Wednesday morning

This morning we woke up in Regensburg, Germany and it looks like it’s going to be beautiful.

It’s feeling a little bit like Groundhog Day here but I’m not mad about it. Breakfast this morning was French toast in Milo and Erwin’s section and was as delicious as ever. A lady saw my French toast and asked where I had gotten it and I encouraged her to order it. It seemed like she didn’t know that was an option so I invited her and her husband to sit down with us and assured her Milo would take care of her.

I tried semolina pudding today. Not sure it’s my favorite but wasn’t terrible.

Professional handball bus. Is that a thing?

We opted for the longer walking tour this morning that included Jewish history so our walking tour is 9-11am. We met our tour guide Lorri along the docks and headed out.

Captain walking on the top deck. All the deck railings are lowered due to low bridges.

Kings Villa built by Maximillian II to be his summer residence. He only stayed here twice.

Gold leaf catfish statue. The catfish is the only fish that is found in the Danube in all ten countries the Danube flows through.

Historic Bavarian Museum. Barbarians settled here in 620. Regensburg was the first capital of Bavaria until 1245.

Steam tug paddle boat from the war. It sunk at one point and was recovered and is now used as a museum.

Oldest stone bridge in Germany built in the 1100’s.

The man sitting on that stone is the architect of the bridge. Legend has it he made a deal with the devil to get it completed faster but he agreed the devil could have the first three souls who crossed the bridge. The devil assumed it would be the bishop and duke. The architect arranged for a rooster, a hen and a dog to cross first. The devil was so mad he flew under the bridge and tried to break it with his back which is why there is a point in the bridge. He was upset he was unsuccessful so he disappeared into the Danube and the circular current is proof of the devil.

Original Sausage Kitchen. Oldest one in Germany

Part of the Roman Wall that was built in the year 139. Most of the wall has been plastered over. 6k people lived inside the fortification

Bishop’s courtyard which is now a hotel and beer garden

This statue shows a preacher and some geese in the front. In the back he’s hiding a fox. This is supposed to illustrate you can’t trust every preacher.

This is the house where Emilie and Oskar Schindler lived for a short time. They saved 1200 Jewish lives by bribing officials. This is obviously what Schindler’s List is based on.

I’m totally sure that our dogs would just sit in this bike basket

This entire thing was a single family home for one of the rich merchants. The first floor would be where they stored their goods, second floor would be a ballroom and they would live on the top floors. Many had a tower that was a status symbol based on how tall they were. Most of the top floors of the towers were empty.

City hall which was the seat of government until 1245

The second floor of city hall is an ornate ballroom that hosted many dignitaries and served as a meeting place for European government for years.

These three metal bars were used for measuring. At the time every city had different units of measurement. From left to right they measured arm span, shoe size and elbow to fingertips.

This is a Jewish headstone from the 1400’s that’s in a building up high. These are placed around the city as a remembrance to an event that happened in Feb 1519 where Jewish people were chased out of the city and their houses and cemetery was destroyed. Headstones were taken and displayed as trophies.

The Jewish people were used as scapegoats by the traders because they were losing money. Once the US was founded the trade routes changed from rivers to oceans and the traders lost money. Many of them had to tear down their towers to sell the stone for money.

This was their private well which kept them healthy during times of disease

This is where their goods would be stored

This is being used as a dorm now. The sign above says no bike parking

These are called stumbling blocks because they are placed all through Europe and you just stumble upon them. They contain all the info about a Holocaust victim.

Famous hat maker that Disney commissioned to make the hat for Alice in Wonderland

Saint Peter’s Cathedral. It’s the only gothic Church in town and took 300 years to build.

We think the police were doing training drills with their dogs on the boat. Or at least that’s what we hope.

We made it back to the boat around 11:30. Greg and I are planning to hang out in the city until the bus pickup at 4:45pm. Carey and Linda are going to stay on the boat. I’d better get a coffee and a snack to warm up.

While it was beautiful today it was really cold and I definitely underdressed. I’m going to be putting on my long underwear and my bigger coat.

While it’s supposed to get up to 60 the tall towers in town and the narrow streets block the sun from many streets. The temperature difference between the sun and the shade is drastic.

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