Deutschland
Like Gretchen said, it was a good trip to Germany. More later about the food, but here's some of what we saw:
We made a quick stop in Heidelberg for lunch on the drive up.
After a nice drive through the Neckar River valley, we spent the first night (Good Friday) in the small and well-preserved town of Schwäbisch Hall.
The next day we entered Bavaria and went to the famous city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber on the Romantic Road. It was nice and all, but too touristy for our tastes (and I can't even imagine what it would be like in summer). The highlight was lunch, about which more later, but from there it was on to our destination of Bamberg, which was beautiful.
After spending Easter morning wandering around Bamberg, it was off to our final destination, Regensburg. Unlike the other towns we visited, it wasn't filled with half-timbered gingerbread houses. But it was still historic and attractive, and was also a bigger city so had more life than the other towns we visited.
Alas, on Easter Monday (a holiday here, believe it or not) it was time for the long drive back. We decided to take a side excursion towards Schloss Neuschwanstein, better known as the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland. We didn't actually want to visit the castle, but we wanted to at least see it from a distance, and we also wanted to enjoy the Bavarian countryside--mission accomplished on both counts!
We made a quick stop in Heidelberg for lunch on the drive up.
After a nice drive through the Neckar River valley, we spent the first night (Good Friday) in the small and well-preserved town of Schwäbisch Hall.
The next day we entered Bavaria and went to the famous city of Rothenburg ob der Tauber on the Romantic Road. It was nice and all, but too touristy for our tastes (and I can't even imagine what it would be like in summer). The highlight was lunch, about which more later, but from there it was on to our destination of Bamberg, which was beautiful.
After spending Easter morning wandering around Bamberg, it was off to our final destination, Regensburg. Unlike the other towns we visited, it wasn't filled with half-timbered gingerbread houses. But it was still historic and attractive, and was also a bigger city so had more life than the other towns we visited.
Alas, on Easter Monday (a holiday here, believe it or not) it was time for the long drive back. We decided to take a side excursion towards Schloss Neuschwanstein, better known as the inspiration for Sleeping Beauty's Castle at Disneyland. We didn't actually want to visit the castle, but we wanted to at least see it from a distance, and we also wanted to enjoy the Bavarian countryside--mission accomplished on both counts!
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