We decided today to visit Nordlingen, one of few German towns with a more or less complete medieval wall, and maybe stop to visit the Harburg Castle on the way back. We had the same basic assortment of food for breakfast, including various meats, cheeses, cereal with fruit, rolls with jam or cream cheese, and of course coffee or cappuccino. After breakfast, we headed out in our car, hoping we'd have a good parking spot when we returned. The trip to Nordlingen was about 30 kms, on the typically small two-lane roads, which were kept in excellent condition. We'd noted very few bad spots so far on any of the roads, and numerous occasions where they were fixing what few bad spots there were. Although almost always only two lanes, on some of the major stretches
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