First we walked around a bit, looking at how pretty everything is. This is a plaque marking the home where the emperor used to stay when he came to Rothenburg.
Then, we climbed the old tower of the city. The stairs were quite questionable, and very tiny towards the top. But, we all made it to the top without dying. And the view at the top was excellent!
After climbing all the stairs in Germany, we wanted a snack. We went to Diller Schneeballenträume, www.schneeballen.eu, which sells snowballs... they're a traditional snack in Rothenburg, and are quite tasty. They're dough, wrapped up into a ball, and then coated with yummy things. I had one with cinnamon, and they also had them with chocolate or nutella or peanutbutter or caramel or basically everything. I must go back there.
Here I am, outside of the Criminal Museum. Inside the museum are lots of torture devices, and a history of the legal system in Germany. Also, because Rothenburg is always visited by tourists, many of the signs in the museum were also in English, which was nice.
Torture chair! With spikes! Also, when we were in this room of the museum, an American family was walking around. Their son looks at all the torture devices, and yelled out 'YOU'RE GOING TO BE SACRIFICED!' Reminds me of Johnny as a young boy.
In the section of the museum about laws and ordinances, I found this gem about coffee drinking. Note that reputable people are still allowed to drink coffee, despite the fact that it ruins the nerves. Also note that the sign is in English. :)
This is a 'shame mask,' which people would have to wear when they were on the stocks. The different masks represent the crimes people committed - this one is for people who tell lewd jokes.
We stopped to eat and I took a picture of a street - all the streets in the town kind of look like this - really old and really pretty.
Then we went to the Christmas Store, Käthe Wohlfahrt!
They sell Christmas things all the time, and it was kind of like walking into the North Pole. The owner owns that Santa car, and if the car is in front of the store, that means the owner is in.
This is a picture of the main tree in the store. They decorate it differently each year, and that sets the popular style for Christmas decorations. This year is all about pink for Christmas.
On the way out of the town, we stopped here, which is apparently the most painted and photographed spot in the area. So I took a picture because it is pretty and very German-looking.
At the end of the day, we drove to the top of a hill that looks over the whole Main Valley. My camera didn't really want to take pictures with an appropriate amount of light at this point, but here you can sort of see how green everything is.
And then we watched the USA soccer game :)
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