A rough plan has been formulated for the rest of our time in Germany! Now done with the Rhine, we needed to cover off some miles to get us further south to tie in with future plans. The plan (subject to mind changing) goes like this – Romantic Road to Fussen via a detour to Munich/Dachau. We then intend to take the German Alpine Road ending in Austria. We’ll see how that goes. So far so good. Found a small village for an overnight stay on their Stellplatz, with a donation to the community. It just so happened it had a winery right across the road. What a lucky find. Before leaving we popped in & with the help of the lady chose a mixed case of their organic wines. The average bottle price being £7! Looking forward to trying it.
Two & a half hours later we arrived at our first stop on the Romantic Road or in German – Romantische Straße – it was officially launched in 1950, intending to showcase a friendly Germany. The route is 460 kilometres with 29 locations on the route. We are selecting the highlights due to time constraints. However first up is Rothenburg ob der Tauber – surrounded by a medieval city wall dating back to the 14th century. The Plönlein is one of the most picturesque & most photographed spot on the Romantic Road. We stayed at a small family run campsite in the Tauber Valley, with a footpath to the city. The only downside was it was up a steep hill, but worth it when you reached the top! The city is a delight to your eyes, so much to see you don’t know where to look! Some of the scenes from Chitty Chatty Bang Bang (the original) were filmed here & you can see why. We extended our stay by a day due to G having a reoccurrence of his back problem, On our final day we visited the medieval crime museum, what an interesting place with exhibits from trials to torture & witchcraft to weights & measures. Pretty excited to try the schneeballen (snowball) A specialty in Rothernburg, a deep fried shortcrust pastry & traditional decoration with powdered sugar. The modern versions have added chocolate & flavouring. The verdict – nondescript.
