Am Kurpark Spath Bad Windsheim

... best views of the Tauber definitely came from the castle garden, go figure. That's where the waterfalls were visible from one end and the cityscape from the other.<br><br>We'd been hearing about a giant, juicy pork knuckle that's popular around here and of course had to try it. The place is packed with traditional restaurants. The one we ended up in had a ceiling that almost passed for flat in places due to a tent like paint job edging the arches. The ...

... in it with 4 kitchens but no bathroom! Evidently people only washed about once a year, including their clothes and instead wore a lot of perfume. I think unfortunately some Europeans still cling to this tradition. Thankfully I am not here in the summer!<br><br>It has the largest fresco in the world, painted by Tiepolo, which depicts the four continents. America was shown riding an alligator and had no culture, no ...

... It's beautiful and charming but ask me in a few hours when the Elderhostel tour buses and their occupants have sent me over the edge. Anyway. My goal today is to discover the deliciousness of something called "schneeballs." They look chocolate and fried and should go great with beer.<br><br>Well that's all for now- I am in a tourist office that gives me 15 minutes free internet access and I have to steal it where I can get it. Auf Weidershen :)

... because we didn&#8217;t understand a word of it, we ate the local gingerbread delicacies, we shopped at the markets, we warmed up from the rain and had a cup of coffee, and eventually had dinner in a quaint, very authentic restaurant where he had traditional Franconian food and some of the local Tucher beer.<br><br>The next morning we had a nice breakfast at the hotel and headed out for our last day of ...

... shop for a bit, then went down to the glass museum to look around for a while. About half an hour before we were supposed to meet, Katy and I strolled through the town to look for shops, but they were all closed, then our bus arrived and took us to a nearby town.<br><br>Once we got to the town, we had about an hour and a half to eat, so we strolled down to a &#8220;glass pyramid&#8221; then found a little place to grab a bite to eat. Katy and I decided to split a dish, then we went ...

... freely.<br><br>If anyone has Skype, please email me your user name so we can communicate whenever I get the wifi.<br><br>I miss my friends, family, and Bruce a lot. I'm Skyping with him right now, and it is so good to see his little dimpled face. Miss that smile a lot.<br><br>12 more days until I'm a part of the American world again, but don't worry guys, I really am getting a lot ...

... was 70 years ago. In those times standing up to one's belief inevitably resulted in maltreatment, torture or imprisonment. We may consider it a great encouragement that once again Germans with Jewish belief call themselves citizens of our country. We take the fact that you have come here to speak to us as a sign that a lot has changed during those past decades. The younger generation does not bear responsibility for the past. However, we all ...

... as they left two by two I said good bye to people I hope I will have the pleasure of meeting again at some time in the future. So today as I headed back to work, I passed the lovely pale green multi-windowed home that I have been passing every day since my arrival. I noticed that the window boxes which had held beautiful red flowers were gone. They had been removed by the owner over the weekend in preparation for winter. Every morning I had been thinking about ...

... of weeks and befriended Ken who runs the flight simulation school where he trains helicopter pilots from all over the world. Each night I return to Bad Windsheim weaving my way through the narrow streets and following the one way passage that winds through the village leading me back to my German home. Parking is worse than New York City and I have to remember daily which small alley or side street I have managed to find a legal place to squeeze my black 007 ...

... I guess i should have made this trip earlier in the day. No matter, I picked the perfect street... Pastorius Strasse. It's history time again boys and girls! This particular street was named after Franz Daniel Pastorius, and that is all the history I have for you about that because the only website I could find about him is in German. Pastorius Strasse seems to me to be a pretty popular street. There were many people of all ...