Akzent Hotel Reichsstadt Bad Windsheim

... was juicy and large, and all it lacked was a deep fry on the skin for Jon. It even came with our first serving of sauerkraut in Germany, believe it or not sauerkraut is not that easy to find around us. <br><br>Somehow Rothenburg is a hit for Americans and Japanese, a sister city? It did mean the Criminal History Museum was in English and Japanese as well as German. We're quickly learning; museums with signs in English are much more interesting for us. They had ...

... an Indian, people wearing little clothes, and was shown grilling people's decapitated heads. Of course Europe had plenty of buildings, finely clad people, culture, etc... <br><br>During WW II, on March 16, 1945, Wurzburg was heavily bombed and it pretty much devastated the city. In order to reconstruct the Residence, photos taken by a Nazi officer were used.<br><br>Along with the Residence and a large fortress ...

... the northernmost town on the Road. It was a cute beginning, though a reminder of why I am not enamored of German food (lots of sausages and very little veggies). But Wurzburg is a huge wine producing town, so color me very happy about that. (hic)<br><br>This morning we drove south to the most famous town on the Road, Rothenburg au der Tauber. Seriously, this town has to be seen to be believed. It looks like Fantasyland exploded in 12 different ...

... friendly streets.<br><br>When most people think of Nuremberg, they think of the trials. Unfortunately we were unable to visit Courtroom 600 because the trial memorial isn&#8217;t going to be finished until 2010, but also because the room is still used for proceedings to this day. Instead, on our first day, we walked through the town&#8217;s squares, saw a religious demonstration and debate that was even more ...

... were shortly home. <br><br>The Tuesday after Berlin, we took yet another day trip up into the Bavarian mountains to a glass blowing factory. When we got there it was close to closing time, but we did get a short tour in, getting to watch some of the workers in the process of making wine decanters that were to be shipped to the states. It was really interesting to hear what the tour guide to say and to watch the process. The decanters actually didn&#8217;t take that long to make, about ...

At Bamberg we left the Danube-Main Canal. The canal was completed in 1992 and allows ships to travel from the North Sea to the Black Sea. This connection had been dreamed of since Charlemagne tried digging one in the 8th century. Another attempt was made in the 1800s but the advent of the railroad doomed it. It took 20th century technology to make it possible. The canal itself has 34 locks out of the total of ...

... we are joined to commemorate a sad historic date that lies 70 years in the past. It was a terrible day, a grievous day for you and for your relatives and a shameful day for the city of Windsheim. Long before 9 November 1938 Jewish citizens were discriminated against throughout the Reich and in Wnidsheim as well. These discriminations and harassments culminated in the horrors of the interim climax of the Reichspogromnacht on 9 November 1938. This ...

... control in the high intensity salt pools right into a stout rosy faced farm wife who never lost her broad smile. I felt like an astronaut trying to navigate her unmanageable weightless body on her first flight. Speaking of first flight, under the careful tutelage of Ken I made my first Black Hawk flight. He loaded me into the simulation cockpit and was patient and helpful as I flew the copter over Fort Carson through thunderstorms and over the Colorado Rockies. His ...

... strong coffee and eat boiled eggs covered with little quilted cozies. The smell of roasting pork, sauerbraten, sauerkraut, fried potatoes, and gravies drift up into the balcony outside my door in the evenings. I carry a room key that could replace weight training equipment in any gym. The toilet (minus a bidet) is a typical European push variety with a brush located nearby. The water is hard. The shower stall is barely large enough for me to turn around and every ...

... The first thing of interest I came across was a little grocery store. From the outside it looked just like any you would see back in the states, minus all the German words and such. If I had had some Euros on me I would have shopped around a bit and maybe bought a drink or something but I didn't so I didn't. I watched a train go by and then I rode on. I then came to the restaurant my family ate at the first night they were in ...