Sunday 2nd June Bamburg

Awoke this morning to see some sunshine, only a little bit of sun but at least it wasn't raining.we are still docked at Wurzberg and will be here for the next day or so and then it will depend on the state of the river as to what we do.
We are now on the Main River, having skipped the Main - Danube canal,which joins the two rivers, when we drove here yesterday.
There was another ship docked beside us last night and those people disembarked and were sent off in busses to be split up in three different hotels in Salzberg. Apparently there are 2500 people on the river who have been put off ships into busses and hotels, so at this stage we are still the lucky ones.
There has been flooding in Passau, and Vienna where we have been. There has also been serious flooding in Dresden and 4 or 5 deaths due to the water.
We headed off this morning to Bamburg, which is another UNESCO listed town, and this town is a little different in that it had little damage during the war, although there was one bridge that had to be partly rebuilt due to Allied bombing. We wandered around this town and headed to a restaurant for an included lunch. Pork knuckles, sauerkraut, flour dumplings, which were preceded by potato soup and all washed down with beer.  I hate to think how much weight we have put on! A brewery in this town makes a dark beer that smells and tastes like smoked bacon and we got a free sample to take away.
Leaving Bamberg, we drove to Kitzingen for a wine tasting session of local Franconian wines. Franconia is a part of Bavaria and the locals are very proud of their region and I think they wish they were not under Bavarian control. Bavaria is one of the states of Germany. It was a lovely drive to this town through farming areas, it is so green. There is a lot of water lying about so there is still plenty to find its way into the river system.
After dinner on the ship, tonight, we were entertained by a German lady who sang in different languages, songs of different European countries, ending up with I still call Australia home