Side Trip to Würzburg, Germany

Friday, Aug. 2, 2013. It is 4:30 in the afternoon. Pam and I are sitting in the attic room of our hotel with wet hand towels drapped around our necks. Believe it or not the room in the attic is actually cooler than the streets outside. It has to be in the 90s today. In spite of the heat, we took off for a neighboring town called Würzburg. It was only about an hour away by train. We were hoping to see the palace, do some shopping, and drink some wine. There are supposed to be some great cafes and wine cellars in town that offer many of the wiines made by the local wineries on the edge of town. You could see the vineyards in neat little rows on the steep hillsides behind the train station. That was our plan, until we faced the heat. Instead, we made reservations for a bus we have to take into Prague tomorrow, ate a sandwich and soda for lunch, bought more water, visited the post office, guzzled even more water, and went to the palace. We decided not to pay the huge price to get into the palace, but we did enjoy the free grounds and gardens. After 10 minutes we were roasting, so we decided to head back to the station and do some shopping along the way. Darting through stores helped keep us cool in their air conditioning. Fortunately, the trains have air conditioning, so it was a comfortable ride back to Rothenburg, until we broke down for about 10 minutes. A kind, German woman explained to us that one of the doors on the train was not closing so they had to fix it before we could go on. Hmmm...waiting on the tracks... is that like waiting on the tarmac at the airport? That's what we do best! Tonight, after the sun goes sown, we will find somewhere to eat dinner. We also want to explore a road that runs behind our hotel. It looks like there may be a bar there. Someone sure has been having fun there late at night. We shall see.