Day 9: Wurzburg

This morning we cruised to Karlstadt. After lunch we boarded a bus to Wurzburg.  It only takes 30 minutes to get to Wurzburg by bus. It takes 5 hours to get their by ship. (And we just got a message that the ship is going to be 30 minutes late, due to traffic at the locks on the Main today.)

In Wurzburg we toured the "Residence". Yes. That is the name. Are you wondering who?  It is the residence of the bishop of the Catholic Church in  the 1720s. It was excessively opulent if you ask us! If we were taxpayers in that day we would seriously wonder why!
Wurzburg was 90% destroyed in 1945, but they rebuilt the Residence.  (No pictures are allowed inside)

Another interesting fact about Wurzburg, Wilhelm Conrad Roentgen discovered X-Ray in 1895. (I'm pretty sure I had to know that when I took the boards back in 1979). But alas! He is not a bishop so there is no opulent home for Roentgen even though he made such an impact in medicine! 

Today Doug and I are having our afternoon "break" at "stern back" in the center of the marketplace!  It has been open since 1811

We got the chance today to see our ship come through a lock.  It is interesting on the boat or watching the boat. 

 Our local tour guide, George.

Afternoon snack

The missing member of ZZ Top

The bridge we were standing on when our ship went under it.