While the Springers were visiting us, we took a drive to a medieval walled city, about 2 hours away, called Rothenburg ob der Tauber. It is really well-preserved, and has lots of cute old buildings. As a side note, it has a famous legend that the French came to burn down the town during the 100 Years War, but the mayor made a wager that he could drink some insane amount of beer, and he did, so the French left the town alone. The main square has a cuckoo clock that reenacts the drinking contest on the hour. (And somehow America is the country with the binge drinking problem?)
My favorite architectural feature- well, decorative architectural feature, if it can even be considered that- is this:
I don't know what is says, but I really like when Germans (and Austrians) have writing on the side of the building. Cute!Aidan made out during his grandparents' trip- they bought him this shield while we were in Spain, and then on this trip we got him the helmet to finish the costume.
This town- like all of Europe, it seems- is famous for its wine, which comes in these funny shaped bottles that are kind of flat and squatty. Here, some enterprising restauranteer has re-purposed them into an..um.. hanging thing:
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It's not binge drinking if you do it all day every day.
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