Impressions of Franconia can vary greatly as these photos can attest to. They were taken within fifteen minutes from each other on two different Autobahnen, A3 and A7.
Luke and Duke, the Nuclear Power Plant towers, have been around since the 1970s. Their ugly pillars loom over the industrial town of Schweinfurt and really darken its rainy skies occasionally.
While resting at a Autobahn Raststätte on the A7, I got to see a very different view of Franconian culture and its agricultural highlight – vines on every hill.
The area between Schweinfurt und Würzburg, especially around Zeilitzheim, is full of lovely wine fests in the summer.