Blogs from Würzburg, Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 2

Again, it was the generosity of the Elliott's that had us at Manchester Airport well in time for our flight to Frankfurt. Chatted the whole journey with two English sisters so before we knew it we were landing. Waded our way through the mobs, found the train into Frankfurt and connected with the main line to head us in the right direction of Wurzburg and our accommodation at the Maritim Hotel. We struck it rich again.... read more

Guten Tag! Once again, I am blogging my way through a holiday, this time in France but I am starting with a few days in Germany. I wanted to title this blog with a pun on the name Würzburg, but the best I could come up with was “From Bad to Würzburg” but there hasn’t been any bad yet! Getting up at 2:30am for my flight wasn’t great though, but on the plus side there were very few people at the airport so it was quick to get through check-in and immigration. The flight to Dubai was not too packed so there was a bit of room to stretch out and get some sleep. The flight from Dubai to Frankfurt was more packed, and quite warm for some reason but I managed to alternate between ... read more

Geo: 49.7939, 9.95121Just another tour. Lots of churches here. No photos inside the palace. They don't allow it. Rain stayed away. Typical German fall days.... read more

Just when you think things can't get any nicer, we dock in Wurzburg, Germany. It was 85% destroyed in WWII, so we expected a lot of modern buildings. We're we ever wrong! First of all, the city has been rebuilt and updated but done in a way that is more consistent with it's heritage. The streets in the City Centre are narrow and many are for pedestrians only. This particular Saturday is part of a German holiday weekend, and the weather was perfect, so the crowds were very large. Like most of Europe, there are lots of small outdoor cafes/bars (bruhausbars), many hidden down small pedestrian alleys. Today, all were filled with very happy people of all ages. Bowen and I had lunch in one and thoroughly enjoyed our traditional German food: bratwurst, sauerbraten, potato dumplings ... read more

Day 3 Sunday morning – Germany calling, Germany Calling We overlayed this morning as they say in Derbyshire waking at 8. We had a four hour drive today but felt the need to just hang about until 9 to take our key back to receptie. A few dutch words learned today – receptie - very similar to reception – Te Koop – for sale. Won’t get me far but it is a start. I exchanged our key for 17 euros 20 after the water usage was calculated and we said goodbye to our rabbits and the crow which spent half an hour pulling apart and eating a mouse just outside our motorhome. My head was full of the thoughts of Gerard Manley Hopkins whose poem talked of Nature red in claw and tooth . We drove ... read more