Die Romantische Strasse

Hallo!  This past weekend, the AJY program left Heidelberg for a study trip on the Romantic Road.  We met at the train station at 9am and took a train to Kloster Bronnbach, a monastery in the middle of nowhere.  The town it's in consists of the monastery, a hotel, a restaurant, and the train station.  We checked into the hotel and then toured the monastery which was very beautiful.  Then we boarded another train to the charming, Medieval village of Wertheim on the Tauber and Main Rivers.  My professor, Herr Doerr, gave us a tour of the old city and church and then we had free time.  My friends and I climbed to the top of the fortress for an amazing view of the city!  Afterwards, we stopped at an ice cream cafe and then visited the old Jewish cemetery.  Then we strolled along the Tauber River as we made our way back to the train station.  We had dinner in the restaurant next to the monastery and it was a really great time :]  Then I played cards with my friends until bed time.  On Saturday morning, we woke up at 7am, ate breakfast and boarded the train to Wuerzburg, a city in Bavaria and the capital of the region of Franken!  We first toured the giant baroque palace and then had free time.  My friends and I stopped in some churches and then walked to the old bridge over the Main River, which was beautiful.  It was quite a lively place since there was a music festival taking place in the city that day.  The bridge also provided excellent views of the huge fortress on the hill!  After we stopped for lunch, we visited the enormous baroque gardens behind the palace, which were absolutely gorgeous.  We then had a 2 and a half hour train ride back to Heidelberg to end our great study trip!

Kloster Bronnbach

Chapel in Kloster Bronnbach

Courtyard

Wertheimer Altstadt

View of Wertheim from the fortress

Me, Tom, Olivia, Kaia, and Krista at the fortress!

Jewish cemetery

Wertheim on the Tauber River

Residenzschloss in Wuerzburg

Overlooking Wuerzburg

Festung Marienburg - the fortress

The old bridge over the Main River

Inside the gardens

Palace gardens!

Garden fountain