May 23 - We arrived at the place called Rottenburg auf der Tauber a three hundred year old walled city. (The parking lot charged for parking but entering the city on foot was free.)
First we decided to walk on the walkway of the wall - you see me watching a horse drawn vehicle while I waited my turn to cross the road. We went up to the walkway by the stone steps through the door way. The walkway has been maintained very well with many places rebuilt in recent decades so it is quite safe to walk along and look out on the roofs or third stories of all the houses. Many residents live in this place and you can look down on their homes and little yards.
If you can enlarge the picture of Helmut looking out over the houses - on the fourth gable from the left side of the picture you will see a beam sticking out from the peak of the gable this is where a pulley is attached to lift heavy items up to the attic for storage. Most of these old buildings have four or five stories and no elevators - pretty well true all over the country.
We spent about 40 minutes walking along the wall but didn't come close to getting all around the city. We had to go down to the city to look for a place where I could get something to eat as it was well passed lunch time. We have many more pictures from this interesting place but I'll have to make another post as this one wouldn't accept the sixth picture.
2 comments:
It looks like a really fun city to visit. You must have had good weather nearly everyday you were there. I enjoy these pictures. Love, Pat
Durning this part of our trip the weather was decent - not too hot and not too wet. I don't remember all the details of the weather. About the middle of the month when we were in the Black Forest area it rained nearly everyday as I recall - not real hard or all day long but just that really damp all the time condition.
It was really hot and dry when we first arrived in Duesseldorf - they had had a very hot dry sspring so I think most of them were happy to have moisture in May.
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