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| Altres Rathaus |
One of the most picture perfect buildings you will see anywhere is the Altres
Rathaus, Bamberg’s Old Town Hall. And quite possibly its one of the most photographed.
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| A touch of Harry Potter perhaps? |
The structure is a bit of a curiosity, an eclectic grouping of carvings,
frescoes, statues, arches and a rickety timber building that extends out over the
river.
The story goes that the bishop of
Bamberg would not grant the townsfolk any land for construction of their town
hall. Undeterred, the citizens rammed
stakes into the Regnitz river to create an artificial island and construction
of their town hall was eventually completed in 1462.
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| Eclectic rooftops |
Bamberg’s Altstadt, or old town, is a UNESCO World Heritage site
and a superb example of a medieval town with particularly eye catching architecture. Timbered houses, seriously leaning doorways and a checkerboard of uneven rooftops, it was hard not to be charmed.
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| Cathedral Rose Garden. |
Even though we were well into October, the summer flowers still looked
fresh in boxes and containers secured to window ledges just about
everywhere in town.
Despite the near freezing
temperatures, the rose garden near the Cathedral was still putting on a colourful show.
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| Colour everywhere |
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| Bamberg's famous dark beer |
After walking the seriously cobbled streets for a few hours it was time
to sample the smoky flavoured dark beer that Bamberg is famous for.
And of course the pretzels and sausages.
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| Beautiful! |
And as for the disaster that could have been?
It was hovering around zero when we had left
the riverboat that morning with thick frost coating the floor of the sun deck. Smug that I had remembered to pack gloves
when most of our travelling companions had not, I realized my gloves were
missing at the end of the day. Thanks to
a quick thinking Doug who sprinted back to the bus we had travelled from town
on, he retrieved my trusty Argentine carpinchos from the bus floor.
That was a close one!
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