Romantic Road

This is Germany’s most famous driving route. So it’s no wonder that we are doing the drive too. It’s around 360 km of road that starts in Wurzburg and finishes in Fussen, a town located just 4km away from Ludwig’s castles. Every town on this route has many things in common. They are small, old, medieval, and have been relatively untouched over the centuries. Wurzburg is in a valley surrounded by vineyards. The market areas are mostly linked together which made it a pleasant walk through town. They had many odd statues and some pretty impressive churches. The most impressive site though, was the fortress on top of the hill, Marienburg. We crossed the Main River walking over the 15th century old Alte Mainbrucke (old bridge). The walk up to the fortress seemed unending, especially when you think you’ve reached the main area, only to realize you’re just within one of its many walls. Once on top the view was once again, amazing. We wandered around this huge fortress for some time taking many pictures before heading back down. Unfortunately, Julie hasn’t been feeling well lately so this walk took a bit out of her, that being said, we ended our tour of Wurzburg and made our way back to the van for the night. On the way down from the fortress we passed a bagpiper and I convinced Julie that it was OK to throw in some coin since she did stop to enjoy it. Oh, and earlier that day we checked ourselves into the campsite and purchased propane – it was so cheap that we decided to buy an extra tank so we can avoid running out in the future.