Our cute hotel . . .
Into the city. Beyond you can see the opening in the wall.
Rothenburg was everybody's favorite. It was like Disneyland!!! Everything was lit up with christmas lights and all kinds of decor! It was very clean and perfect-looking. It was just so cute walking around.
This was funny because I remember my first days in Europe I'd see these windows of never ending sausage hanging from the walls and being so shocked! Well, Chris was going through the shock, this time, and it was really funny to me.
Everything you see is meat, who knows what kind. And those aren't garlic- we wondered if maybe they were testicles.
Pat was the most excited for the Christmas Markets. They were in every city.
Ah yes, the first of many sausages. Can you believe how long and skinny this thing is? I'd heard that sausage was big in Germany, but man, it really is.
It was cold so we had some soups and hot chocolate to warm up inside and rest for awhile.
This was the best part. This was our Night Watchmen Tour Guide. He was SO FUNNY!!! He took us all around the city at night, telling us all kinds of stories and details. Just his accent and the way he said things- we couldn't stop laughing.
The whole town was lit up everywhere! It was so picturesque.
We had so much fun on the tour, afterwards we were just on a high and started skipping all around the town. It was really late and no one was out- literally barren streets- but we just couldn't calm down so we decided to walk on the wall. That's what's so neat about this city, is it has its original wall, complete, all around the town. We decided to take a walk around on it. Up the stairs . . .
I wish I could explain to you these stairs. First of all, who knows how straight they were to begin with, but after people walking up them for what- 1000 years?- there are permanent dips in them right in the middle of each step where every single person has placed their foot for the last millennium.
Oooo look! The holes for people to shoot arrows out of!!!
The adults didn't seem to be into this as much as "the kids" were. We told them they didn't have to come, but they don't know how to say no. We wanted to walk all around the city, but it didn't happen.
4 comments:
How cool for you guys to have visitors! I want to visit! That all looks so exciting and fun and makes things where I live seem very boring.
I'm glad you had a great time with his family!
I love you and Happy Birthday tomorrow!
I love Rothenburg o.d. Tauber, such a great town! We have pictures the the watchmen, I'm kind of surprised he's still doing that since we were there like 7 years ago. Well cool trip, would so love to go back, I'm jealous!
I wish that I could have seen the torture museum with you guys. It looked so cool. Also, meg, I thought that you were used to our family after all of the crazy trips we've gone on. Would you ask for anything less of being abandoned in a dark corridor with deadly stairs and cracks in the floor? My brothers are such gentlemen :)
I love the holes to shoot arrows out of! You are in the movies! I love it! you are so lucky!!!!!!! I love you!
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