Today we managed to get up considerably earlier, and were walking into town by 10:30. After we had coffee in the room, courtesy of Starbuck's Via packets and a lovely Narita dual-voltage hot pot I got for the trip.
We found this very whimsical garden along the way. Gnomes, a beaver fountain, a grotto with two children--very fun!
We were headed toward the East Gate, the only Medieval gate still left standing. Along the way, we went by what must be part of the original wall around the city. Medieval towns were built within stone walls, with gates that could shut the city up when necessary. The gate has been well-preserved. Imagine a street of bars on the other side, ready to greet the travelers!
On our way toward the gate, we saw a gardening shop--and this wonderful banner of gardening gloves hanging from the bridge was the advertisement!
The very ornate chapel was the Duke's chapel, decorated by Ludvig I (not mad Ludwig II). We couldn't get into the chapel proper because there was a wedding in progress. But the light was such that I could get a decent picture. Guilded, frescoed, gorgeous, the chapel is in really good shape. I get tired of this sort of decoration pretty easily because it all ends up looking the same. But it is a pleasure to see something so old still in continuous use. What really interested me is, the hymns the choir sang during communion were often in English. I was singing along, and the tunes stayed in my head as we walked further in to Regensburg.
We had lunch at Dampfnudel-Uli. A dampfnudeln is a soft, yeasty bread slathered with vanilla custard. The small restaurant was built in what used to be the chapel of a patrician's house, hence the wonderful korbelled ceiling. The dampfnudeln was fabulous (see Day 2 More pix for picture)! I wonder if there are recipes on the internet, because I'd love to figure out how to make it.
On our way back to the hotel, we walked across a bridge that is festooned with locks. They must mark marriages, because most of them had two names and a date on them. Have never seen anything like it. And it begs the question, if you get divorced, do you take your lock off the bridge?
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