Tuesday, August 26, 2014

Day 27 - Wurtzburg - Just Stunning!

While we were having another beautiful breakfast this morning in Stuttgart, I noticed something moving outside and I realised it was Monday, one of the 3 days Hugo starts roaming the yard.  

Take a look at the video, boys - are you going to ask for one of these for Christmas!



We said our goodbyes to Jocki and Uschi and headed to Wurtzburg (pronounced Verts-borg).  It is only a 1 hour 45 min drive north from Stuttgart but we were both surprised to know that it's in Bavaria!  We both learned something today!


We unpacked our bags and Tony did a bit of admin work while I had a nanna nap.  Where our hotel is situated in Wurtzburg, there is not much happening and I thought we would probably have a very quiet night.  Oh! I need to stop thinking that as it never happens hahaha!

We walked about a half hour into the city centre and it was pumping.  Every street and lane way was filled with shops and cafes.  So we had a lot of fun exploring.  We were looking at our map and wondering which way to go when this lovely old man (who I thought was wanting money from us - he looked a bit like a beggar, oops!) pointed us in the right direction of seeing the Dom and also the river.  And he spoke to us in English as well!

I darted in and out of the shops glancing up every so often to look at the beautiful churches and buildings.  Tony, on the other hand, was taking all the pictures of the beautiful churches and buildings. We were having fun.














We wanted to find somewhere to eat so we decided to head for the river (like the old man told us to) and we came upon this concrete pedestrian bridge full of people standing around drinking wine. How civilised and we thought this is where we want to be for a while and soak up the atmosphere.

Here's a little video of it:













It was starting to rain so we went into this nice little restaurant beside the bridge. 



It was fully booked inside and the only spare seats were at the bar. So we grabbed those and glad we did - we watched the cooks preparing dinner.  It was Master Chef all over again!




yummy German Bratkartoffeln (fried potatoes)
sehr gemuttlich! (very cosy)
And now for some night shots of Wurtzburg!





The restaurant we bought the wine from on the bridge.  The wine is 3 euro and the glass is 5 euro.  Bring the glass back and you get the 5 euro back.

Drinking on the bridge
Night shots of the town centre!







We stopped off here to have a coffee and tea
Local pub
We got home about 10pm and I was happy to sit and read but Tony wasn't finished with the night.  He said he was going down to the bar for ONE nightcap......after 4 nightcaps he stumbled back at about 2am wanting to tell me he met some interesting Germans at the bar and they had a great conversation and ....... and ........ ZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzzzzz!  Time for sleep!

good snacks ....
good beer ....
great conversation!


Deutschland ist Wundershoen!




We head for Frankfurt tomorrow for our last night in Germany :(  I love Germany so much and can't wait to come back again.  And Wurtzburg is definitely on the list!

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