England: Week 26 Germany

Tuesday we drove to Ramstein AFB, Germany. It was quite an interesting evening. There had been a mix-up with our rooms so it took some extra time to get settled. And on top of that the room we were in didn't have a functioning toilet. So we moved to another building and into a new room.

Wednesday we went to the beautiful ancient walled city of Rothenberg. This city is one of the oldest surviving cities in all of Europe dating back to the 900s at least. It was awesome and so beautiful!!!

We all found our "men" here in Rothenberg.

We walked around Rothenberg and saw all the Christmas Markets that were set up all over the town. At the Christmas Markets they sell various things including christmas decorations, candles, purses, clothes and TONS of food! We also found a museum of the town that had a dungeon. We had some fun with that.

Besides the history, this city is famous for the year-round Christmas Store of Kathe Wohlfahrt. That place was HUGE!!! I snuck some pictures.

We got our dinner of crepes, bratwurst and kinder gluwine at the market. Before we got our dinner, Erin and I were arm wrestling at one of the standing tables in the middle of the square. Some older german man came up behind me and slapped my rear and started talking to us in german. We didn't understand him and he didn't understand us but he cheered us on in our game. It was hilarious!!

Our last part of the day was walking around the ancient wall that surrounds the city. It was so cool!! Such a great view and incredible to think of the history of the wall. There were some neat places to check out but because it was dark and very cold we decided to not go on extra adventures.

I think of the whole week, this place was my favorite. The Germans are just so much nicer than the French were. They are also louder and more friendly that the rest of Europe that I've seen. I am very grateful for the opportunity I had to go to this old city and walk around.