Rothenburg: Romantic Medieval Town

This post is a little outdated but since the main reason I started this blog was to document our travel, I thought, you know what, better late than never. So I decided to write about Rothenburg, a little German town we visited back in February with our good friends, the Masons. That time, I was almost two months pregnant and was pretty sick. But I braved through the 2 hours drive to Rothenburg from Kaiserslautern.

At this point, I must say, after visiting a few German towns like Speyer, Trier and Heidelberg to name a few, it requires extra attention to appreciate another German town for what it is. Rothenburg for me was this pretty medieval little town that I'm pretty sure had the weather been better (it was freezing cold during the winter) and had I been better would be charming to discover. From the main street after the main clock tower entrance, it appeared to me that this little town surrounded with centuries old walls has pretty much established itself as a tourist town. Small hotel establishments, bed and breakfasts, quaint cafes, restaurants, souvenir stores and of course, the obvious tourists like us pretty much paint the town. We stayed in one of the guest houses for a night. After checking in, we ventured out to the streets of Rothenburg for a little bit of sight-seeing. 

Streets of Rothenburg

Ready to explore Rothenburg with a map in hand.

Vintage looking walls.

I must write this down. If there is one thing i take from Rothenburg is the day I discovered 'Currywurst tasche' (bag of curry sausage?) from an unassuming cafe located just around the corner of a building opposite St. Jacob church's entrance. It was so good that it made me wonder why they don't sell it in other towns in Germany. The only other place that has this is Amsterdam which I had almost everyday when we visited Amsterdam later in April. 

Sandwich and currywursttasche.

Just one part of the town's wall.

Beyond the walls, the forest abounds.

Wurst of all kinds.

This picture made me miss Sonja. This was us just sitting around after Sonja bought a piece of Snowball, a type of cake, which is pretty popular in Rothenburg. 

Visited Christmas Museum. Apparently, christmas tree originated from Germany.

Bird eye view of the town from the Town Hall Tower.

A fun picture we took at one of the hotel cafe.

We visited the Medieval Crime Museum where they feature medieval punishments for all type of crimes and offences from heavy ones like murder and thefts to something as petty as a man touching another woman's hand. 

I'll just finish off with a picture of me hanging on to someone's window railings. I am glad that despite being sick, I was able to inject a bit of a 'fun' attitude when taking this picture. 

One tip though, if you are planning to visit Rothenburg, do check out the Night Watchman Tour which is highly recommended. Unfortunately, when we visited, they didn't run the tour. Anyways, I would love to visit Rothenburg again. Maybe I should since Christmas is barely a month away and I heard Rothenburg has really pretty Christmas Market and oh, just typing this all out makes me all excited. Roasted almonds, hot spice wine, crepes stands and bonfires. Can't wait!


Love how Rick Steve described Rothenburg. Read here.