Augsburg

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Some castles and very tall church towers (which we cannot resist to climb it seems) further we ended up in Augsburg, founded by - uh... - Augustus back in the beginning of time. It was badly damaged during WO II  of course, but nicely restored. The townhall has an amazing golden hall - where you need your sunglasses inside.

More castles, some birds and a dry pig

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Falcon hunting

Owl hunting

What the F**k!??

And further south we go, through rolling landscapes and ancient towns. On our way we met a hunter who taught us some falconry. Something which was awesome to see. Later that night in Dinkelsbühl I order something in my best German, not knowing it was pork knuckle with a huge potato dumpling... Oops: it seems that my German needs some revision...

Rothenburg ob den Tauber

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This time we found someone taller then Eddie ;-)

Rothenburg is a sort Disney world village - it seems rather unreal with everything from the middle ages still in tact. No wonder we found ourselves suddenly surrounded with lots of (Asian) tourists. But there is also much to see, like the fortified town walls, the churches and the pretty little houses on cobble streets.

Back in time

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Along the road we pass medieval towns like Tauberbischofheim, Lauda, Bad Mergentheim, Weikersheim and Creglingen. Everything here is from the 1300's or earlier it seems. With a (barock) castle or palace thrown in between. You think that not a lot happened during the last centuries, until you notice that that super high tech company that makes a single essential part for all the man made satellites in the universe is actually based in Lauda. So many high tech small firms are based here it's like a silicon valley - without the internet that is.

Würzburg - the start of our Romantic Road trip

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Tiepolo ceiling

Original Röntgen laboratory

Fränkische tapas

Photosynth pano

In Würzburg our trip really starts and wow: there is so much to see... We had to concentrate of the main attractions, like the Residenz, the Cloister and such. Because it is still very early in the vacation season we have the places almost to our selves, which is super! The Tiepolo cieling in the Residez is magnificent (and one of the few things that is still original after the "fire" (as the Germans call it) of March 16th 1945. ) Eddie is a huge fan of the photosynth app on his iphone and everywhere we go he takes a panorama. With excellent results I must admit. On live.com you can see the 3D versions. The food in this part of Germany is great and I never stop to be amazed about the prizes - about 50% of what you would pay in Holland: How do they do that?

Aschaffenburg

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Aschaffenburg is a small town on the border of the Main. It has a castle of course (like all the towns here) on a hill and something special: the pompejanum (a rebuild villa from Pompeii). All with all a great start of our trip back into history.

Spessart (the forest mountains)

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Every village has its own May Tree (mai baum)

Off road through the forest with lots of thieves

I found a round trip through the (thick) forests of Spessart - a region east of Aschaffenburg and it was really awesome. Spessart is famous in Germany because of the story "Das Wirtshaus im Spessart" by Wilhelm Hauff (and the movie of the 50's of that same story with Liselotte Pulver). The "Wasserschloss Mespelbrunn" is very good preserved and the town of Wertheim has a great castle on top of the mountain.

Nyenrode in Aschaffenburg

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Nyenrode on the Vecht

I found this old painting with a view of Nyenrode in the Aschaffenburg Castle. Maybe it belonged one time to Onnes? Anyway, this view is rather difficult from land, so it must have been from a boat on the Vecht I guess.