WEDNESDAY, 30TH AUGUST : ASCHAFFENBURG to HIRSCHHORN

We're settling in to the motorhome and spent some time this morning doing so, before leaving at 11ish for the drive to Hirschhorn, with a bit of sightseeing planned along the way.  

Driving through the countryside 

 

Our first stop was at the Englischer Garten

Knowing next to nothing about the place, we imagined it would be all rose bushes, cottage gardens etc. but it wasn't....not a rose to be seen!  

There were lush grassed areas surrounded by woods

Deer

Castle ruins

 A very large gander

a large lake

Buffalo

Interestingly shaped fungi

A couple of warthogs who didn't seem to like each other very much!

Ruins of old Roman walls

and a Roman Obelisk

It was most unexpected but interesting and enjoyable.  

It was a lovely sunny afternoon driving around the countryside, took a couple of wrong turns....our GPS doesn't know we're in a motorhome which isn't designed for narrow country lanes and tries to send us down impossible routes at times, this results in the odd u-turn and back track, but, we find our way eventually.

An historic landmark of civil engineering in Germany, the Himbachel Viaduct in Ebersberg opened in 1881 and is 259 metres in length and maximum height is 43 metres.

We drove through this tunnel to arrive in Hirschhorn where we are staying tonight 

after strolling into the town 

a lock and weir system at Hirschhorn in the Neckar Valley, built in 1933.