Würzburg

 From Rothenberg the bus took us to Wurzburg where the ship arrived later that day. First we went to the Residenz where the Bishop lived.  No clear line between church and government. The church in question was the Catholic Church   The Protestants are mainly in the north but lots of wars between them especially the Thirty years war where whole towns were burnt down.  The Residenz has extremely large chandeliers. As they anticipated Wurzburg being a bombing target, the chandeliers were lowered into wine barrels covered with lard (our guide said butter but that would be extravagant.) The solidified fat protected the crystal and the wine barrels were kept in the surrounding wine towns that weren’t targets. Still two thirds of the Residenz was bombed.  We weren’t allowed to take pictures given some bs about it cut into their profits in the gift store. I don’t see how picture taking, assuming no flash  would hurt anything. They had the same policy a few days later in the MElk abbey 

Anyway we paid admission. We should be allowed to take photos. 

We were bussed to the ship as it was getting dark. We walked the half mile to their old stone bridge covered with students 

The River Main

Town square Wurzburg 

I had bought a knock off Japanese designer bag at an estate sale looking pretty much like these bags, also knock offs and very poorly constructed compared to mine

Wurzburg Rathaus 

Close up of the Residenz. We had the most boring guide. I was tired from walking all day in Rothenberg and had a bad cold. Also crabby because I couldn’t take photos 

Wurzburg town square 

the Residenz from afar. Only the middle building survived, the rest was reconstructed 

From the bridge 

The old Residenz  note vineyards. 

My dinner entree from the ‘local ‘ menu  spinach ravioli with chanterelle sauce. Better than the sausage lunch