The Pension at Rothenburg was so warm and cosy I really struggled to get out of bed. Germans are sort of weird in that they sleep with separate duvet covers on double beds, but they all have nice big soft feather pillows and duvets so it's not all bad! With a hearty breaky it was one of the best places we'd stayed on our trip. I really wanted to stay another night but we had to be in Köln for new years eve and it was simply impossible for us to get from Rothenburg to Köln in one day so we had to keep moving north.
We did get to spend the day exploring the town but it was far more packed with tourists during the day. All the shops had signs in German, English and Japanese and there were American and Japanese tourists everywhere! It seems the Neuschwanstein Castle and Rothenburg are THE things to do in Germany. But it's still a beautiful town and that medieval feel is still there.
We climbed the tower in the Rathaus for a cool view of the city (but I think the climb up the rickety steps was the most fun) and did a little shopping in the Christmas stores. Nick found an awesome sword and knife shop which he spent most of his time in.
We walked most of the city including down to the outer wall garden that looks out over the valley, it's surprising to see the town is actually perched on a flat hill. We also saw the Church that has an archway so the road can go through it (it was built like that!) and the famous medieval houses that frequent all the paintings and pictures of Rothenburg, one of the most common ones was just down from our Pension Gasthaus.
I said a sad goodbye to Rothenburg in the afternoon, I would have loved to have stayed but we needed to be closer to Köln so we boarded a train to Würzburg at the very top of the Romantic Road.
Würzburg is actually a very cool city with a gorgeous (and huge) palace with beautiful gardens that contained frozen fountains! The town also had lots of beautiful churches and many other cool architecture buildings. I really enjoyed wondering through the city so I was pretty happy we had stopped there.
The Pension at Rothenburg was so warm and cosy I really struggled to get out of bed. Germans are sort of weird in that they sleep with separate duvet covers on double beds, but they all have nice big soft feather pillows and duvets so it's not all bad! With a hearty breaky it was one of the best places we'd stayed on our trip. I really wanted to stay another night but we had to be in Köln for new years eve and it was simply impossible for us to get from Rothenburg to Köln in one day so we had to keep moving north.
We did get to spend the day exploring the town but it was far more packed with tourists during the day. All the shops had signs in German, English and Japanese and there were American and Japanese tourists everywhere! It seems the Neuschwanstein Castle and Rothenburg are THE things to do in Germany. But it's still a beautiful town and that medieval feel is still there.
We climbed the tower in the Rathaus for a cool view of the city (but I think the climb up the rickety steps was the most fun) and did a little shopping in the Christmas stores. Nick found an awesome sword and knife shop which he spent most of his time in. 
I said a sad goodbye to Rothenburg in the afternoon, I would have loved to have stayed but we needed to be closer to Köln so we boarded a train to Würzburg at the very top of the Romantic Road. 
Würzburg is actually a very cool city with a gorgeous (and huge) palace with beautiful gardens that contained frozen fountains! The town also had lots of beautiful churches and many other cool architecture buildings. I really enjoyed wondering through the city so I was pretty happy we had stopped there.
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