Bamberg is know for its "Rauchbier" or smoked beer - it is a dark red ale with a smooth but smokey flavor and an aftertaste of bacon. We all got to try a bottle, compliments of Ama Waterways & then spent a free afternoon just wandering the pedestrian districts from Gruener Markt to Maxplatz and Austrasse
Bamburg was built along this offshoot river Regnitz. These are some of the oldest buildings from 16th Century. Houses were built by tanners who became quite rich in their trade of leathers
A parliamentary town hall that is straddling a river ..first ever..lol
Wonderful rose garden fronting the edge of city wall
"Peace Rose" - successful and popular all over the world - a blend of light yellow to pink color, developed by French horticulturist Francis Meilland and so aptly named after WWII. Meilland had apparently foresaw the German invasion of France and he sent cuttings to friends in Italy, Turkey, Germany & U.S. to protect the new hybrid
This spread of houses on the canal also known as "little Venice"
The Schlenkerla, one of Bamburg's famous breweries and taverns where we all claimed our Rauchbier