Shiny new Mercedes
As some people have already discovered, Europcar kindly upgraded our hire car… to a brand new Kompressor Mercedes Benz. So new, it’s only done 7000kms. It sounds wonderful in theory but it increases our anxiety given we’re driving on the right (wrong!) side of the road for the first time!
We arrived in Rothenburg last night, so didn’t get a chance to explore until today. Rotherburg is a beautiful medieval city, if you ignore the hoards of tour groups that descend on the town during the day, ohhing and ahhing over the tacky German souveniers and the decidedly underwhelming puppet display in the clock tower.
Fortunately, most of the tourists disappear in the evening, which was one of the incentives to spend 3 nights.
Gate into Rothenburg
Today we visited the Crime and Punishment Museum, which contains hundreds of examples of torture instruments and objects of ridicule. We even saw 3 examples of the delightful invention known as the chastity belt. Yes ladies, your husband or father could lock you into one of these belts while he was out of town, thus ensuring you remained virginal and chaste in his absence.
Easter decorations over the fountain (all individually painted blown eggs!)
Hi there. What a change in style from “Wicked”. Great you were in Germany for Easter, with all the traditions. Did you remember any gems from Frau Isbel’s lessons, Julian? We had a wet wet Easter, but last two days have been glorious.Best wishes, Kathryn
Yes most certainly a change to drive!
I’m afraid my German is nicht so gut. Just remember words here and there, sentences – well that’s another thing…
Nice car.
We’ve been eating plenty o’ street food here, and yet to get ill, so here’s hoping for the next few days.
Unfortunately, unlike you guys, we don’t have a digital camera, so you’ll have to wait a few until I get them developed so I can post some photos of our food on fb or something similar.
Stay safe.
D
@ Dave & Jill: Car has been returned safe and sound (phew!). We tried some German ‘street’food ourselves, at the Viktualmarkt in Munich yesterday – currywurst and pretzels! Looking forward to seeing your photos when you get them done. Enjoy the rest of your holiday.