Europe - 2016

Day 25: Breisach to Mannheim Sun Jul 31, 2016

We travelled overnight from Breisach to Mannheim, arriving around mid-morning. After an early lunch, we headed out for a tour of Speyer. Speyer is a town in Germany located beside the river Rhine. Founded by the Romans, it is one of Germany's oldest cities. We chose to explore Speyer with a local guide. Later, we were greeted by friendly resident of Speyer and learn about their culture as we were welcomed into her home for afternoon tea.


A frog on the bed	Nuclear power station cooling towers	Reflections as we sail along	Nuclear power station	Rhine River in Mannheim	Lufthansa plane in Speyer Technical Museum	Speyer Cathedral

Statue of the Ferrymans Dream in the Speyer Cathedral gardens	Old castle wall in the Speyer Cathedral gardens	Speyer Cathedral	Speyer Cathedral	Speyer Cathedral detail	Inside Speyer Cathedral	Speyer Cathedral mosaic panel

Speyer Cathedral pipe organ	Speyer Cathedral ceiling fresco	Statue of King Rudolf von Habsburg, Speyer Cathedral	Speyer town hall	Decorated cobblestones	Speyer houses	Canal in the middle of Speyer

Irish pub in a German town	Old laneway in Speyer	Speyer house	Fish fountain	Speyer main street	A very strange house	Black-eyed susan

A quiet back street of Speyer	The wise men of Speyer memorial	The wise men of Speyer memorial	13th Century wall from Jewish synagogue	Jewish synagogue	Lightwell for the Jewish synagogue underground bath house	Underground Jewish synagogue bath house

Underground Jewish synagogue bath house	Shady garden of local church	Speyer Cathedral	Franconian Salian Emperors Speyer	Afternoon tea cheesecake	Afternoon tea blueberry cake	Afternoon tea another cake

Debbie and our hostess	Debbie, Mal and our hostess	Patio out back	A pot of colour	Leaving our afternoon tea visit