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Springerle and Glassblowing
... of the large fluted glass bowls that he makes (which sell for between 200 and 300 Euros each). Hans is the 6th generation of his family, who originally worked in East Germany. The family escaped to the West in 1958 and two generations continue to make glass to this day. Hans' wife, Sandrine, makes dichroic glass jewelry, which was too tempting to resist.
We have now left Bavaria, where, we were told, beer is considered a food, not an alcoholic ...
Wine country and to Rothenburg
... fried, then sold either plain or with icing sugar, cinnamon, or chocolate coating. We were given some samples, but neither David nor I particularly liked the pastry. We also had some samples of sausages, some of which I liked better than others. I even saw some small sausages being sold in boxes to look like cigars!
Our tour stopped to see some of the displays at the Medieval Crime Museum, which included punishment devices, like stocks, but ...
Slow and Easy - just what the Doctor ordered.
A great slow day to rest and relax today. Cruising all morning so could sleep in and have a late breakfast. Pleasant country viewing despite the foggy distance.
Morning entertainment was a musician who played the zither. Well organised as a camera was used to project his playing of the instrument onto a projection screen so everyone could appreciate the difficulty of this instrument. Another excellent performance by a ...
From exquisite to ancient
... bus with a very knowledgable local guide Karl Heinz. First stop was the Prince Bishop's Residence. No photos as we weren't allowed to take any, but exquisite is the only adjective I can find to describe this building. The most memorable 2 of the 340 rooms (not that we saw all of the rooms) was the stairwell. 70 stairs with very shallow risers so you just glided up the red carpet to the surrounding balcony to look up to a domed ceiling fresco 20 x 30 ...
Wurzburg, a beautiful city and my favorite so far
... shapes that was glued together and ornate stucco painted gold to cover the joints. We toured the gardens but most of the flowers are gone at this point in the season, but did see some very interesting large trees shaped in triangles. We then took a short walking tour of the market area and was amazed how crowed the squares were but then remembered it was Saturday. Lots of open vegetable and flower markets--too bad I could not take ...