A Walk in a Storybook (Rothenburg ob der Tauber)

Yesterday I picked Marika up from summer camp.  She is attending camp for three weeks, but they have to be picked up every Friday morning and returned on Sunday afternoons.  Camp Lachenwald is a Girl Scout camp that is here in Germany, primarily for scouts in military families stationed in Europe.  The camp is near the very popular among tourists, town of Rotherburg ob der Tauber.  So, after I picked Marika up we stopped by for a bit of a walk and to take some photos for the blog.

It IS a lovely town.  It looks like something straight out of a storybook.  The oldest part of town is fully enclosed by a double wall.  You can go up an walk along most of it. I had only found a one hour parking spot, so we did not go up yesterday--only through

There was a lot of renovation going on, so the main square was not all that impressive yesterday:

The town was, as always, FILLED with busloads of tour  groups, all following guides with flags--but it is fairly easy to avoid the crowds if you don't mind weaving back and forth and backtracking at times.  Even with the main square under construction, the rest of town offers some lovely views. Here are some photos; I hope you all enjoy them:

(in front of the Kathe Wohlfahrt Christmas decorations store--this is their main store)

As you can see, it really IS like a fairy tale.  This is the real life version of what Disney has worked so hard to recreate, and a most excellent town to visit should you ever find yourself in Bavaria.

--Hadley