With warm sunshine on our shoulders, the six of us- Dirk, Darbie, Karen, Terry, the chauffeur (Tom) and tour director (Katie) vacationed a week, enjoying bits of Germany, Austria and Italy. Our New Prague friends had expressed interest in seeing castles, countryside, concerts, cathedrals, cows, cloisters, cities and clowns. So we did just that!
Arriving by train to Bamberg (following a flight to Frankfurt) the chauffeur picked up the travelers at the "bahnhof". After a pretzel snack, the tour guide led an evening outing, walking and then dining at a "gasthaus" on traditional German fare (bratwurst, kraut etc.) Burp!
Thursday's schedule included shopping, people watching and a trip to an "eis cafe".
A quick drive up to Banz Abbey finished out the day with fantastic landscape and more local cooking.
Packed and on the road by 8:30 Friday morning we headed to Rothenburg. The well known walled city is preserved with a Middle Ages atmosphere. Many buildings date back to the 13th and 14th century. A photographer's delight! (How many pictures did Tom take?)
Bavarian Prince Ludwig II ordered two amazing castles to be built near Fussen in southern Germany. The "Neuschanstein schloss" (nicknamed Disney castle) is the more famous of the two. Hopping out, we admired the structures and hiked a bit in the fresh, spring mountain air.
Arriving by train to Bamberg (following a flight to Frankfurt) the chauffeur picked up the travelers at the "bahnhof". After a pretzel snack, the tour guide led an evening outing, walking and then dining at a "gasthaus" on traditional German fare (bratwurst, kraut etc.) Burp!
Thursday's schedule included shopping, people watching and a trip to an "eis cafe".
A quick drive up to Banz Abbey finished out the day with fantastic landscape and more local cooking.
Packed and on the road by 8:30 Friday morning we headed to Rothenburg. The well known walled city is preserved with a Middle Ages atmosphere. Many buildings date back to the 13th and 14th century. A photographer's delight! (How many pictures did Tom take?)
Bavarian Prince Ludwig II ordered two amazing castles to be built near Fussen in southern Germany. The "Neuschanstein schloss" (nicknamed Disney castle) is the more famous of the two. Hopping out, we admired the structures and hiked a bit in the fresh, spring mountain air.
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