Exploring Bamberg

I decided to get wild for breakfast and went with an egg white omelette instead of the French toast. I forgot to take a picture before I started eating. Also the cantaloupe has been so good.

We boarded the bus for a 9:15 departure time. Somehow the boat left before the buses even left.

We were dropped off in the middle of town to meet our tour guide for a 90 min walking tour before we have some free time to explore on our own.

This will be mostly a picture post.

This area is on the opposite side of the river as old town. This area flooded regularly long ago and was used as a shared pasture area as most families had one cow for milk, etc. These buildings were built much later which is why they don’t fit the old town architecture.

The building at the very far end was the first general hospital.

These houses are now the most sought after in Bamberg but generally are passed down through families and rarely go for sale. Years ago human waste was all dumped in the river and the slaughterhouse was build along the river with a trapdoor that trashed everything directly into the river. Clearly that doesn’t happen any longer.

The area above the sign was a warning to visitors that if they were caught stealing their hand would be cut off. As if that isn’t bad enough since people at that time were laborers it essentially resulted in them not being able to provide for their families.

Curved doors were for the kegs to be taken out on a horse pulled wagon

This is the oldest brewery in town. It’s located next to a bakery which was common due to the yeast needed.

This sign shows the brewmaster who was injured when a keg fell on his leg. He was nicknamed the wobbly walker and then name stuck and translates to that. It originally was name the Blue Lion which is why there’s a lion on the sign. And the star is the sign of the brewers guild.

Cathedral which has a mix of architecture due to a fire. Was rebuilt in the 1200’s.

This side door was reserved for the Prince Bishop to use.

Courtyard of Prince Bishop Servants lives downstairs.

These are waiting stones. The prince bishop ran out of money and couldn’t finish construction.

The prince bishop had the ground stones replaced with wood so it wasn’t so loud when wagons drove over it.

Greg wanted to cut through this park. Thankfully we didn’t slip in the mud or get mugged.

We went back to the oldest brewery for a Smokey beer. Want to say I loved it but I can’t. It wasn’t as terrible as I actually anticipated. Actually none of us liked our beers. The pretzel though, they nailed that.

Greg also ordered sausages and was unsure about those.

The bathrooms at the brewery were definitely not original. These were the nicest bathrooms we have been to and were free!

I want this house with the swans. Guess the only way I can have it is if I find a new husband for more reasons than one.

Greg tried a different route. It didn’t work

Walked though a park on the way back to the bus

We made our way back to the buses for our 30 or so minute bus ride back to the boat. Jane and Paul nearly got lost coming back and came walking up right at departure time. I think they and Gavin all almost had a heart attack!

We pulled into the boat dock in the town where the boat had moved while we were in Bamberg. Greg had looked on the map and said he didn’t see anything there at all. Guess not. The ship was docked basically at a scrapyard. I’d say this business hit it rich when Viking proposed using their docks occasionally.

We were greeted with a “welcome home!” and given a hot towel.

Bamberg was nice but it wasn’t as much of my jam as I thought it would be. Fun to visit and was a beautiful little town but unless I can live in the swan house I think I’d prefer Regensburg.

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