Bamberg

May 24-25, 2014

24^th- We got off to a rough start this morning with running late and then forgetting to unplug the computer and having to go back. Then once we were on our way we ran into some closed roads so had to detour a bit. But we eventually made it to Bamberg and found a really cheap parking garage not too far away from the city. Once in the city we went to the tourist information office to get a map of the city then made our way to the Altstadt Ratheus which is the town hall on a bridge- perched in between the two sides of the bridge, right in the middle. It was very cool and lots of bridges to walk along meant getting a great view. We got some ice cream and ate it standing on the bridge looking out at the canals. We saw went to the next bridge to see the beautiful blue building. Then we saw the boats and decided to go on a boat trip on Sunday. We walked to the Dom Platz and went inside the church with the smiling angel that we couldn’t find and the tomb of the Pope. Then we took a nice walk in the rose garden and looked at the beautiful view. The roses were not out yet but it was still lovely. We chatted for a bit enjoying the scenery then walked back to the car and drove to our apartment. It was really cute. Very lovely and not so expensive and not very far away either. After some football and a nap we got ready to go for dinner back in town. We stopped to get a bottle of wine at Netto on our way then into town. There was a cute little restaurant by one of the canals and it had very German food so we decided to eat there. We both got German food and lots of it! Heavens tried a Bamberg beer as there are many breweries in Bamberg and she said it was very nice. The food was lovely was well and very filling. Then we took a nice long walk through the canals and back to where the boats were just talking and watching the sun go down. You could also see the Castle from there which was pretty. We decided to go back to the apartment to relax and play cards but I didn’t feel well so we watched more football and went to bed.

25^th- Today we got up and got ready then checked out of our apartment and headed back into town. We wanted to go on the boat cruise at 11 but there were so many people that we couldn’t make it on the boat so we went and got looked for some souvenirs but no shops were open so we got some ice cream and sat by the canal and ate our ice cream chatting. We got in line to get on the 12 o’clock boat and were second so that we could sit on top in the sun. It was beautiful and sunny and only later did we realize a bad idea with super bad sun burns. We went down the canals and into the locks which was cool. Some of the houses along the water are beautiful! It was an hour and a half long ride and even though we didn’t understand the German commentary we enjoyed our beer and boat ride. It was lovely. We also went under the bridges which didn’t look like we were going to make it because it was so low! And we saw some really big ships that were randomly by old abandoned construction sites; not very nice for them. It was a nice trip though. Afterwards we got some souvenirs and then tried to eat at a Mexican restaurant but it was closed so we had Italian instead. It was very nice and not so expensive then we got the car and headed home to skype Mama.

It was a great weekend away in a beautiful city.

Until next time,

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