Today we left cute little Bamberg to eventually land in Munich. From Bamberg we drove to Rothenburg which is a Rick Steves favourite stop.

News from the bus:

Autobahn. There are speed limits. It isnt a free for all

Drinking ages: 16 for beer and wine. 18 for hard stuff

Bamberg means garden city and famous for planting flowers, trees, vegetables. There is a Bamberg potato that is cooked and tastes better than regular potatoes. A little nutty. This is the center for plant breeding.

Bosch: spark plugs are made here.

My thoughts on travelling: I love it. It reinforces our heritage and history. There is a reason that we do what we do and why we do it. It lets us experience new things, such as food, places, and people. It makes us appreciate home all the more as we live in a lovey lovely country: Family, friends, and my pets❤️. Our tour group is truly an eclectic group of people with all kinds of personalities. You can bop around and visit with someone different every day and learn something new and interesting every day. This trip has some couples, some groups of friends (2 or 3), and quite a few singles. Everyone has a story that that they may or may not share: doctor from Kansas, people trying to reconnect with family in Germany, just wanting to explore, some retirement trips. One sad story was a husband and wife were to come on the trip and the husband passed so the woman’s brother in law stepped in to replace his brother to travel with his sister in law so she didn’t have to cancel. A lot of wives came without their husbands as “he has no interest in travelling”. One man came without his wife. They believe that one should stay home with their kids so they take separate vacations to give stability to the kids. Sounds fishy to me 🥴 One lady had foot reconstruction surgery in February so is finding the cobblestones difficult to navigate. I can sympathize with her a lot, but my Achilles hasn’t really bothered me as much as I had feared it would. Everyone has a reason and story.

On our drive this morning, we went through the German countryside to see the agricultural sector. Not quite the same as Saskatchewan.

A lot of yellow buildings with red rooves. It sure feels like home ❤️

On a different trip, our travel mates were fascinated by seeing deer; this trip it is a real commotion to spy a storks nest on the roof of homes. Usually only found in the countryside.

Rothenburg:

When the money tinkles in the collection plate, you elevate to heaven.

This is a quaint little town that is a medieval town with a protective wall and everything in the wall is old – really old. The famous Christmas decoration store is here Kathe Wolfarht has two stores here. A few treasures may have been purchased here. 😊.

On the drive to Munich – our last city in Germany! Pretty quiet trip. Began the movie, “Bridge of Spies” with Tom Hanks.