Day 2 - June 30

Today was a day of a lot of foot work. We had a really good night sleep and got the day started off with crumbled eggs and meat! We walked around Wurzburg, first to the Dom (pronounced dome), a catholic church that was mostly destroyed during the last few days of World War 2. On the day the Dom was destroyed, so also was 90% of Wurzburg, mostly done by British forces. A funny thing happened while we were in the Dom. We were standing in the back by the entrance and one of the attendants came over to me and started speaking something in German. Fortunately Christina was there to help me out, however when she told the attendant that I was American and didn't understand German, she said it in English...LOL!

After the Dom, we stopped to get a döner, which is a Turkish gyro made of lamb topped with steamed cabbage and carrots and zaziki sauce which is a yogurt based sauce. We also got pommes, which is German for french fries. We took these to some picnic tables along the Main (pronounced mine) River and had a really nice lunch...and so did the yellow jackets who wanted to help us eat our lunch.

After lunch we went to the Residenz and took the tour in English. The Residenz is a government building which dates back into the middle ages. Most of this building was also destroyed by British forces on the same day as the Dom. The Residenz was visited by Napoleon and other high dignitaries from countries as far away as Japan and China. It also has beautiful gardens and a Bier Garten. They were having a special Weinfest (where they served wine and beer) in the Bier Garten which we refused to pass up...LoL!

On then way back to Manuel and Christina's flat, we stopped and got ice cream and coffee. Since Germany is about as far north in latitude as Nova Scotia, the sun doesn't set here until 10 pm which, for Tammy and I, confuses us because we lose all track of time.

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Tomorrow we visit a bit more of Wurzburg and then we are off to Bergoberbach (about 1 1/2 hours south of Wurzburg). This is where we will be staying for the next week or so and it is the home of Manuel's parents.

Day 1 - Part 2

After a nice nap, we had a little snack and then walk to the Marienberg Castle which sits up on top of a hill overlooking Wurzburg. We took some snacks, a bottle of wine and sat on top of the wall surrounding the castle. Some of the pictures are from that wall. After a nice walk back to Manuel's flat, we had another snack and now we are in bed. We will do some more sight seeing in Wurzburg, eat more German food and have a good time! Hopefully the weather will hold, it was really nice here in Wurzburg, lower 80s and a few showers moved over us.

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Day 1 - June 29. We Made It!

We made it! We arrived a little late in Frankfurt...about 1 hour late and that was due to us leaving the ground late in Atlanta. The flight was good, no problems. Got a little sleep, Tammy got less but over all it was a good flight.

Manuel and Christina were waiting for us when we got through customs. It was so good to see both of them. On the ride back to Wurzburg Tammy slept most of the way. The lack of sleep was catching up with her. By the time we got to Wurzburg, the lack of sleep was catching up with me as well. It was also catching up with Manuel as he only had about 3 hours of sleep last night. So although it is 1125 am German time (525 am Atlanta time) we are now all taking naps!

After we wake and get going, we are going to walk around Wurzburg a little, hopefully check out some pubs. I will post again this evening along with some pics.

Honeymoon in Germany

We will be traveling to Germany (Deutschland) for our honeymoon, leaving Tuesday, June 28 and arriving in Frankfurt, Germany the next morning. We come back home on Tuesday, July 12. Most of our travels will be in the state of Bavaria. We will try to put up a new post with some pictures (hopefully) each day we are gone, we hope you enjoy!