Würzburg; Friday, 09 December, 2022

I worked out of the hotel in Frankfurt in the morning and then headed over to the station to catch my train over to Würzburg, which – after the tribulations of the previous evening – was comfortably smooth.

From the Hauptbahnhof I caught the tram round to the hotel and after checking in headed back out to have a wander round the city.

I started by following the walking path that ran past the hotel along the bank of the River Main heading towards the Alte Brücke, the oldest non-Roman stone bridge and also the halfway point from the source of the river and it’s discharge into the Rhein in Mainz. The bridge has 12 statues dotted along and with the castle high on a hill above it the scene was really similar to that of the Charles Bridge in Prague.

I also arrived in time to watch a river cruise ship and a river barge negotiate the very tight lock that sits under the bridge allowing ships to navigate the weir in Würzburg and continue on up stream.

From the bridge I wandered a bit further into town, taking in the Dom and then in the main market square the Christmas Market. I spent quite a long time wandering around the market taking in the different stalls, and I may have sampled one or two of the various food and drink offerings available.

I had a bit more of a wander through the city centre before heading back over the bridge and back to my hotel for an early evening and a well deserved early nights sleep to try and recover from the previous nights lateness.