12.08.2011 – 12.08.2011  22 °C

Driving day today- Prague to Nuremberg via Regensberg. Driving day meant early start so got going and headed out of the city. Drive to Regensberg was fairly uneventful with me spending a good hour of that time doing more “German in 8 easy steps!” So far my language lessons aren’t going to badly but considering I haven’t made it passed lesson 10 (and there are about 80) you can imagine that my vocab hasn’t progressed much yet!!!!

I’ve decided that if the Auto-bahn roads that I have been on so far are a good cross section of the Auto-bahn roads here in Germany then I’m heavily disappointed.. So far I’ve yet to see anyone really really motoring! Most of the Auto-bahn roads I’ve been on so far have all been two lane duel carriage way roads that are clogged with trucks.. this means that most of the time I’m lucky to get above 120! There is also a heavy amount of road works so it isn’t uncommon to drop back down to 80 on the motorway! Damn disappointing!!! I would also comment that the calibre of road isn’t that crash hot.. the ones I went on today are almost exactly the same as the Pacific Hwy.. so should give you an idea that the Auto-bahn isn’t all it’s cracked up to be!! Maybe I’ve been on some of the slower/ smaller parts so far.. (but I have been driving on the main road that links Berlin and Munich, so………….)

Ok off my hobby horse and back onto the story…….. Regensberg is a real fairy tale town. The town as we see it today had construction beginning around 1000 AD. Regensberg is home to the first stone bridge to cross the Danube and was built in the 1100s.. Amazing! The road no longer caters for traffic but you can still cross the bridge with your feet or on a bike!!!!

The town itself is full of twisting, winding streets and is of course full of more beautiful old buildings… I gotta say there aren’t many towns in this part of the world that aren’t story book beautiful though… Regenseberg was one of the main medieval towns of Europe as it was situated right on the Danube and was half way to everywhere! It was one of the seats of Charlemagne after he invaded southern Germany and therefor became part of the Holy Roman Empire.. (The history of this area is just awesome!) As the empire slowly dissolved many different kings and rulers used Regensberg as their home until the mid 1500s. Today it is UNESCO listed and is a pretty nice town for a stop over.

Continued on to Nuremberg where I arrived fairly late in the evening so I decided to have an early one with a plan to spend the whole day out and about in Nuremberg checking out the sites…