) and, a short distance away, the probable site where in three days of fighting his Germanic army totally defeated 3 Roman Legions, in 9 AD. Arminius was a
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