Today was our long awaited trip to Würzburg! We had attempted this day trip at least twice before, but it kept getting pushed back for one reason or another. It was finally time though, and unlike previous travels, we had actually done some research ahead of time so we knew where we wanted to go and what we wanted to see.
The first stop was the Residenz.
I’m fairly sure we weren’t supposed to be in here. I saw people walking out of a door so i went in and down some stairs and found myself in the wine cellar. There were some other people there on a tour, and after we all left the guide put a chain across the door where i entered. Oops.
After looking at the wine cellar we went in to take a tour of the Residenz rooms. They put us in a waiting area, but we didn’t really want to wait for the next tour because we would miss the wine tour later on, so we took a few pictures and wandered around until we caught up with the tour in front of us.
Once you got past the stairs there were signs telling you not to take pictures. I don’t know how strict they are about that since i definitely wasn’t the only one sneaking pics, but i also didn’t want to press my luck too hard so i only got a couple and they’re not that great.
In this one you can see where the artist combined sculpture with the painting (the blue blanket and the legs) in the popular style of the time period.
This was my favorite room. It was so shiny with all of the mirrors and gold! There were painting on all the mirrors and the way they did it the painting are actually behind the mirror. I’m not really sure how that worked but they had a whole display on it after the tour.
After the tour we took a brief stroll through the gardens behind the Residenz. They were amazing!! Germany seriously has some of the coolest gardens.
After we walked through the gardens we climbed a giant mountain (it seemed like it anyway) to get up to the vineyard for our tour. Würzburg is part of the Franconian wine region which lies along the Main river. Franconia is not nearly as well know for wine as the Rhineland, but it’s a lot closer and less touristy. Of course this also meant that the tour was in German. What i did pay attention to was not particularly interesting though, so i gave up after awhile and just enjoyed the awesome view. At the end of the tour we all got a glass of the wine and, while i’m far from a connoisseur, i thought it was pretty tasty.
The vines were all in flower mode, and the grapes won’t actually come until around August.
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