Today was warm and overcast with a forecast for afternoon thundershowers, but we didn’t care as we planned to be inside all day. In the end it cleared off to a hazy sun and temperatures in the high 20s C.
We started the day with a very nice buffet breakfast at the hotel, boarded the bus, and arrived at our destination 15 minutes later. Frau Henriette Mojem introduced us to the Haus der Donauschwaben and gave us a tour of the facilities, museum and library. We then met Herr Johann Neumayer, head of the AKdFF, who offered us the use of his library also. The rest of the day was spent in the museum and libraries. We brought in some KFC for lunch so as not to waste too much time waiting for food. Everyone enthusiastically dug in to the many books and found something worthwhile. The offices closed at 4 and we were off to Ulm.
We were checked in to the hotel by 5:30 and went out to eat soon after. Mary Ann took us to a place she remembered fondly from our previous trip. It was a Pfannkuchen restaurant where everything from entrees to dessert was served on gigantic pancakes just a little thicker than a crepeand more than 18 inches across. Most of us were kind of decadent and went for the dessert right off the bat, but a few conscientious people had real food.
Later, we went for a walk along the Danube by the old city wall to the monument to those who sailed down the river to settle the Banat. After that we wandered over to the cathedral, which is supposed to have the highest church steeple in the world.
We started the day with a very nice buffet breakfast at the hotel, boarded the bus, and arrived at our destination 15 minutes later. Frau Henriette Mojem introduced us to the Haus der Donauschwaben and gave us a tour of the facilities, museum and library. We then met Herr Johann Neumayer, head of the AKdFF, who offered us the use of his library also. The rest of the day was spent in the museum and libraries. We brought in some KFC for lunch so as not to waste too much time waiting for food. Everyone enthusiastically dug in to the many books and found something worthwhile. The offices closed at 4 and we were off to Ulm.
We were checked in to the hotel by 5:30 and went out to eat soon after. Mary Ann took us to a place she remembered fondly from our previous trip. It was a Pfannkuchen restaurant where everything from entrees to dessert was served on gigantic pancakes just a little thicker than a crepeand more than 18 inches across. Most of us were kind of decadent and went for the dessert right off the bat, but a few conscientious people had real food.
Later, we went for a walk along the Danube by the old city wall to the monument to those who sailed down the river to settle the Banat. After that we wandered over to the cathedral, which is supposed to have the highest church steeple in the world.
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