Photo 1: Entrance to Residenz Palace
Photo 2: View of the Palace
Photos 3 and 4: Typical views of the Palace interior
Photo 5: Bridge with its own selfie stick :). There are many village churches along the river like the one in the background
Photo 6: Street scene in Rothenburg
Photo 7: Town Hall in the Square with high school band in foreground
Photo 8: View of the Square
Photo 9: Street running off the Square
Würzburg
On Sunday morning we docked in Würzburg
and visited the Residenz Palace (the Prince-Bishops’ Palace) which was built in
the 18th century. It was inspired by the Palace of Versailles and it
has to be one of the most beautiful buildings we have ever seen. There is no
way to describe it in words – just look at the photos and you will see why.
On the lighter side, the Palace has a wine cellar holding about one
million litres of wine! It figures, as this town is the centre of a major wine
industry and has a university with 27,000 students. Students + wine equals ……. :). There is a magnificent fresco painted on the vaulted ceiling in the centre
of the Palace which depicts the four continents known in the 18th
century, so it does not include Australia. However our guide assured us that
Australia is well represented by the wine cellar ‘down under’. Good save!
Rothenburg
In the afternoon we took an excursion to Rothenburg, the best preserved
medieval town in Germany. We travelled through a major farming district of low,
rolling green hills with huge vineyards near the river and then other crops
such as maize, sugar beet, rapeseed (canola) and wheat in abundance. Southern
Germany is certainly very beautiful in summer.
Old Rothenburg within the original city walls is wonderful. The photos
give a good idea of what it is like. We had free time in the town square and
had the unexpected treat of listening to the North View High School Band from
Grand Rapids, Michigan playing Big Band music and show tunes while we enjoyed
iced coffee and chocolate. We didn’t really need to indulge but
it was
a good excuse to sit in the courtyard in the shade and listen to the music. The
Band is so good they are invited to visit Rothenburg every four years.
It was
the Chef’s Dinner last night. Each of
the chef’s had to prepare their course with 3 options reflecting the passage
through the river cruise. It was highly
entertaining and delicious too. But I
swear some of the chef’s looked about 10!!! Tomas (the maitre’d in the
restaurant) comes to our table every meal to let Phil know what is gluten free,
and how he can adapt things to suit his needs.
He always says “Surprise Dessert for you tonight”. And he always
delivers!! A really tough day at the
office guys :).
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