http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Bavaria , Rothenburg ob der Tauber en-us Thu, 10 Dec 09 12:12:44 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 09 12:12:44 +0000 Day 23Wednesday July 24 Yesterday I gave myself with a civics lesson in ldquoUnderstanding Germans and Germanic culturerdquo. As I consider myself an educated tourist I endeavour to learn as much as possible about the people and places I visit. I donrsquot just want to buy the brochure I want to touch and feel the real things. My second day in Munich was extremely educational. http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-459449.html I had a quick breakfast and hurried to St. Jakob's Church. It was smaller than expected and it required visitors to pay Well after all it's a famous thourist spot there so fair enough. Built over a lane the construction work of this Protestant church started in 1311 and is famous for its altars principally the Heilig Blut Altar Holy Blood Altar by Tilman Riemenschneider. The altar d http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-452000.html Time to Leave the RanchSomewhere I got confused Put the wrong date on the last entry. But wersquore back to August 24.This is the trip none of us is looking forward to. Sure wersquore all excited about getting to Greece but itrsquos the ldquogettingrdquo there that is leaving us less than anxious to start the trip.Last night we packed up two huge canopies equipment moved benches http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-434291.html I think. Friday I know wersquore still in Germany but itrsquos hard to keep track on how many days wersquove been here and Irsquom too lazy to try and count backwards.Today was supposed to be the first day of a threeday pow wow. ldquoSupposed to berdquo are the operative words. It rained. Hard. Thunder and lightning. The starting time was scheduled for 1000 a.m. with Grand Entry at http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-432742.html We were all up pretty early in the morning. Ate breakfast took showers in the one shower room got dressed and met at the van at 1000 a.m. We were only a couple of minutes late.We got to yet another small town and walked to the market place. No people. So we walk around looking at the town. We found an internet caf which gave all of us a chance to do some emailing. The Ranch is in the middle of http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-432738.html Wersquove been here for a week. Everyone is getting along just fine thank you very much. Lots of laughter lots of teasing. Shower Day. Everyone wanted to take a shower before we started off to promote the pow wow this weekend. There is only one shower. Really there are two showers but one is ldquoout of order.rdquo No one should have been surprised that we were 1 hours late getting out http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-431438.html We were to be on the road at 900 a.m. to head for the Wild West Ranch. Things happen you know.There was press coverage on the internet of the pow wow. They showed a few seconds of Pumpkin Vyne and then the rest of the hobbiests. The teepees the old timey outfits the woman chopping wood outside the teepee you know thatrsquos the way it is at least per the German bible ldquoDances with W http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-431298.html Rothenburg ob der Tauber...GO for Christmas. Yes I realize Christmas was some months ago but since we've had a heat wave here in Spain I needed to cool off a little its been in the 90's all week. So for Christmas my love and I headed North and East. We got in the car and drove straight through Spain and France and headed due East. The first real stop on our trip was Rothenburg. WOW. A http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-405037.html May 17thWe finally made it to the German border and the famous Autobahn. Pete proved his manhood and reached speeds of over 200 kilometres per hour at one stage but progressed at an average speed of 160 kpm. Extreme Pete rocksWe spent the night in Rorhenburg..a beautiful medieval walled city. 40 percent of the city was destroyed in WWII but has been restored to a charming village. It has man http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-400041.html Guten TagThere were two parts to today. Where do I begin How about at the morning....I wake up to another wonderful breakfast at the hostel in Munich. Getting another sugar buzz from the hot chocolate I decide that I want to leave Munich today but not before seeing one more memorial that I came to see.PART 1 ANOTHER NAZI EXPERIENCEDachau concentration camp is approximately 25km north of M http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-395727.html It had been a while since I had seen a new town. Since lots of my friends have moved to a new town for internship I thought I would start my visiting. A good friend named Lori moved to a town called Rttingen. It is a tiny town in northern Bavaria near the Romantic Street. It is about a 4hour train ride to her town but I always enjoy a nice train ride through Germany. I left on Friday and Lo http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-391264.html First taste of driving on the Autobahns quite an experience to be travelling so slowly at 140khr. Some cars must have been moving at least 200khr. So as well as mastering driving on the right added the extra skill of changing gears with the right hand. First stop was the city of Wurzburg with it's magnificent Residenz Palace and Marienberg Fortress. The Palace was mainly destroyed during the http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-387635.html Photos from our recent trip to Germany we visited the towns of Rothenburg ob der Tauber Dinkelsbuehl Feuchtwangen Schwaebisch Hall and Backnang in the states of Bavaria and BadenWuerttemberg. Just the way to get into the Christmas spirit continentalEurope style... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-371891.html It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas... http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-350883.html Our Thanksgiving holidays were spent in Germany totally immersed in the advent of Christmas The three of us Kate colleague not daughter Keith and myself headed out of Poland to see what the Christkindlsmarkt was all about. Kate and I have been looking forward to shopping the traditional markets tasting the gluhwein and eating hearty German food And I think Keith was ready to get on http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-350562.html Well I owe my good mood and good spirits to Kyle Jason and Thea Thanks guys Without their messages and support I'd probably still be the lonely sack of American I was the first two weeks I was here.Well I still don't have any friends but I'm getting to be ok with that. It's nice to have me time and not have to worry about catering to other people all the time. I get up and have brekk http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-319757.html Day 5 Thursday Aug 28 ldquoWhirlwind tourrdquoA lot of driving today with 2hour stop in walled city of Rothenburg very quaint cute buildings shop after shop after shop bought an ldquoeisrdquo E0.60 small but enough Baileys gelato yummy and a couple of postcards.. Then on to Munich for an hour stop in late afternoon quick view of Olympic area drivng past then to Mari http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-319057.html Just a little play on words there... Bad is in relation to baths over here. If you hear of Bad Hamburg or Bad Kissingen hate to live there lol it is because it is a place that has bath houses and stuff Interesting huhBut yesterday it was decided that the hotel needed a deep purge of a lot of the dust that had built up because apparently the maids don't do an excessive amount of work. So Pi http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-316705.html Well I've been here about 10 days now. The culture shock here has been different in a few ways from Australia and my Euro trip last year. In Australia I hadn't expected any so I was sent reeling for a little bit and throughout my 5 month endeavor there things would still blow my mind. Example... last week I was there I tried to get some film develop and it was like 20 bucks Euro trip was http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-314926.html Well hello After an extensive gap I'm back to relate more of my travelsHere's an update After I finished Uni in Australia I came back and graduated from my beautiful Maryville College which I heartily miss. As a graduation present to myself I took myself over to Europe for a little over a month I saw Scotland England Ireland Wales France Luxembourg Germany Denmark Belgium and http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Bavaria/Rothenburg-ob-der-Tauber/blog-313070.html