Rothenberg

Okay ... we left off at Tuesday, right?

Tuesday to Wednesday we were in Rothenberg. It is a medieval town that still has the wall on the perimeter. You can actually climb up & walk the wall. When you do you'll see unusual windows that angle inward. These were for guards to shoot their bow & arrows out in case attacked. It's really (and I hate to use the word) quaint. It's like a story book of an old medieval town. We actually got to see Rothenberg on our trip in May, but were only there for about an hour and all the shops were closed and/or closing down. We ate dinner after arriving and did some shopping the next day. One thing people know about Rothenberg is it has the Kathe Wohlfarht store. This is a massive place with lots of Christmas ornaments, smokers, nutcrackers, etc. that are all German made. We had to make a stop there. We didn't have internet, but did find a cafe where we had sandwiches and purchased the use of the internet so we could check in. We found our train information for our next stop, Mainz, Germany. Mainz is located on the Rhine river and for us was a good stopping point as we headed north in the Rhine River Valley.

Nothing too exciting. Just want to catch anyone/everyone up.

So, from Mainz we headed to St. Goar. St. Goar is "on" the river. Our hotel was on the main street looking over the Rhine. Our plan was to check out Castles and take a Cruise up the Rhine to our next destination, Koblenz.

I'll see if I can get some more picture labeled on Flickr. You should be able to use the address I posted before to see any additional pictures.