Rothenburg : My first taste of Germany

Wiener Schitzel

On the Saturday before Easter, Mom, Jim and I boarded a flight to Frankfurt, Germany. After dodging some small snags in our itinerary, losing my phone yet again, and not to mention navigating the autobahn, we arrived in Rothenburg where we immediately crashed for the rest of the night.

The Night Watchman

In the morning we enjoyed a very pleasant Easter brunch at our bed and breakfast and hiked up towards the city, where we arrived just in time to see the good Christians departing from the morning service. Well at least we tried... sort of. We spent the rest of the day exploring the quaint city. We ate snowballs, a local pastry and I tried wiener schnitzel for the first time. It was delicious! The afternoon was spent walking the perimeter of the town on the large stone wall that once fortified the city. Before returning to our room, we went on the night watchman tour of the city. The night watchman was very comical and probably the highlight of my day in Rothenburg for me. 

Nordlingen

The next day we departed towards Munich, but made a couple of stops along the way. It is the romantic road after all. First on the list was Dinkelsbuhl which I often referred to as "Dinkeldorf" because it just rolls off the tongue better, don't you think? Anyways, it was a very cute little town, but much smaller than Rothenburg and less touristy. We were able to see the entire city within two or three hours and then we were off to the next town : Nordlingen.

In Nordlingen, we were met with a bit of a downpour from which we took shelter in an ice cream parlor. After finishing our treat, we dodged from eve to eve until we got to a near by church and finally the city wall which had a convenient covered view of the city. We walked along the wall until the rain stopped and we were able to once again emerge onto the streets. We finally arrived in Munich just in time for dinner at the hotel restaurant. 


With love, from Lausanne

Mindy