Just a few days after my parents packed up for home, my sister and brother-in-law arrived! Megan and Dan stayed with us in Würzburg for 4-days before setting off to Spain and England. We had splendid weather for their visit and Würzburg was busy with weekend activity. We showed them a few of the local sights: the Residenz, Festung Marienberg, and the Rococo Gardens in Veitshöchheim.
We spent the weekend relaxing at the Stadtstrand “city beach”, biking, eating, drinking, and dancing ’til dawn. These two bring fun and lightheartedness wherever they go!
Below: The pedestrian bridge– Alte Mainbrücke ; Relaxing at Wurzburg city beach
We ate at a few of our favorite places, including pizzas at Locanda. Dan and Meg are beer aficionados and like to sample — they ordered a Doppelbock from the Franconian brewery Keiler.
Yup, that is half of a pizza!
We ate Würzburger bratwurst in the Marktplatz on Saturday morning and scoped out the weekend activity, a rubber duck river race for charity.
We rented bikes for the day from the local bike shop and peddled along the Main river. We passed through Veitshöchheim, a village not far from us where the Schönborn Bishop-Princes built their Summer Residenz and Rococo gardens in the 18th C. Afterwards, a biergarten.
… And a little bit of Eis.
Late in the day we walked up to the fortress grounds to lookout over the city. We brought one of the wines we enjoy from the vineyards around Würzburg, Consilium Silvaner.
We introduced Meg and Dan to the Döner kebab sandwich shop in our neighborhood. Two more converts who are puzzled as to why savory Turkish-style street food has never made it to the USA Midwest. Someone please open a dang Döner shop!
Back with our feet in the sand at the Stadtstrand – the city beach, followed by a delicious dinner at our preferred spot for Fränkisch regional cuisine, Alte Mainmühle. Mmm, lecker!
What a great weekend! Thanks to Dan and Megan for spending a few days with us, wonderful memories, and for sharing many of these great photos!
MN on the Main 