Wednesday, July 11, 2007

Wurzburg During the Day

The first thing I notice is that the rain has not come with us. There is a newspaper on the desk at the hotel with a headline proclaiming the weekend will reach 30 degrees and possibly go higher, this is hot in a nation that thinks air-conditioning is an evil waste of energy. Global warming folks, best get on the air-conditioning band wagon – everyone else is ruining the climate for you, suffering doesn’t make us think you are stronger. Our new hotel’s climate control is the fact that we have two windows we can open rather than one. Never the less we hope for a cooler evening and set out to walk around get lunch and enjoy the last day we have in Germany. Wurzburg is beautiful. Much of the original city from the early 1600’s still exists and the rest of it was kindely rebuilt after the war to look like that original 1600 stuff. We wander a bit and head to a restaurant that is listed in the Michelin and also I remember it being praised online. It’s called the Backöfele and I think it was an old bakery or something, still has original floors and the giant doors that they would bring the carts through ages ago. I also finally get my Cristal Wietzen beer that I have been planning on ordering our whole trip in Germany. Our lunch is hearty, delicious and filling.

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