Having set up camp at the ferry crossing at Eschendorf at the bend, loop in the wine-growing escarpment on the Main River (der Mainschliefe by Volkach), we traveled a bit further into Franconia through County Kitzingen and passed some familiar places including the ancient trading port of Marktbreit (previously)—important as the southernmost point and shortest natural connection between the Rhein-Main-Donau before the canals were built—and saw the picturesque Haus am Maintor, constructed in the late 1700s on the bridge next to the Rathaus as a merchant’s warehouse (like the mercantile exchange along Erfurt‘s Kramerbrรผcke).
one year ago: The Tornados’ Telstar plus assorted links to revisit
two years ago: The Final Programme (1973)
three years ago: the Feast of Francis of Assisi, cross-section infographics plus Sir David Attenborough as insects
four years ago: a pastel makeover for London’s subway carriages, cinnamon-roll day plus award-winning laundromats of Japan
five years ago: a sketch a day for October, the International Geophysical Year plus Bavaria’s plans for a Space Force of its own