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| Wurzburg |
Friday, March 12, 2010
Wurzburg photos
Here are some photos from Wurzburg in Germany. Some of the pictures have descriptions:
London Photos
Here are some photos from our weekend in London. I will go throughthe German ones a bit later:
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| London Weekend |
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Würzburg
On Monday morning we left Kensington early for a flight to Frankfurt in Germany. When we arrived, we discovered that the travel agent had booked our hire car out of central Franfurt and not the Airport (despite saying otherwise on our voucher. Luckily we convinced the attendant to swap the booking and collected a large black E-Class Mercedes Benz. Seemed like a good idea at the time, but many of the places we are visiting are little medieval villages, and driving around in a large Mercedes can get quite a bit tight on the small streets/lanes! We got the GPs changed to English and headed onto the Autobahn to Würzburg. The Autobahn's are amazing and even though you can travel very fast, the roads are very well looked after, so it is very safe.
We arrived in Würzburg to find where we were staying (Hotel Würzburgerhof) was very central and we had a large apartment on the top floor. This was good and meant that we could have Charlotte in one room, while we slept in the other. Würzbirg is a town/city of around 130,000 people and has lots of old buildings to look at. The main attractions are "The Residenze" and The Fortress. We had a lovely traditional German (pub) meal on Monday night and didn't really do much else. On Tuesday we walked around the town and had a tour of The Residenz, some old churches, shops and up a very steep hill to the Fortress. It was again lovely blue skies, and below 5 degrees, but in the sun was nice and warm. When we got outside the Fortress on top of the hill we stepped into the wind and almost froze to death straight away! It was very lucky we had Charlotte wrapped up in multiple layers and protected from the wind by the stroller's rain cover!
After some more walking around, shopping, tasting local delights, and another nice German meal, headed back to the Hotel.
This morning we packed up and headed off to Dinkehbühl, which is a little fortified village and after walking around had some crepes in a lovely little cafe. We then drove over to Rothenburg ob de Tauber, where we are staying the night. This is another fortified town, that has large walls surrounding the old town. We unpacked our gear into the hotel and headed off around then the town, to look at things like the Christmas shop, the Stieffe bear shop, and climbed up, and walked around on top of the wall. I have plenty of photos that I will upload when I have the chance.
So far Charlotte has been amazing, either wrapped up all snug in her stroller protected from the cold with multiple layers, a snow suit and the rain cover (to block wind), or today in a backpack on my back. She has been enjoying the sights and slept (looking so cozy) in her strollers yesterday was enjoying the view from my back this afternoon. Everywhere we go, she manages to charm anyone we talk to, and whenever we sit down to have a meal, she looks around and starts flirting with any nearby people (especially old people!). Lots of smiles and raspberries!
Tomorrow we head to Schwangau where we will see the Nordschwanstein Castle (the castle that inspired the Disney castles). Hopefully I can find somewhere to upload some photos to show what a fun time we are having..
We arrived in Würzburg to find where we were staying (Hotel Würzburgerhof) was very central and we had a large apartment on the top floor. This was good and meant that we could have Charlotte in one room, while we slept in the other. Würzbirg is a town/city of around 130,000 people and has lots of old buildings to look at. The main attractions are "The Residenze" and The Fortress. We had a lovely traditional German (pub) meal on Monday night and didn't really do much else. On Tuesday we walked around the town and had a tour of The Residenz, some old churches, shops and up a very steep hill to the Fortress. It was again lovely blue skies, and below 5 degrees, but in the sun was nice and warm. When we got outside the Fortress on top of the hill we stepped into the wind and almost froze to death straight away! It was very lucky we had Charlotte wrapped up in multiple layers and protected from the wind by the stroller's rain cover!
After some more walking around, shopping, tasting local delights, and another nice German meal, headed back to the Hotel.
This morning we packed up and headed off to Dinkehbühl, which is a little fortified village and after walking around had some crepes in a lovely little cafe. We then drove over to Rothenburg ob de Tauber, where we are staying the night. This is another fortified town, that has large walls surrounding the old town. We unpacked our gear into the hotel and headed off around then the town, to look at things like the Christmas shop, the Stieffe bear shop, and climbed up, and walked around on top of the wall. I have plenty of photos that I will upload when I have the chance.
So far Charlotte has been amazing, either wrapped up all snug in her stroller protected from the cold with multiple layers, a snow suit and the rain cover (to block wind), or today in a backpack on my back. She has been enjoying the sights and slept (looking so cozy) in her strollers yesterday was enjoying the view from my back this afternoon. Everywhere we go, she manages to charm anyone we talk to, and whenever we sit down to have a meal, she looks around and starts flirting with any nearby people (especially old people!). Lots of smiles and raspberries!
Tomorrow we head to Schwangau where we will see the Nordschwanstein Castle (the castle that inspired the Disney castles). Hopefully I can find somewhere to upload some photos to show what a fun time we are having..
