Landgasthaus Schaflohe Amberg

... 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>

... remains and thru the market. was a fun down in the drizzly rain. i bought a scarf at the market, an awesome Italian coffee at the ice cream cafe and a pizza lunch at the local Italian restaurant. an Italian day in Bavaria! how much culture could one get in a day?<br><br>having trouble getting my pics loaded tonight, will try again tomorrow...

today we visited the small town of Neumarkt Northwest of Parsburg. (i did my homework...see below for historic details) we walked thru town admiring the buildings, peeked inside a lutheran church, and had an ejoyable lunch at Cafe Am Markt. i bought some beading thread--that i cant seem to find at home and we searched for a paper map of Bavaria, but no luck.<br><br>Traces of the earliest settlement at Neumarkt go back as far as the Neolithic period. The town is ...

hmmmm, seems the weathermen in Germany had the same training as the weathermen in VA! forecast was for 88 degrees and 20% chance of rain. it was 65 and storms and rain all day. we traveled to Amburg to check out some cool old stuff and were run off by crazy storms. we went to a 'Sams Club' style store called Real (ree-al) to wait out the weather...Real is bigger better and badder than any Sam's i've visited. there were ...

today was business...grocery, post guest pass...stuff like that. we went into the local town of Parsberg. neat old city, very small, pretty flowers, old castle on the hill. we will go back for a longer visit later this week. we hit a german market that was totally cool. picked up some of my fav german snacks ...

Hi people. I was very bored today. Silke, Clara, and I all went to the pool. Silke is one of Cosima's dental assistants. Thought I might drop bye and say high. I also had my piano class today......<br><br><br><br><br ...

I´m sorry I didn´t write. first the internet didn´t work and then I forgot to send. Well what hapened was that on the first day we went to an amuesment park and I rode the adult Roller Coaster. On the second day we went horseback riding. I didn´t like ...

<br>Day 9. (written by Brian)<br><br><br><br>Today we got up around 8:00am so we<br>could be ready for Simone, Uli, and Honni to pick us up and take us<br>to Krumbach. We arrived at about 11:00am and went straight to<br>Finni's house where she was waiting expectantly. After a quick lunch<br>we went to see one of the local churches, which also had a monastary<br>with beer making monks awesome I know, it's actually ...

... door. It was at that point as<br>Brian, Tobi, and myself were loading in the car that Brian realized<br>that he had left his camera in Ulm the day<br>before!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckly finni was nice enough to go back<br>to Ulm while we were at the skyland park to get is camera so we would<br>not have to do it later. So we went to the park and met somine and<br>uta plus jacob and steffi.. The rides at the park were smaller but<br>still as ...

... with hookups for water, gas, etc just sitting there and you have to go out and buy everything and get it installed. Such a strange concept for an American, because for us making kitchen renovations and replacing countertops and appliances is a way to add value to our homes -- since its a nice, new, staying addition to what you are selling. last night we hit a beer fesitival in town. Lots of tents with people drinking good, local beer and stands with awesome brats and ...