We are considering extending our trip through the end of June so we can attend this popular event we saw posted. I mean, who doesn't want to see two mountain men grapple with special leather shorts in a Schwingfest?
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| just thought this was so funny! |
Breakfast Buffet
It's not the same as buffets in the US. We filled up on fruit, yogurt & pretzel sandwiches...
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| the US meets Germany: Stars Wars & Heidi juxtaposed |
Last Romp through Rothenburg
Stacia & the girls enjoyed another stroll through the old city & shops while Cannon & I got up on the city wall to climb around the castle keeps & narrow passages...
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| entrance to the stairs leading to the walkway on the city wall |
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| Cannon's scary face in the passage over the arch |
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| old-school backyard fence |
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| walkway along the city wall |
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| remodeled window looking out the wall |
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| view looking down into the old city |
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| Cannon taking his own photos with his Vtech watch |
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| more old-city rooftops with modern conveniences |
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| walkway leading to one of the wall towers |
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| walkway shown from inside the city |
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| the girls on their shopping spree, they did bring us some chocolate |
Wurzburg Palace
We took the tour of this opulent palace of the 1700s which has 360 rooms; we passed through about 10 of them. Most of it was demolished in the March 16, 1945 bombing by the allied forces just before WWII ended. The renovation took from the end of the war until 1987, costing about 20 million dollars. No pictures allowed on the tour. The gardens are nice & although we relaxed in the sun for a while, we might have missed the highway accident if we had left sooner...
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| web pic of the front of the palace |
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| Sydney super excited about the upcoming tour |
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| fountain in front of the palace main entrance |
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| looking back to old town Wurzburg from the entrance |
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| fountain in the garden |
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| Sydney & Stacia on the bench to the right |
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relaxing in the sun a little too long!
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Highway Hangout
We were delayed two hours on the highway with everyone else going from Wurzburg to Frankfurt. A beer truck had wrecked & most of the glass bottles had spilled & broken on the pavement. We were stopped for about an hour and a half, then it took another 30 minutes to merge to one lane after all the glass had been swept off. While waiting, we got out & stretched & we rummaged through all our food bags & finished off pretty much everything we had.
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| people starting to get out of their cars |
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| emergency vehicle trying to get through to the scene |
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| rationing the last tomato & kiwi |
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| beer bottles & crates swept to the side |
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| ugh, what a mess!!! |
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| police on the scene, beer truck to the right mostly empty |
Thank you so much for your diligent effort to post pictures and comments. Whenever I get restless, I turn to your adventures to bring me up again. I'm never disappointed. Everything I see is interesting or more. You are all awesome.
ReplyDeleteLove, Margo