Regensburg

So, on the way to Prague, we stopped at a lovely German city called Regensburg!  "Regen" actually means "rain" in German, so you can imagine what the weather was like.

A square in the middle of Old town Regensburg!  You can just barely see the tips of Regensburg cathedral over the building, but it's hard to see through the fog.

Nice little market going on in a different square.  Don't you just love the European buildings?  And the statues, like the one over to the left there?

I really love those European buildings.  Through the building with the clock is the Steinerne Brücke, the stone bridge of Regensburg across the Danube River.

And, here it is!   It is the main tourist attraction in Regensburg, along with the Regensburg Cathedral.  Did you know that the first settlements in the area of Regensburg dates back to the Stone Age?

"Stone Bridge", originally constructed from 1135-1146.  As seen here, it was destroyed in the war on 23 April, 1945.  Rebuilt 1967.

These are common around rivers.  They mark the record water height of certain places.

Bet this cafe wasn't doing to well business wise, on February 6, 1893.  And It might actually have been there!

Wow, what a beautiful shot of the Cathedral and the bridge across the Danube!  You may ask, "How was Nils able to take such a wonderful picture?"  Examine closely the lower half of the image, and the answer will be revealed to you.

Wait a minute....are those shoes?

The Regensburg cathedral!  Not quite as big as the one in Cologne, or the Church of St. Vitus in Prague, but still very impressive and a landmark of architecture.

Me and my host family, in front of the Regensburg Cathedral!

Gotta love that architecture.

It was quite impressive.  As most 400 year old churches are.

Love the windows.

Need I say more?

Picture of the Organ inside the cathedral, and of course the windows and architecture.

Of course, the architecture can be kind of creepy sometimes.

After sight seeing, we went to this quaint little hole-in-the-wall restaurant whose specialty was Dampfnudeln. It was sort of like a cooked white bread, but very sweet, eaten hot with vanilla sauce.  They were absolutely delicious.

This tower built in 1260!

There's the restaurant where we went to eat, and that tower is over 3 times as old as the United States as a country!