After flying into Frankfurt, we drove the 3 hours or so to Rothenburg, and managed to only get lost once. We arrived a little after 10am and managed to procure a room in a great gasthaus.
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This is our view from the place we were staying. Rothenburg is pretty small,
but it can get rather touristy. The town is known for its Schneeballs,
which turned out to be pretty darn gross. They look like they'd be doughy
goodnesses but were instead tasteless flakey fluffs.
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Rothenburg is one of the few remaining walled towns, with parts of it's wall
dating back to medeival times. They've rebuilt the majority of the wall using
donations from people and you can see the plaques along the wall of who purchased
that section of the wall. Walking the wall is great fun and has many great
views. I highly recommend it.
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This is looking outside of the wall through one of the many rampart holes. Most
of the buildings were the style of the hotel you can see here. Very homey!
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This is looking towards the center of town. Part of the more residential area,
you can see that these aren't houses to buy if you want lots of land. Most of
the town was like this, which made for small jumbled streets. It was great!
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A closer view of one of the central towers and the moon rising.
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Scott and Mischa taking a picture of another tower near the center of town. The
sun was setting so all the stone walls were practically glowing. It was a
wonderful way to spend our first day.
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And a picture of the tower they were taking a picture of. There's just something
neat about stone buildings.
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Some of the gothic work on the central church in town. After we finished our
walk, we returned here to go on the Night Watchman tour. I figured it would
be kitschy, but it turned out to be kitschy, informative and fun.
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More gothic details. This was the first place I'd really gotten to see gothic
architecture style, and I was impressed. Near this church was
another tower which we climbed the next day. The view from the tower was
incredible. While we were up there, the bell towers across the town began to
rang. Each one started at a slightly different time, so the bells rang for
probably a good 5 minutes, each with a different toll and duration.
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This is a panorama of the town at sunset after the moon has risen. You can see all the belltowers across the town. Click on the picture for a medium sized version of the picture, or click here for the full size version. |
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