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Rothenburg
A special village in Germany
On my first night, I headed down to the Night-Watchman Tour which was fantastic despite the cold. I learnt so much in a fun way and in such a short time. We found out that the reason the old city of Rothenburg wasn’t bombed during the second world war was one of the American generals has a soft spot for Rothenburg and decided not to take the city by force. Thank you, American General!
I came back to our freezing room (the heaters wouldn’t work!) and snuggled into bed and slept till 8! Managed to drag myself out of my warm cocoon and into the shower to face another day. Breakfast was amazing — cranberry juice, cranberries and cranberry yoghurt, (if you didn’t notice, I love cranberries) croissants and fresh bread rolls all slathered with lashings of butter and jam. (I am a bit over sausage and cheese for breakfast!)
After breakfast we packed our bags. Just as I was zipping in my laptop, the bloody zip broke on the 15 euro bag I’d bought in Paris so I lashed out and bought a Jack Wolfskin one from across the road. Oh, I forgot to mention I bought a pair of Jack Wolfskin sandals last night! Yeah, I know it’s winter but my feet can suffer no longer. I am wearing…
