Würzburg in the Sun

On Saturday Cara, her friend Ning, and I took the train to Würzburg for the day. There we met up with Cara's friend Maria and her boyfriend. They go to the university there, and acted as our tour guide for the day. We started by walking up to the fortress. This was a slow trek, as the weather was so hot - it was 32 degrees!!! And this is after we had been having such cold weather, so I was not exactly dressed for so warm. We stopped for ice cream very shortly after we arrived :)

Looking up the walls of the fortress on our way up ... contemplating if that would be a shortcut :) (The wall was vertical!)

Trying to keep cool on our walk up

Rapunzel's Tower

At the Fortress

After visiting the Fortress we headed back down (a shorter way) into the city. We stopped on the way at a fountain to refill water bottles and cool off. We also had to stop to pick up the chocolate that Cara had hidden in some bushes because it was melting in her bag. 

As we wandered through Würzburg on our way to Maria's house we stopped at some of the markets. She was looking for herbs for her balcony. We also stopped at Aldi for food for a picnic. After a stop at Maria's house we went to the park near by. By this point it was cooler, and sitting in the park in the shade was perfect. 

Happy after having eaten a delicious dinner of bread, cheese, meat and salad

Trying out the slack line. It was so much more difficult than it looks! We just tried balancing in one place - not even trying to take any steps. You stand on one foot at a time, so it takes some strength.

Maria was really good at balancing!

Cara was also pretty good. She could even take a step or two by the end. I switched and played some frisbee instead, that was a little easier.

Stop on the way back to the train station - the gardens to the Residenz, which was the house of the bishop of Würzburg.