We took the train from Munich to Rothenberg ob der Tauber, the medieval walled city. It is truly amazing and that is just what we saw from the taxi ride to the hotel. This hotel is so damn cute. I am at the computer terminal outside our room in the hall. We are resting for a short time before heading out in the city. There are a lot of people here- tour buses coming for the xmas market which opened last night. I'm hoping they'll be gone by late afternoon, but we have all day tomorrow. Ok, time for a quick 30 minute nap, then off for the day. Later that same day... We walked the city streets for a couple hours, got something to eat- amazed at the architecture. We found out that 40% of the city was destroyed in WWII but the remainder is 500 to 1000 years old. Later in the night we went to the main square for the 8pm English walking tour of the city with the Nightwatchman. He is thoroughly enjoyable to listen to. You walk the streets and even go outside the walls and he explains what things are and why they were built the way they were. There were about 50 people walking with us and it was a cold night (except for that hot wine we had minutes before the walk....hmmm....this hot wine thing seems to becoming a theme with me I think. It sure was nice to get back into our toasty room.
TV, table & clothes chest in our room at Hotel Gerberhaus
One of the most comfortable beds I've ever slept in!
This chair folds open into a twin bed. The gated wall of the city is just outside our window.
Short video of our room upon our arrival.
The free computer terminal was right here outside our room door.
Free tray of cookies in our room on arrival.
This was taken from in front of our hotel.
Horse rides through the village.
This lady would occasionally throw down some little bag of goodies for people- not sure why.
Rothenberg is known for their Schneeballs (snowballs in English). It is like taking the remnants from pie crust and I think they deep fry them and dip in various items- nuts, chocolate, cinnamon/sugar, etc. They sell them all over town for about $1.50.
Main square (lots of people during the day on bus trips- nighttime is much quieter)
We had dinner at Italian restaurant. The funny thing is- I don't drink beer at home, but I like 2 versions of their lighter beer. One is call Radler which is beer & lemonade mix and the other is Russian which is a white beer & lemonade.
One of many fountains along the street.
Climbing the steps to the wall around the city- about 2 miles long.
Walking the wall around the city.
Xmas market stalls around the city.
The Nightwatchman- very entertaining!
On the Nightwatchman tour, we went outside the walls of the town and this is looking at the gates. Yes, it was as ominous as it looks....especially at 25 degrees.
A brief video of the Nightwatchman walk.
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