Wurzburg to Rothensburg

Today we land at Wurzburg, Germany, a small city on the Main River.

The picture below is the Main River on our way to Wurzburg.

Bonnie, Jane and Dan decided to stay on the ship for this excursion. Joe headed for the bus, parked metres away. As we settled in the bus (Joe, Robyn, John, June and Sonja), we looked to the right and realized that our curtain was left wide open. There was Bonnie, sleeping away on the bed, not realizing all on the bus could see in the window.  Bonnie woke up and saw people right outside the window and the curtains open.  She was not amused!

This city has been rebuilt from being reduced to smouldering rubble in the allied air attacks. The main feature in the town is the "Residenz of Worzburg". This is the Prince-Bishop Palace and is quite ornate.

We could not take pictures inside the palace but the next ones are the palace from outside and the surrounding gardens.

Next is a couple of street scenes in Wurzburg. Today was Sunday and all stores were closed.

A short (25 minute) walk back to the ship and onboard for another fantastic lunch.

The afternoon excursion was to Rothenburg described as one of Germany's absolute must see.
They are right.
There are numerous narrow streets off the square, Churches, and shops for anything you need. And open on Sunday. We had a couple of hours of free time in the city centre. It was our luck to have a marching band from a high school in Grand Rapids, Michigan performing on the square while we were there.
Shopping for the girls, beer for the guys, band playing in the background, what could be better.

Pictures below show the square, including the band, and a couple of more (wait for it) street scenes.

Wonderful country and the cities are so beautiful.

For those who care about these things, we have now gone through 50 locks. Only 18 to go.

Back to the ship for our "Chef's Dinner". Another fantastic meal that included specialties from our top chef Michal.

John came up with our word of the day and it is "Teutonic".
Why teutonic you may ask, well the short answer is "ask John".
This word seems to relate to the German people as much as any word we could imagine.
It especially describes the Franconian people to a tee.

After dinner it was up to the lounge to listen to Stefan on the piano and keyboard.
Bonnie and Joe actually danced tonight to a slow moving song.
Thanks to Sonja for the picture.

Tomorrow its off to Miltenberg, Germany. See you all then.