Bavaria; Wurzburg and Rothenburg ob der Tauber

What a great day! Started off with a princely breakfast and finished off with a medieval dinner.

This morning we docked in Wurzburg and after breakfast rode the short distance to the Residenz of the erstwhile Bishop Prince of the place for a visit. The house was a palace modelled on Versailles (France) and not all that much smaller. Very impressive inside and out. It has the largest ceiling fresco in the world (larger even than the Vatican and so is a World Heritage site). The sun shone, the garderns were amazing in the frosty morning (temp around 3 degrees).

We elected to walk back through the quaint town and its Christmas market. It was fabulous. Sunshine and magnificint old buildings along the river bank.

After lunch on board we were bused off (about an hours drive) to Rothenburg. Dad always said this was one of his favourite places. We are with him on this one. Incidently Chris, we see what you meant. All day long we go about saying "Hel-looo". Certainly is the catch cry in this part of Germany. Noel, you would be a natural here. The town is completely surrounded by its city wall - modernised ariund 1500 - and is full of charm. It really is a time warp. We went a little mad with the cameras but meanwhile will grab a pic from the internet just as a taster.

Noticed Schneeballen all over the place. Far too sweet for us. Also impressed y the wurst sold by the metre. Very dodgy pedegree to it we suspect, so observed from a safe distance. (Don't worry Matt and Andrew, we DID take pictures).

 After a couple of hours it was time to head into one of the attractive cafes for a coffee to warm up. They certainly know how to make coffee and the Nussecken that we chose to go with it was to die for. We simply must get hold of a recipe. Thus fortified, back in to the Christmas market for a second time. The European economy is in dire stratights you understand. (Much more of this and ours will be too).

In terms of the Medieval dinner, lets just say the waiters looked right proper charlies and leave it at that!