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Today, Monday, was a full day in Rothenburg. It was still pretty hot, though, so we didn't try to do too many things. We visited the Franciscan Church which was practically next door, and wandered down the city walls to the Burggarten, which was lovely and shady with huge trees and grassy areas between the flower garden sections. The kids (meaning, everyone but Amelia) climbed a tree and we enjoyed the breeze under the shade since it was still pretty hot (although not so hot as it had been). We wandered around to see the views from the city walls and read the various memorials and such.
Then, we walked back up the hotel's street to the main market square which has an impressive Rathaus (city hall) building among others. We searched for and found an ice cream place and had some lovely gelato.
Then, we walked a couple of blocks over and visited the fascinating Mittelalterliches Kriminalmuseum.
After that we lunched in an Italian restaurant near the hotel. The pizza and pasta were pretty good!
After that we visited one of the main sites in the village, the St. Jakob Kirche (St. Jacob's Church) which is just stunning. Absolutely stunning.
Then, because it was pretty hot, we wandered back to the Burggarten to enjoy the shade. We stopped by the hotel first for towels to sit on and so forth (Amelia brought her Kindle, of course). We variously climbed trees, napped, read, listened to the park musician (an Irish man who plays German folk tunes on his guitar), and wandered around the park.
In the evening, we returned to the Hotel Reichs-Küchenmeister Restaurant for a second night. It was busy again but our waiter from the night before saw us and saved us a table when some folks were leaving.
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