Tuesday, May 24

Tuesday, May 24, 2011
Yep, it was a short night for me. But I am up to date on the trip diary, blog, and my geocaching logs. Didn’t get pictures done but wanted to take advantage of the internet while I could. We packed up, then ate a very nice breakfast which was included in our room price. Lots of different cheeses and meats, cereal, yogurt, fruits. Headed out of town and north on the Romantic Road. Guess its named that because of the romantic idea of that is what Germany is supposed to be like? Anyway, lots of picturesque small towns and beautiful countryside as we headed north. We stopped at Dinkesbuhl as we had heard (via Rick Steves) that it was similar to Rothenberg, only less crowded. We found that to be the case, took a nice walk through part of town and saw the St. Georg’s Church, from the 15th century. Got to go inside and it is beautiful. Lit a candle for my brother while I was there. Even Steve thought it was nice, for a church. Had a snack at McDonald’s just before we parked near the downtown area, then went through the gate and there we were.
Leaving Dinkesbuhl, we continued north to Rothenberg ob der Tauber. We had some trouble locating the free parking area, north of the north wall, due to construction. But we finally found it, and after a few minutes walk, arrived at the town square. The clock had just done its performance a few minutes ago so we missed that. But looked around at the buildings, then Steve decided he wanted to go to the Crime and Punishment museum. Got a bit tedious towards the end but it was interesting. I never realized that there were such things as shame masks, let alone how many different kinds! Did a little walking around afterwards, then headed (so we thought) north toward the parking lot. Somehow got turned around and got to do a bit of extra walking, for some of which we went up on the wall around the city. Finally got to the car after walking through the construction zone and headed out of town.
Set the nuvi on “fastest time” and headed toward Spangdahlem. Stopped along the way for a Subway sandwich and arrived at Scott’s about 8:30 p.m. Nice to be sort of “home” – at least a part of it anyway.