Rothenburg ob der Tauber

So, I (Whitney) used to have some old friends (aka Nate Dowdle and his wife Erin) who lived in Germany up until a few weeks ago.  Since we now reside in Germany we thought it would be fun to get together!  We were both able to meet up over labor day weekend, so September 1st was the day!  Since they were living in Weisbaden, which is about three hours away from us we planned to meet up in the little tourist town of Rothenberg ob der Tauber and I am so glad we did.  Not only was the town just a little piece of fairytale cuteness heaven, it was so fun to catch up with Nate and Erin.

Rothenberg lies along Germany's Romantic Road, a 350 km stretch of highway in middle Franconia that connects picturesque old medieval towns that lie along the route.  Today, Rothenberg remains one of Germany's best preserved medieval walled towns.

Entering the city center fortification.

With Nate and Erin in front of the town hall in the center of town.

Jake getting his schneeballen (snow ball) on.  For those who don't know, a schneeballen is a ball of deep-fried layers of pastry dough that is covered in powdered sugar.  Apparently it's a Rothenberg delicacy.  I say, I've tried it once. 

One stop we made was to the criminal museum, which featured various medieval devices of torture.  It was... interesting.  There are many reasons that I am glad that I didn't live during the medieval ages, various methods of torture is one of them.

Just walking around the city.  We had to make a stop at the very spot that is on the cover of our Germany Lonely Planet travel book. 

Some cuteness.

 One of the highlights of touring the city was walking along the city wall.  We had a great view of the red roofs that define the city. 

Some more views of the wall.