Germany Day 4.

Today was amazing. I read in my travel book of this old medieval town called Rothenburg, pronounced Rottenburg. It said that the city is still in it's original, medieval state! I had to go. It was a two hour drive, with a bit of traffic, to the city its self, and since you can't drive in the city, you have to park outside. Right away you can tell it is an old city. It is surrounded by a high, stone wall with an area where you can walk on the top. When you pass through the main archway you come in to this fairly narrow street, not unlike those in the middle of Munich, considering they're from the same time period. The houses all have around three floors, and at the very top is an odd sort of pulley thing. I later learned that it was for bringing non perishable foods up to the attic. First, I went to this house that used to be owned by a shoemaker. The house had a really low ceiling and really thin, steep staircases. I am not a fan of medieval staircases. The downstairs had the shoemaker's workshop, a cooking, and a dining area. The back yard had a small well and vegitable garden in it, and most certainly had a few chickens back in the day. The second floor had a children's room, the parents room, and a weaving and spinning room for the mother. The attic had old farm tools and other tools in it. Later i went to the main square. I learned about the Rathaus (Rat-house), or the town hall. it had a tall tower that you could climb. I did it and boy! A word from the wise, if yo are claustrophobic or don't like heights, don't go up it! The stairs were the original ones made of wood, and each was the size of 2 paperback books, in a row. And about as warped. They were Also two way. Then, once you reached the top, the floor slanted at a 5-10˚ angle towards a rail that didn't look at all sturdy. once I had gotten down, I went along the wall, that had a covered area just on the inside that was used by the city soldiers to patrol the wall. It went nearly the entire way around the city. once I got back I went to lunch at a little Biergarten near the Rathaus. I ordered Käse Spätzel, a form of traditional macaroni and cheese, served with fried onion. It was delicious. After lunch, I took a walk, just meandering around town. I stumbled across the medieval torture museum, which had all different kinds of tortue, some more gruesome than others. By the time I got out of there, it was dinnertime, so I went to this resteraunt called Zür Höll, or "To Hell" in German. It has the best roast pork skewers I have ever had! Apparently it is the oldest building in Rothenburg, and the oldest restaurant in Bavaria! Isn't that cool? I had a quicker drive back to Munich than before, and overall uneventful. I had a wonderful day here, and I am thoroughly excited to go to sail up the Rhine tomorrow.