"Rinderwahnsinn"

Name of traveller

Hartmut Schatte (b. 1945) and wife

Reason for travel

• holidaying; leisurely travel
• en route to Ireland

Date of travel

1994

Die Tatsache, dass die Fährüberfahrt von Großbritannien nach Irland im walisischen Pembroke beginnen sollte, förderte unsere Entscheidung ungemein. (Schatte 40)

Content

• history: regales fellow travellers with biographical details about Henry VII (1457-1509) and Henry VIII (1491-1547) and their relation to Pembroke
• recreation: brief visit of Pembroke Castle during a lunch-time stop before taking the ferry to Ireland
• transport:  travel by coach

Nationality of traveller

German

Language of publication

German

Gender of traveller

Male, Female

Type of publication

travelogue

Citation

Schatte, Hartmut. "Rinderwahnsinn." Auf der Achse: Angenehme Reise-Geschichten. Berlin/Bonn: Westkreuz-Verlag, 40-50. Print.