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Monday, December 30, 2002 After seeing The Two Towers on Saturday night at the NEW Hoyts cinemas at Eastland, one scene in particular reminded me of the Cathedral I visited in Ulm, Germany. At Helm's Deep where you see the stairs leading up to the top of the fortress, it reminded me very much of the Cathedral in Ulm, which incidentally has the world's tallest church spire (161m, 768 steps). I can verify this, as my host father and I climbed all those winding stairs to the very top of the church. My host father told me the very reason for such tight, winding stairs (you could only go single file) and also the reason why the stairs wound to the right. Allegedly they were built for that reason so when attackers were climbing the stairs, they would need to use their left hand to wield the sword. This of course is the unpreferred hand for many, thus providing an advantage to the protectors of Ulm as they retreated up the stairs. The scene in Two Towers of course looks nothing like this, but reminded of this city and this building nonetheless. Some facts: Ulm is the birthplace of Albert Einstein. The word for cathedral in German in Münster. Moon rises over Ulm CathedralUlm - how beautiful is it - check the view of the river! I saw that! eight cents to Germany but seven seconds away or just as long as I stay - I'll be waitingposted by AJ | 4:01 PM | | ||
