Flair Hotel zum Storchen Bad Windsheim

... to cruise along in the center lane but not fast enough to avoid passers who'd rocket by like jet engines on the left. Being a Merwin, I found the one free parking lot in town, and it was next to a free bathroom. Boo Ya!<br><br>The altstadt is walkable and surrounded by the city wall, so you can't really get lost. You can walk up well worn stairs and stroll around on the city wall. We played peeping toms and peered into all the gardens and out across the Tauber ...

Today I toured the town of Wurzburg, which is where the often traveled by tourists "Romantic Road" begins. Along with taking an English tour of the city, which ended up being a private tour as I was the only one who signed-up, I took a tour of the Wurzburg Residence, a UNESCO heritage site, which is a baroque palace of prince-bishops.<br><br>The Residence took 60 years to build and at one time there were 400 people ...

... 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 ...

... then lay the finished piece on a conveyor belt that runs each piece, one after another, through an oven that cools the pieces down at a very slow rate (over all taking 12 hours if I remember correctly). Then you have the finished piece.<br><br>We also got to see a guy working on stems for already made glasses. The stems ranged in shapes and sizes, the most interesting being the ones that were filled with Swarovski crystals (shiny! Haha). After the demonstration, we wandered around in ...

... be great.<br><br>Since today is Sunday, nothing was open until 5 PM. It was a ghost town all day long, and now its just starting to come alive. My stomachache is finally gone...really happy about that.<br>I've finally been sleeping through the night<br><br>Not looking forward to any more long bus rides, but I think there is one later this week. I'll be able to use the internet ...

... shows us how important values like freedom, tolerance, democracy and human rights are.... Again the question is raised, as to what are the roots of such a mind-set and even more importantly what can be done against it? We have to defend the values of humanity time and again which sometimes is cumbersome. But freedom and democracy are based on the moral courage of all citizens to stand up to their beliefs. And this is infinitely easier today than ...

... town where their families had lived before they were drivien from their homes. The town was honoring these former residents by memorializing their names on a marble structure which has been placed in one of the town squares. Several of the esteemed guests stayed at my hotel. It was a somber and emotional experience as the town honored them and they spoke at a ceremony held in a local church. I was so touched that they included me in this important piece of history ...

Bad Windsheim - a spa town http://tourismus.bad-windsheim.de/v01/p ub/de/scripts/index.html?navID=0&amp;po olID=6&amp;IDS=qyoRTFNc Bad Windsheim was followed by a fleeting visit to the medieval castle Burg Hoheneck (located between Nürnberg ...