Pulled into Wurzburg at 7:15. Breakfast, down time, and buses left for Rotenburg at 9:00.
Because of the upcoming disruption of our trip and the inability to stay on the river till we reach Amsterdam, the optional Rotenburg tour was declared a free tour for everyone who wanted to go. Toni and I elected to stay in Wurzburg as we had been to Rotenburg previously.
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| Monastery in Wurzburg |
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| Bridge across the Main into Wurzburg |
As we stayed in Wurzburg, this blog will cover our tour of the city and the sights we saw. The other folks on this blog went to Rothenburg.
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| Wurzburg Markewt square |
The Bishop of Wurzburg would not support the construction of a church across the river in Wurzburg city as his church was already in use. The local citizens did receive permission to build a chapel. that is the building in the background.
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| Wurzburg model after April, 1945 firebombing |
The city of Wurzburg had 105,000 citizens in 1945, a population that placed them on a list of cities to be bombed by the RAF. The city had 250 tons of high explosive and more than 400,000 incendiary bombs dropped in one 15 minute period. 97% of the populations became homeless in 15 minutes.
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| Chapel in Wurzburg |
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| Interior of a chapel |
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| Magnificent stained glass |
As mentioned, the Wurzburg citizens built this church but as it was not sanctioned by the Bishop, it could not be called a church and had to be called a chapel. Even so, the altar and organ were magnificent.
Wandered through much of Wurzburg, stopped in a pastry shop for coffee, checked out the shops and market square.
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| Not all church decorations are uplifting |
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Heading back to the ship, we stopped on the bridge for a glass of Savagnier wine at a wineshop on the bridge. The deal is 9 Euro for a glass with 5 Euro returned to you when you return the glass. Apparently the tradition is to drink the glass of wine on the bridge while enjoying the view and conversation, then return the glass.
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| Wineshop on the bridge |
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| On the Wurzburg bridge |
Dinner aboard was a hoot! The dessert had the 'Gang of Twelve' in stitches.
Seems the decoration on the merengue topped dessert contained a sugar 'bug' dude. He became the topic of conversation about how he got there (assuming male), how much he had traveled, etc.
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| The dessert |
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| The Bug |
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| The explanation |
When questioned about the bug, Maartens (our head hospitality guy) explained that a swarm of sugar bugs had collided with the stern windows, been scrapped off, and applied to the dessert. That explanation went a long way into the hilarity.
After dinner, the Program Directors hosted a 'Liars Club' show where teams tried to determine what version of a word definition was true and which were false. Gongoozler, bodybone were two of the words and our 'Gang of Twelve' was shut out . Very funny time.
Overnight sailing to Wertheim and a walking tour there.
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