REGENSBURG

WELCOME TO REGENSBURG







By means of Canals, locks, and ultimately bus (due to low water); we are now on the Main (pronounced "Mine")in Germany. (I think. We might still be on the Danube, but I am not sure where the change occurs. Check the map and see if you can tell)


Though, as you can see by the watermarks on the Rathaus in Passau (as well as those on other cities we visited) the river can be capriciously high if it wants to be. --it's just that right then, it wasn't











As I said, fall had come, and with it, a cold rain.

Nonetheless we loved Regensburg and happily trekked around all day























First of all, there's the bridge










Built in the 14 or 1500's , it's a thing of beauty and a marvel of architecture.













As you can see, the river is very turbulent right there. If fact, there were once rather famous whirlpools.


Seeking to subdue the river and make it less dangerous to navigate, the town sought an architect to help them.


He designed a bridge with multiple (13) spans. At the base of each span was a large boat-shaped stone support, which helped to break up the current.

You gotta admit it, the world runs by virtue of civil engineers.

Hats off!

I forget his name, but he was so successful that a grateful town put a statue of him on his bridge.

Even the sea gulls love it. It's their own personal fishing pier

The food specialties of Regensburg are beer (naturally) and little finger sized sausages which are smoked day and night in this little restaurant right on the river.

Unfortunately all their eating space was outside, it was pouring rain intermittently, and only 2 tables of it was under canopy.

PLUS

Every tourist in that part of Germany was determined to crowd in there and try the wurst. We decided to forgo it. We walked across the river and enjoyed a local brew at a cafe with umbrellas and few customers.




Across the river, most of the tourists disappeared. One sensed that this was more for "echt" Regensburgers.


There was even a Chinese carry-out, which I presume presupposes that you have some sort of "heim" (home) to carry-out to.





















Perhaps you feel I am spending an inordinate amount of time on one little village you perhaps didn't even know existed before. Well, we really liked it there, and besides, we bought all of our children Regensburg Advent calendars by local artists. So, of course, they want to see the many things depicted thereon.

Here goes!

Of course, there is a cathedral.


Gothic

Arches and Gargoyles

Simply lovely!








































































































We lighted candles for those of our friends "who. in this transitory life, are in trouble, sorrow, need, sickness, or any other adversity."

The Rathaus

(old town hall)

Everyone for kilometers around wants to get married here, then drive off, showered in roses, in a huge, classic American car.

Plan a long engagement though...

The waiting list is over a year long.

























The Romans, of course, were here.
They were everywhere














That Marcus Aurelius! That boy really got around. And here you thought he just wrote a book of sayings that made him sound like a random aphorism generator for a Roman fortune cookie company

















Well, you can't really call it a ruin, because those clever Germans, just appended a more modern building right on to it.



Jonah and the Whale ----A good name for a pub in a town with its' own whirlpool.

Did you ever consider that Johah's "whale" could have actually been the raging ocean itself? I never did until now.... but I wonder...........

Nicht sprechen sie like a local? No matter.
NO WORDS NEEDED HERE!

FARMERS' MARKET

Along the street









Begonias and Fuschia
















If this art and print shop had been open, these dear little critters would be gracing our walls right now.

On downstream like a German Huck Finn. But we REALLY hated leaving Regensburg