Tuesday, November 5, 2013

Euro Trip 2013 - Germany - Dinkelsbühl

After a wonderful visit with Heidi, Jasmin and Daniel it was time I headed south towards Gefrees and Kornbach (my Oma and Opa's hometown). So Heidi loaded me on a train in Hanau to go see Elisabeth, another one of my moms friends. So we said our goodbyes and I loaded myself onto the train, found a spot, pulled out my book and got comfortable. After sitting in the ICE train for 10 min without it moving someone came on the intercom and announced in very fast and mumbled German that the train had broken down and we would need to transfer onto another train. When the next train arrived it was pretty funny to watch the people's faces as they saw the platform of people about to barge themselves onto their train. But we all got on and I was finally on my way to Würzburg! When I finally arrived in Würzburg 45min late I wondered how the heck I was going to find Elisabeth in the mass crowd of people and without her cell number. Lucky for me I spotted her right away! After hugs and hellos we headed down to Dinkelsbühl to meet her son Oliver and his family.

   Dinkelsbühl is a Medieval city in Bavaria along the Romantic Road. Surrounding the city is a Medieval stone wall with roughly 17 towers. There is also small patch of parkland which makes walking around the city so beautiful, even when it is starting to snow.  After having lunch at the Goldenes Lamm which was an awesome family run restaurant/hotel, Oliver took us to the church he works at. When we arrived at Heilig-Geist-Kirche (Holy Ghost Church) Oliver took us into the sanctuary to look at the beautifully painted ceiling as well as show me the old organ. On our way to out of Dinkelsbühl, Oliver took us to a graveyard that had these black and gold crosses. After that Elisabeth and myself continued down to Gefrees where we would be met by a fresh snowfall.