Today we were faced with a cold rain, with a little sleet tossed in. Thankfully, it has been many years since Norm and I have experienced this nasty weather since we retired to Florida. But I don’t have the aversion to it that Norm does, so I just wore six layers ( yes, six!) and rather enjoyed the coolness.
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| Wurzburg, Germany |
Yesterday I had regretted not having seen Oberammergau, so I wanted to make sure I didn’t miss an offered tour again. On several occasions I considered not going on a particular tour, thinking I had seen enough ruins, castles, forts or statues, but each and every time I was so glad I went! Yesterday I made the exception and did not go to Oberammergau and wished I had later. This time I was going, no matter what the weather, and Norm, although he hated the raw cold, was going as well as the half dozen other hearty couples.
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| The controversial bridge over the River Main- is it really the oldest bridge in Germany? This was definitely not the best weather day we have had! |
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| Main Bridge in Wurtzburg |
The guide, once again, was fabulous! We walked about the city, braving the cold while learning its history. He elaborated on the bridge spanning the Main River. Wurzburg proudly claims it’s the oldest in Europe. Regensburg, Germany boasts they have the oldest.. Wurzburg has no documentation of when their bridge was actually built, but there is documented proof that it was rebuilt in a particular year; the other city, has proof theirs was built the year before, and they claim that Wurzburg’s bridge was so poorly constructed that they had to completely rebuild it after only 1 year!” Preposterous “ says Wurzburg! I found it an interesting story.
He next took us to the “city hall” where we saw a scale model of the town exactly as it looked after a series of World War II bombing raids in February 1945. The incendiary (intended to burn, not explode) bombs left the city buildings mere shells. The rebuilding of the beautiful city is still ongoing. Some townspeople chose to tear down and rebuild, other more important buildings painstakingly were recreated to duplicate the originals.
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| UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Residence Palace is one of Europe's renowned baroque castles. They do not allow pictures inside at all. In fact, they frown if they see you taking pictures of the exterior, as well. ( They want you to buy the photos at the gift shop ). |
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| While getting warm, we spent quite a bit of time learning the history of this Neumunster Wurzburg Cathedral |
The tour took longer than expected, so the group delayed the taxi’s to take us back to the campground so we could brave the cold, browse the city and have a warm lunch. I was hunting for my favorite meal; soup!
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| Fortress Marienburg on hill behind Norm freezing on the Main Bridge |
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| This is a picture of about 1/4 of the Finn Comfort Shoes available at this store! |
After lunch, we had the sad and daunting task for packing up and cleaning our motorhomes. I thought it would only take an hour or so, but digging out all our little gizmo’s from the little nooks and crannies, cleaning out the fridge, and basically emptying the RV of all items, etc. actually took a little more.
Norm and I joined the group for an extraordinary amount of pizza ( soup for me ) at 5PM, and much to our surprise and delight, the entire bill was picked up by the Dieter and Gabby ( the tour leaders )!
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| Thomas will surely make traveling through Europe a lot of fun! |
Thomas will be very successful at this business. He is obviously well educated, speaks both English and German fluently, knows the European culture and is very warm and friendly! He even seems to enjoy the company of us old folks!
After dinner we all returned to our clean motorhomes to spend our last night in our little mobile hotel.
