Europe - Franconia

Bamberg

June 1989, Bamberg, Germany

I arrived in Bamberg on an overcast Saturday at mid-afternoon. As soon as I parked my car, the first raindrops started falling. As the rain started getting worse, I ducked into a bar to wait out the showers, and had a Rauchbier (a smoked beer brewed locally) and a piece of apple cake.

But the rain didn't let up, and since I still wanted to see the sites, I went out again. I learned an important lesson that day - always bring along an umbrella when touring Germany!

The photo shows the unusual city hall situated on a small island in the middle of the Regnitz. I returned to Bamberg several years later and took another photo from the same spot on a clear day, but I still like this photo better.

To the south is Schloß Weißenstein. To the north is Vierzehnheiligen. To the east are Gößweinstein and Pottenstein.

Other pictures like this one can be found at Franconia Album.