Gatlinburg of Germany

This past Tuesday, Cindy and I visited Rothenburg ob der Tauber. The city is called Rothenburg, and it overlooks the Tauber river. A lot of cities here have "suffixes" of sorts after their name to distinguish themselves from another city in a different part of Germany with the same name. Anyways, Rothenburg is in northwest Bavaria.

We saw a handful of American tourists, and busloads of Japanese during our day trip. It was busy with lots of tourists in general, even on a Tuesday.

We basically just walked around the whole day, snapping photos and taking it all in. There are quite a few stores there that sell lots of trinkety handmade garbage that you're supposed to buy for Christmas: ornaments, figurines, and come to think of it, that's about it, just more of the same. Postcards, keychains, and snow globes can be found in the tackier shops. They even have a store dedicated to selling all things Teddy Bear related. And with the consumer in mind, there is a competitor on the other side of town. It really is important that you find the cheapest price and don't waste your money when it comes to teddy bear themed purchases.

All cynicism aside, it is a really well preserved medieval town. It's not something you ordinarily get to see in Germany. So many of the buildings were destroyed in WWII. Most "old" buildings you see in the country were rebuilt in the 1950s. It's amazing to see originals and realize how long they've been around.

We also went up in a tower in the center of town. It was a very windy day, and it was a very skinny, tall tower. I really did NOT like it. Remember.....how old are these buildings again?

They have a local junk food too. Schneeballen, or snow balls. It's a bunch of dough that's rolled together and baked. They come in different varieties, powdered sugar, apple cinnamon, etc.. I found them a bit too hard, but worth trying once.

Also, I've added a link to photos of Rothenburg on the right side of the page.