Here we were expection no more surprises...just another perfectly preserved medieval town dominated by the spires of its cathedral... but, as it turned out, it was the favorite village of all from the sentiments of most of the ppl that joined the Regensburg tour.
Situated along the banks of the Danube River, the exceptional thing about Regensburg was that it was not just an UNESCO city and preserved primarily for tourism ...this was a living, working and thriving Germanic city with its roots in medieval Bavaria. It's inhabitants of 150,000 can be seen going about their normal business days as tourists like us mingled and meandered through their historic cobbled streets. Today, BMW factory and the University are amongst the largest employers here - the phrase "Laptops and Lederhosen" has been echoed as the new trend in this gainfully employed Bavarian town
Regensburg, unlike most German cities, was spared destruction by the bombs of WWII. Here is the original Stonebridge (dates back to 1100's) which made Regensburg a major commercial centre ie. salt trade
The oldest sausage kitchen in all of Germany, dating back to the year 1135. Tom tried it after his Audi tour (no picture/video allowed) and returned in a jiffy to buy more as takeout when he realized even though we ladies spent all afternoon enjoying the shops in town, we had not had time to sample the famous sausages!
Oscar Schindler, remembered by Liam Neeson in the movie "Schindler's List" lived here. Apparently, the current Pope Benedict XVI hails from Regensburg as well
Story goes that the stonemasons were so ticked off by the two idle though rich vagrants (aka modern day Paris Hiltons) that neighbored the house they were building that they left this to mock them
It's stain glass windows intricately weaves biblical stories - the style is similar to St. Michael & St. Gudula in Brussels, Belgium
