Wurzburg

Today we took a trip to the city of Wurzburg. The Main River runs right through it and makes for some amazing cityscapes. On the west bank of the river sits a fortress on a hill that took us about 20 minutes to hike up. Definitely well worth the effort. Although it was mighty cold we got to wander around the fortress grounds and imagine what it might have been like to live there so many years ago. Mostly we figured there would be horse poo everywhere! :) We had an awesome view of the city from the top and could see all the major sights from a distance and also saw that the north side of town was filled with vineyards which explains the fascination with wine here. There are many wineries and places to do tastings. But with it being so cold we decided to stick with tea and coffee instead.
Of course there was a Weinachtsmarkt, every city seems to have one, so we wandered through and actually it was really great because in Nuremburg it is too crowded to get pictures but we had the opportunity here to do so. It was still just the typical stuff, Wurzburg didn't seem to have its own specialty. Across the street from the markt, was 2 huge churches literally 50 feet from one another. One was more ornate and had paintings and murals on the ceiling while the other was done in more of a gothic style. On the back side of the churches sits the Residenz which is a huge palace that was for the bishops. We got here too late to go in and get a tour but even just seeing the outside was amazing. It started snowing as soon as we walked up and it made our walk through the gardens magical.
As we made our way to the train station to head home Brandon noticed the "House of 150 Beers" so we had to stop and get a drink. We shared a Berliner Weiss, which is a low alcohol Weiss beer mixed with fruit flavor, typically raspberry or this local herb which I can't remember the name of. We had raspberry and it's a totally "girly" drink that is served in a goblet with a straw but it was really good. The perfect end to our day in Wurzburg.