And so begins the adventure...: Regensburg

Tuesday morning we cruised along the Danube and it was nice sleeping in. We reached the highest point on our river tour during the night (we started at sea level in Amsterdam and were now about 1400 meters above sea level so all the locks we had gone through to this point we raising us up, now we started going down.

We went into Regensburg for an afternoon tour and had the rest of the day and evening to ourselves for shopping, drinking, whatever. Oh yes, the old town of Regensburg is another UNESCO World Heritage site. It is one of the best preserved medieval cities. We even walked across the 12th century old stone bridge, Germany's oldest bridge on our way to Germany's oldest restaurant late Wurstküch, or Old Sausage Kitchen, has been in the same spot since 1135.

We passed by the Bishop's residence and as always, there was this beautiful beer garden in the courtyard (we were told it was always this way in the old days).

This is Goliath. He was painted on the building that you see when crossing the stone bridge. It is said that this was done to warn people coming into this town that the town of Regensburg is strong and proud and you should not mess with them.

There was this great cuckoo clock store and we were privileged to a demonstration of these gorgeous creations. One of my favorite clocks was one of the very earliest made in the Black Forest. It had only four wooden gears, one clock hand and a stone for the weight. Love it!