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Another Successful Trip

Written by Pam Pearce

Members of Yate Twinning have returned from another successful trip to Bad Salzdetfurth.  The wet weather did not dampen the warm welcome from their German hosts.

Trips during the week included:

• The International Windmill and Watermill Museum in Gifhorn 
   
• The Heimkehle, one of the largest caves in Germany, which from 1944 to 1945 was used by the Nazis for an underground munitions factory.
   
• The historic town of Stolberg, known as the "Pearl of the South Harz" 
   
• Hildesheim, historical city in Lower Saxony
   
• Miniatur Wunderland Hamburg, claimed to be the largest model railway in the world
   
• Hamburg harbour tour
   
• Tour of local villages including the regional Fire Service Technical Centre.