Scott and I had one more day to stay in Germany, so we decided to explore the countryside of Bavaria. We rented a car in Munich and headed north to Rothenburg. Before the peaceful countryside though, we got to drive on the Autobahn. Since we were going (way too) fast, it was hard to capture this in a picture <Scott's note: I got our rental car to 160 kmph, basically 100 mph, at this speed we were still passed with regularity>. Eventually we reached a place where we drove on some country roads, called the "Romantic Road". It felt a little like the Midwest, rolling countryside and farms.
We reached the town of Rothenburg, which is a well-preserved medieval city. The stone wall still surrounds the town and some of the buildings date back to the 13th century. The town is situated on top of a hill and looks down on the river Tauber.
All of the buildings in Rothenburg are built in the Bavarian style. Basically, Leavenworth has nothing on this place. (A joke for our Washington friends.) Other notable things about Rothenburg include:
A famous wood-carved altarpiece in St. James Church. This was made by renowned German sculptor Tilman Riemenschneider in 1501. This picture shows the intricacy of it, but doesn't capture the size. It's actually about 30-40 feet high. Impressive work.
A Medieval torture museum. Yikes....
And....schneeballs. Yep, that means "snowball". They're deep-fried dough, so you can't go wrong.
Our time in Germany had come to an end, we really loved our time in Rothenberg for a little relaxation small town style after Munich...on to our "home" for Europe- Austria!
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