We have nice maps of each city in our cabin along with a wonderful foldout type map with every town, bridge, lock and more information printed on it so we can follow along as we travel. Between Passau and Regensburg there were 8 bridges and 4 locks. We bordered the Bavarian Forest much of the way. Today we did a short walking tour with Jessie and then spent the rest of the morning on our own exploring the town. As with most of the towns we are visiting, it was so picturesque. It is the northernmost city on the Danube and after this we will be in the Main- Danube Canal for the next part of the trip.
Regensburg seems to always be in competition with Nuremberg which we will visit tomorrow. Which has the best sausages, beer, art, etc. But this town is beautiful. It is said to be the best preserved medieval city in Germany.
The famous stone bridge was something to see! It is a masterpiece that took only 11 years to build, which was almost unheard of during those times It is really beautiful. It has its own sausage kitchen, built right next to the bridge to feed the workers and it is still serving sausages today. They say they are the best but Nuremberg says theirs are best! The Regensburg Cathedral is the finest in Bavaria.
It was founded in but only finished in with the towers completed in On the inside you can see the huge stone columns. We were able to visit and take pictures. The buildings are all pretty gorgeous. The town hall is in Gothic style and hosted many important events in Germany. We stopped into a shop that had interesting hand made jewelry.
I bought a lovely pair of silver earrings. The shop keeper gave us his version of the good news and bad news. The good news is that the town and buildings are old. And the bad news is that the town and buildings are old! This means that nothing about the town or buildings can be changed. No air conditioning, etc. The ship was leaving at so we went back for lunch. There was an ice cream social in the lounge just after lunch, with 6 kinds of ice cream and many choices of toppings.
