A hilly day (as Germany goes) that took us up out of the Danube basin (flowing towards Vienna and Budapest) and into the Main/Rhine basin (flowing to the North Sea). Things went smoothly enough... everything is smooth here in Germany. After a lunch bakery stop we rode into the uber-tourist town of Rothenburg ob der Tauber. This is medieval and tourist kitsch to the max, and for the first time since Neusshwanstein Castle in Fussen we saw tour buses and tour groups. Thats ok, plenty of room for all! At the tourist info there was an electronic board of all hotels in town, with a green light and red light indicating full or not. Only one of 50+ hotels was full (at 2pm). The shops along the main roads are packed with little figurines, cuckoo clocks, steins, swords, flags, pastries... everything remotely German that you could ever want to buy (and more).
After laundry we did some quick sightseeing, but after the previous 4+ medieval towns its all starting to look the same. Its all good, though, and I'm certainly not complaining. Its really a 10/10 country, in pretty much all respects.
2 more days to the end of the Romantische Strasse!! Then...
Rothenburg's main street
Rothenburg's central plaza
It all looks very scenic.
ReplyDeleteThe helmet cover is a great idea!
ReplyDeleteIt looks stylish on Liz.
Is Graham going to model the male version?
Have you been inspired by what you have seen in Germany for a new design? Spiked helmet? Tyrolean cap?