4 Stray Katz: Farwelling Henry in Regensburg.

For our last day in Germany Henry took us to Regensburg, a town full of exceptional buildings and architecture dating back to the 9th century. The town, which was the first capital of Barvaria, is now a UNESCO world heritage site. The abundance of incredible buildings in one small site, the narrow streets steeped in history and the lovely riverfront has ensured its popularity with tourists and it was certainly busy the day we explored. After arriving we decided a coffee and ice-cream was in order and we found a lovely cafe near the Old Town Hall. It is clearly a popular place to get married as we saw 3 weddings whilst having our coffees. The kids were both very impressed, particular by one where they had butterfly confetti. They loved throwing the confetti over each other and pretending they were getting married.

After a wander around town, including some sausages for the kids from an historic sausage factory (it has been a restaurant since 1146 and is one of the oldest continuously open restaurants in the world), we headed back to the apartment for some down time. The kids brushed up on their German whilst watching German Tom and Jerry whilst Daniel and I tried to fit everything back in our packs ready for our train journey in the morning.

The evening was spent at a beer garden with a view back over the old town where we enjoyed a delicious meal. We said an early goodbye to Henry the next morning, both kids were very sad to leave Opa. We had throughly enjoyed our time with Henry and were grateful to be able to hear about his history and upbringing in his country of birth.