Hotel Drahthammer Schloss'l Amberg

... until 1860 that that they decided to add the twin steeples. However, they did use the original plans from the 1200s. The cathedral has many intricate stained glass windows that are made from small pieces of glass. We diid a little souvenir shopping then went back to the river. This is where the oldest continuous operating restaurant by the same family is located. It was started 900 years ago to feed sausage ,sauerkraut and beer to the workers on ...

... And there are several other people that live up-town that I'm getting to know pretty well too. My flatmate, Danny, is from Sydney, Australia and is cool as hell. He comes out to eat or drink with us quite a bit. However, he is getting ready to take off on another 2 week stint out of the country (to London this time, last time was in Spain). But he is cool, very fun to hang out with. Surprisingly, our program director and teachers are cool as hell too! Griffin (the ...

... to IKEA, however I had a fun experience with getting on the bus before everyone else and getting shut in the door. Not only did my arm almost get detached, but I was alone on a 20 minute bus ride (and the next one didn't leave for 2 hours), the bus driver did finally let me off the bus though, and after a short little walk, I rejoined my friends at the train station (where many of the buses leave ...

... was used (see pic). Beneath its northern end is the Historische Wurstküche, where Mozart and Goethe munched on the famous Regensburger sausages (see pic). The northern end of the bridge connects straight to the Old Town, where small streets and narrow alleyways host shops and cafes. At the eastern end is the Dom, St Peters Cathedral, (see pic), which is one of the best examples of Gothic architecture in Bavaria.<br> <br>

... and industry from from the 14th to the 16th centuries. it was also the capital of the Upper Panatinate until 1810. at that time it was considered one of the strongest fortified towns in medieval Germany. in 1796 the Austrians defeated the French here leaving prominate buildings still standing: town hall, the ducal castle and the electoral palace (see pics) <br><br>

today we gave the kids a break from traveling and took them to the local town of Parsberg (which is not on the travelpod map, so i selected the next closest town available which is Hohenfels where the military base is). for a scavenger hunt jen created for them...which kept them occupied and excited. we walked thru town, up the hill to the ...

... down (a harder walk for me because it was at such an incline and I kept worrying I'd slip) to catch our boat back to Regensburg. The Danau is a very beautiful river, and watching the people boating, swimming, and kayaking in it was very entertaining. <br><br>After we returned, a group of us went to get gelato, then headed in separate directions to do our own thing, as most of us were still trying to get settled into our new home. I had a calm, uneventful night.

I absolutely love this town, aside from the construction outside my window that begins at 6:30 in the morning :(. I had planned on waking up at 7:45, giving myself enough time to get ready and meet our group at the restaurant we were to eat breakfast at that is only a little ways from my room. Actually, I could probably see it from my window. Yup, sure can. Well, the construction workers had a different plan for me. I woke up at 6:30 and couldn't go back to sleep. But I didn&#8217;t mind. I ...

... I grabbed it and headed out of the baggage claim area, only to be greeted by my smiling director, Griffin. He informed me that we would be waiting for another participant who was on a plane from Chicago that had been delayed. She was originally supposed to land only 30 minutes after me, however her plane had been delayed 2 hours and 15 minutes due to, as we later found out, bad weather and an incident including dry ice and live turtles. We waited around ...

... so I basiclly guided the horses. After that we went swimming. The pool there had a way better water slide then the MAC, so klara and I did it like ten times and little Luisa also went into the pool. She is only 1 1/2 so it was really good.<br><br> -KINJAL