Regensburg, Part Two

I don't even remember what to write about Regensburg since we went so long ago.  Oops. Well, long enough that my memory isn't very fresh.  I really think I need to get a blogging notebook to take with me when we go somewhere so I don't forget what we did! I'm kicking myself for that today because I am seriously drawing a blank as to what happened that day.  It could be because I was so sick yesterday that some brain cells were fried, but geez...I have plum forgot what to write about for Regensburg.

After we finished up at Walhalla, we headed to Regensburg to look around and eat the famous sausages! We focused mainly on the pedestrian zone, or old town.  The main goals on our list for the day were the Regensburg Cathedral (Dom St Peter), the famous Wurstkuche, the old stone bridge, TK Maxx and MAC.  Yes, we had to get some shopping in!

We parked pretty far away from the sausage place, so we meandered through the pedestrian zone and gradually made our way there for a late lunch. This stand is famous for it's sausages, it is over 500 years old and has been making sausages in the same place!  They still cook it with coal powered ovens in a little stand next to the old stone bridge, right on the edge of the Danube River!  We loved it though, and anyone who comes to visit us will be taken there.  Outside the stand are a few, and I mean, a few, tables and benches and you have to fight your way in to get a table.  Like the hunger games!  I was like a vulture looking for a table, and Andrew was getting annoyed with me, he said we should go somewhere else.  I was not going to miss those famous sausages after driving over an hour for them. After about 10 minutes,  I saw some tourists get up, and I immediately snagged the table.  We ordered 7 plates of Wurst and sauerkraut, and had tons of brotchen to go with it. I am not one that typically enjoys sauerkraut, but this I inhaled. When you go, make sure you keep track of how much bread you eat.  We had probably 15 rolls through the 6 of us.  Apparently they charge 1 Euro per roll.  Oops.  They never advertised that, or else we missed it.  Our bill was around 100 Euro for all 6 of us, including drinks.

When our bellies were satisfied, we walked halfway over the stone bridge, took some pictures, and then made our way to the Cathedral, Dom St Peter.  This was absolutely stunning!  It's too bad the outside was covered in scaffolding (as was the bridge, so I didn't get very many good pictures), but the inside was gorgeous.  I love old churches.  Medieval History has always been my favorite to learn and read about, so seeing it in person is even better.

We also went down into the crypt, and I think that was fairly new, but it's pretty neat as there are some relics down there (I did not get good pictures of that, unfortunately), and a lot of the Bishops are buried in the crypt or other areas of the Cathedral. 

Once that was done, we headed to do our shopping, and then headed home. Nothing too exciting, except we stopped at a fantastic gelato place.  I want to go back there, wish I had written down the name of it.  And then...I realized I lost our youngest daughter's ID card.  Oh crap.  We searched everywhere, even called TK Maxx to see if they had it.  I think it fell out of my purse while I was paying at the register, but of course they could not find it.  This ruined my gelato experience, which means we have to go back for more, haha!

All in all, we had a good day.  I really like Regensburg, but unless family or friends come to visit, or we go back for shopping, I am satisfied with the touristy part.  We just need to go back to do a Danube cruise, but I am not sure when we will get that done.  We have three years though, so plenty of time!