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Not a city of great individual iconic sites Regensburg was spared any bombing during WWII. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site for which there has been some information around indicating it was around about 2,000 years ago. Cobblestone streets, old houses and the oldest sausage kitchen in all of Germany dating back to 1135. Of course we tried it out later in the day and had sausages and sauerkraut. The kitchen is near a very old bridge which is being strengthened and restored. Unfortunately very little of it could be seen. Regensburg was a trading centre and used to be 2nd largest city in Germany second only to Cologne. In the 16th century it became bankrupt as it had not diversified. It was this that meant the city would remain untouched and not upgraded. It was only in the 20th century that it started to recover with the help of tourism and BMW (3 series is produced here).
When we entered the city a "long drop" (although we doubt they called it that) was pointed out to us from about 8m up the one of the towers on the city gates. Not in use today (thankfully), as it would empty out on the road, it used to be over the moat around the town. Wandering through town we ended up at the Cathedral. It is a gothic cathedral much smaller than the one in Cologne. In fact the one here can fit in the trancept of the Cologne cathedral. We suspect this might not accommodate the spires. It is said the city has as many churches and chapels as there are days in the year but we can assure we were not tempted to find out. There has always been a church on the site since the 8th century and the present cathedral was started in the 14th century and spires not completed until the 19th century.
It is said the city accommodates as many churches and chapels as there are days in year. We did not plan to verify this but when wandering around we came across the St. Emmeram Monastery. Absolutely amazing inside yet it was lucky we even walked over to the old entrance and have a look. Until today our local walking tour guides have been really good. While this one was a good historian she overlooked telling us about other points of interest we should take in during our free time such as the monastery.
Other things of interest were Schindlers house, a cuckoo clock outlet for the company who manufactures these in the Black Forest, shops for typical Bavarian dress and all sorts of boutiques. While we didn't bother with most of these a presentation we saw at the cuckoo clock shop was very interesting but not enough to convince us to purchase one.
The ship got underway at 530pm and the nights entertainment was by the Australian Brett Reid, now a resident over here.
Tonight a sister boat, the Amaverde, pulled up alongside us. It started its trip from Budapest so we suspect this ship may have been the one we would have changed to had they not refloated the barge.
When we entered the city a "long drop" (although we doubt they called it that) was pointed out to us from about 8m up the one of the towers on the city gates. Not in use today (thankfully), as it would empty out on the road, it used to be over the moat around the town. Wandering through town we ended up at the Cathedral. It is a gothic cathedral much smaller than the one in Cologne. In fact the one here can fit in the trancept of the Cologne cathedral. We suspect this might not accommodate the spires. It is said the city has as many churches and chapels as there are days in the year but we can assure we were not tempted to find out. There has always been a church on the site since the 8th century and the present cathedral was started in the 14th century and spires not completed until the 19th century.
It is said the city accommodates as many churches and chapels as there are days in year. We did not plan to verify this but when wandering around we came across the St. Emmeram Monastery. Absolutely amazing inside yet it was lucky we even walked over to the old entrance and have a look. Until today our local walking tour guides have been really good. While this one was a good historian she overlooked telling us about other points of interest we should take in during our free time such as the monastery.
Other things of interest were Schindlers house, a cuckoo clock outlet for the company who manufactures these in the Black Forest, shops for typical Bavarian dress and all sorts of boutiques. While we didn't bother with most of these a presentation we saw at the cuckoo clock shop was very interesting but not enough to convince us to purchase one.
The ship got underway at 530pm and the nights entertainment was by the Australian Brett Reid, now a resident over here.
Tonight a sister boat, the Amaverde, pulled up alongside us. It started its trip from Budapest so we suspect this ship may have been the one we would have changed to had they not refloated the barge.
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Gael All extremely interesting. Amazed that Regensburg was once second largest city to Cologne. Reading between the lines I can tell that the Monastery was pretty amazing - shame that the tour guide let that slip by. Inexcusable really! Schindler's House was also no doubt somewhat of a highlight also. Hmmm. Hannah and I actually bought one of those cuckoo clocks in Germany (I'm embarrassed to say). What were we thinking! Yuk! No idea where it is now. Think I ditched it a couple of house moves ago. I know it never made it out of the box! Need I say more!
Gael Me again. Forgot to mention how blown away I was about the sausage kitchen - founded in 1135. That's just mind-blowing! Looking forward to hearing how good they were. Love sauerkraut - eat it most days for lunch - great probiotic for digestion - and don't have to go to Germany to eat it! Yum! However, I bet yours was probably even better - and German original! Yum, yum!!!