August 19. 2015

I think that I have decided that Rothenburg is one of my favorite cities! We ended up staying three days in the city because there was so much to see and do. We got in on the first day and made our way to camp. It was just about 1.5 km outside of town, so it’s a very easy walk to get to the center of everything. We decided to go straight into town for the afternoon and do a quick once-over to see what we would like to do while we were here. We walked all the way around the town on the walls, which was pretty cool. Hayden had fun getting to walk along the walls and “shoot” through the arrow holes. 🙂  Unfortunately, none of the towers were open, so we didn’t get to climb to the top anywhere.

After doing a lap around the city (about 2.5 km), we went into the city for a few minutes. We didn’t have much time and things were starting to close so we just ended up having dinner…it was SO GOOD!! Adam and Hayden had Schnitzel and I had Pot Roast with sauerkraut and potatoes. The food was amazing and I definitely could have eaten the same thing every night!

The next morning, we came into town and did a full day walking around the city. We went to the Torture Museum, which was really cool. Those people were seriously crazy back then to think of the tortures that they did. I have to say, I was pretty amused by one of the punishments…they would lock up the prisoner’s hands and feet out in the town square and let the people come by and tickle them. They would even put salt on their feet and let the goats lick them. It was more for embarrassment than anything else, but that is probably the worst thing I can imagine! lol

From there, we went to the Christmas Museum. VERY COOL!!! I wish that the ornaments were not so expensive because there were some really cool ones. Unfortunately, I don’t think they would make it back in our backpacks. We walked around the town for a while longer before we found a playground for Hayden. He (and Adam) took a break and played for a while which was a nice break. After playing, we went back to camp before dinner.

We came back into town to eat in “in hell”. The restaurant was rated the 2^nd best in Rothenberg, so we figured it had to be good. We were not disappointed! I had a skewer of pork, steak and vegetables and Adam had lamb with potato dumplings. Everything was fabulous!

After dinner, we came back into the center of town to go on the Executioner’s Night Tour. It was different from other tours and a nice way to see the town from a different point of view. Our favorite part was Hayden getting decapitated at the end of the tour. 😉 Just kidding!

The next day was another day walking around town. We went to the top of the new town hall and had a great view from up there! It was a bit of a perilous climb to the top with very steep stairs and a tiny ladder to the top, but the view was worth it.

The other highlight (at least for me) for the day was that they had a market set up in the square and there was a guy selling fresh apple cider. I’m always a sucker for cider, so we bought a glass for 2 Euro. It was SO GOOD! We had a 1.5L water bottle with us and we half-jokingly asked if he’d give us a deal on filling the bottle. He said he would do it for 6 Euro!!! I was a very happy girl walking around the rest of the day with my giant bottle of apple cider. J We walked back to camp a little early since we need to get up early to get ready to leave for Munich.