(We take a road trip through Rothenburg, Nuremberg, and Berlin) 19 Dec 2007 After a traffic laden drive through the ice-covered countryside, faintly lit by the rising sun, we arrive in the medieval town of Rothenburg odT. This is one of the few towns which still holds its medieval ambiance. It’s had its hardships, like a devastating earthquake in 1356, ravaging pillagers in the Thirty Years War (1618), and a forty percent destruction of the town during a bombing raid in WWII. Shortly after the last war, however, the town was completely reconstructed. It lies on the Tauber River, thus the odT, or “ob der Tauber,” and the old town is completely surrounded by the wall and gates of the medieval fortifications. It’s a chilly and windy 22°F, so though it’s quite sunny, our faces and
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