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Würzburg, the capital of Unterfranken, is a larger city on the Main river in western Bavaria. Würzburg was our final stop in Germany on this trip and it was a nice change of pace. After spending the previous five days in a Munich hostel and a brewery guest house in Bamberg, we arrived at the ritzy four star Maritim Hotel near the University of Würzburg. Würzburg, unlike Bamberg and Munich, isn't a beer town - it's surrounded by vineyards... but more on that later.

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Returning to Bamberg was a lot of fun. It was nice to be back as a tourist and not a student. It wasn't like I was on a strict schedule when I was studying in Bamberg but this time around it was just a lot more relaxing. So with no real itinerary, we were free to make our own way around town. After a day and a half in Bamberg we met up with Bastian, a German friend who just returned from Italy.

After spending a day and a half in Munich, and nearly a full day in Passau, we headed for Bamberg. Bamberg is where I spent the better part of 2006 as a student, so it's been about three years since I was there. Here are the pictures from our first day in Bamberg. Below is Bamberg's Altes Rathaus, the old town hall, which is built in the middle of the Regnitz river.

Since Google decided to break the internet today I've disabled the GMap macros on this site. I haven't removed the code since it'll probably be a short term deal. The maps will reappear when Google is back up.

We got so much done on a first day in Munich that we decided to take a day trip to Passau and do a little exploring.

After spending the first half of the day on Marienplatz and in Viktualienmarkt we walked to Odeonsplatz and through the Englischer Garten. The weather was great for early May, it was sunny and in the 70s. Perfect beer garden weather.