Summer in Germany -3

[singlepic id=135 w=320 h=240 float=left]Regensburg means “castle of rain”. I felt it’s such a poetic name. The city itself, is extremely beautiful too. It’s said one of the most well preserved medieval city in Germany.

[singlepic id=137 w=320 h=240 float=left] The famous river Donau runs through of it. How exiting I am standing on the bank of it! I started hearing the “The Blue Danube Waltz” in my mind.

[singlepic id=139 w=320 h=240 float=left] San Peter Cathedral has a long history started from mid-700. It’s rebuilt into Gothic style from mid-1200. The construction continued for 600 years and finally finished. Standing inside and look up the high arch ceiling, I was thinking people living in hundreds years ago were looking at the same ceiling too, and imaging Bishops in red robes and noble man and woman praying here.

In the middle of the old town, there’re many lovely bear gardens and cafes. We had some Bavarian food and radler, which is a drink mixed with half beer and half lemonade. It tastes a little bit sweet and fruity from the lemonade, but still has beer flavor, which is fresh and easy to drink.

Summer in Germany -2

[singlepic id=247 w=320 h=240 float=left] This Picture::The village and the river and the castle on the top of the hill.

The little village has a ruin of a very old castle on the top of the hill. It is said the castle was build around 1200! It’s amazing such old building is still preserved like this. It was said to be destroyed during the 30 years war around 1650 in Europe by Swidish (need to read history about this…) . The bridge is said built back in Roman time. It’s amazing to see cars driving on it all the time! It has better quality than some bridges built in 20 centrury!

[singlepic id=129 w=320 h=240 float=left] Walking up to the hill was a nice work out. And as soon as we got there, we were rewarded by such beautiful view of the village! The houses with red roofs looked so small from distance, as if they are from a fairy tale. The lovely little village has 2 rivers running by/through. The rivers add a a lot beauty to the it.

Summer in Germany – 1

[singlepic id=245 w=320 h=240 float=left]After 11 hours flight from Los Angeles, finally we were close to our destination, Munich. From the air, my first view of Germany was extremely beautiful. Green or brown farm fields extended, spotted with small villages with red roofs. I felt the tiring flight was worth it already! I didn’t expect to see so many farms here since Germany is famous for its car and machinery industry. On the way driving to the village, there were corn fields, also forests. What a lovely countryside scenery of Germany!