Rothenburg

If you could visit only one German town,

it should be Rothenburg.  It is the quintessential fairy tale

German town.  It is made up of charming pastel colored buildings,

beautiful flower boxes, traditional half timber houses, cobble stone 

streets, old fashioned wrought iron shop signs, everything you 

could ever want from a European town.

After a leisurely tour through town we stopped

at the Gasthof Greifen for a typical Bavarian 

lunch of potato cakes with apple sauce 

and sausages with sauerkraut and sweet mustard.

I am going to miss all this delicious Bavarian cuisine!

After lunch it was time to go shopping at the legendary 

Kathe Wohlfhart.  This is a famous year round Christmas 

store.  But it's not just a store, it is a magical Christmas land.

It is absolutely ginormous and is fully decked out for Christmas 

all year long.  It is such a fun place to go exploring.

We walked away with some new Christmas ornaments

and a Steiff stuffed animal each!