Sept. 13, 2010

Walking through Regensburg we expanded our knowledge of the city. Herr Orr took us to many different spots in the city of which were built by the Romans back when they occupied the area. They used Regensburg as a fortress town and a barricade. In 179 A.D. the Romans built a wall spanning across the land. The territory is now and has been known for quite some time as the town of Regensburg. The town keeps discovering that there is traces of there ancient history and Roman building underneath the city and behind some of the plaster molds that have been placed on the buildings throughout the years. It’s almost like unearthing a time capsule, to find that there has been a nearly 3,000 year old wall on your apartment underneath all that plaster. This wall included a grand archway of which we all went through to enter into a courtyard. Herr Orr shared to us information about the Cathedral because you can see a very good view of it from where we were standing. 

After that he led us over to a fountain that was in this little courtyard. The fountain was of a Franciscan monk who was feeding the geese. He had a jolly look on his face and an expression that said, “I have not a care in the world.” Herr Orr asked me to go around and peak at the other side and to tell the group what I saw. To my surprise, the back of the monk reveals a fox which is tearing its way out from behind his robes. In it’s mouth is a plump goose. I felt almost insulted because I was so deceived. But what did this mean? What was the significance of the fox tearing out of the monks backside? Mystery that… Mystery indeed.

Herr Orr sharred with us some of the famous people that have visited oand lived in

Regensburg through history. People such as; 

Goethe, Kepler and Schindler whose house sign you can see in the picture to the left. We continued on our tour and entered into another beautiful church  that we were told had a comical mistake somewhere in the artwork. We looked and looked with little hope that we would find anything. Herr Orr pointed out to us when we all finally gave up, that there was a monk in one of the windows a the back of the church. Seeing him, I was frightened and jumped out of shock. He looked so real! You can see him here in this picture to the right. He is looking down over organ across the balcony to the pews and front of the ornate church. Maybe as a guardian who knows… Mystery that…