Awoke to a brilliant blue sunny sky with the promise of 19degrees and docked right in town.
Regensburg has 1300 listed buildings of historic interest and the whole of the old city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city's richest family the Thurn und Taxis have the obligatory palace and it is believed that the word 'Taxi' comes from this family as they charged 'taxes' entering the city etc (well thats the short version of the story).
We set out on our tour, past Roman city walls (circa 500AD) and heading to the Cathedral which is the centre point of the Old City and a great navigational point as it can be seen from just about everywhere. We stopped first at an 'old church' and we were absolutely stunned when we stepped inside with the magnificant frescoes and gold gilt everywhere. It would be the most sun filled church I have ever been in and quite spectacular. We wandered with the guide up and down cobblestone alleys thoroughly enjoying the buildings.
After the walking tour we went to a cuckoo clock demonstration. How anyone could stand the constant noise of them is beyond me so there was noway I would part with the many hundreds of dollars needed to buy one of these original masterpieces.
From the clocks we wandered over a medieval stone bridge (1135 - 46), the oldest of its kind in Germany and wandered around the newer part of the city. When I say new I still mean hundreds of years old and very much a residential area. The buildings are beautiful and well maintained and each 'house' (now some are converted to apartments) is painted a different colour. Makes a very pretty streetscape.
We had a voucher for sausages at the oldest fried sausage kitchen in Germany. You get 6 little finger size snags with sauerkraut and homemade mustard and yummy homemade bread. You just find a spot on any of the picnic type tables and eat away. I was plesantly surpirsed and actually liked the sausages, the sauerkraut went well with the mustard and snag but was not so good on its own. Alan says the beer wasn't too bad.
After filling up on snags we walked them off, just aimlessly wandering around the Old City. When we tired we stopped for some absolutely wicked icecream deserts and by the time we finished these the sun had started to disappear behind the clouds and it was becoming chilly. We decided that we had walked enough and so slowly wandered back to the boat.
Regensburg is a beautiful, quaint city and with the sun shining it has been a lovely stopover.
Regensburg has 1300 listed buildings of historic interest and the whole of the old city has been declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The city's richest family the Thurn und Taxis have the obligatory palace and it is believed that the word 'Taxi' comes from this family as they charged 'taxes' entering the city etc (well thats the short version of the story).
We set out on our tour, past Roman city walls (circa 500AD) and heading to the Cathedral which is the centre point of the Old City and a great navigational point as it can be seen from just about everywhere. We stopped first at an 'old church' and we were absolutely stunned when we stepped inside with the magnificant frescoes and gold gilt everywhere. It would be the most sun filled church I have ever been in and quite spectacular. We wandered with the guide up and down cobblestone alleys thoroughly enjoying the buildings.
After the walking tour we went to a cuckoo clock demonstration. How anyone could stand the constant noise of them is beyond me so there was noway I would part with the many hundreds of dollars needed to buy one of these original masterpieces.
From the clocks we wandered over a medieval stone bridge (1135 - 46), the oldest of its kind in Germany and wandered around the newer part of the city. When I say new I still mean hundreds of years old and very much a residential area. The buildings are beautiful and well maintained and each 'house' (now some are converted to apartments) is painted a different colour. Makes a very pretty streetscape.
We had a voucher for sausages at the oldest fried sausage kitchen in Germany. You get 6 little finger size snags with sauerkraut and homemade mustard and yummy homemade bread. You just find a spot on any of the picnic type tables and eat away. I was plesantly surpirsed and actually liked the sausages, the sauerkraut went well with the mustard and snag but was not so good on its own. Alan says the beer wasn't too bad.
After filling up on snags we walked them off, just aimlessly wandering around the Old City. When we tired we stopped for some absolutely wicked icecream deserts and by the time we finished these the sun had started to disappear behind the clouds and it was becoming chilly. We decided that we had walked enough and so slowly wandered back to the boat.
Regensburg is a beautiful, quaint city and with the sun shining it has been a lovely stopover.
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