• welcome to Bamberg Germany, symphony orchestra and smoked beer
  • we docked on an industrial channel, should have seen the captain back out this afternoon
  • one of the eight breweries in Bamberg, pretty good for a town of 70,000
  • we disembark on a levy that could have been a flower garden
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  • surely someone tends these?
  • yes we helped ourselves to sample the cherries
  • previously the slaughter house
  • the river Regnitz runs through the middle of town and joins the Main 3 km downstream
  • the town hall sits in the middle of the river
  • crane to haul meat and other goods from barge to merchants
  • perhaps my favorite city we visited in Germany
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  • flowered bridges
  • in the middle of the Obere Brucke (bridge) built in 1455 is the City Hall
  • the Rathaus or City Hall was last rebuilt in 1744-1756
  • kayak course under bridge downtown
  • not bombed in WWII, the Old Town is a UNESCO World Heritage site
  • waterflow is somehow regulated through the city
  • the cafe selection was unlimited
  • the front of the City Hall
  • merchants' shops/homes can often be identified by the decorations
  • old pharmacy still in business
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