Stacy and Rothenberg ob der Tauber

I was lucky to have the chance to visit another friend while I was in Germany. Stacy and I did undergrad together and were actually project partners in a few classes! She lives in the tiny town of Oberkochen. The closest town with stuff to do is Aalen. Stacy was totally happy to take me to her favorite Thai restaurant to satisfy my cravings! On Wednesday we headed to Rothenberg, a quick train ride away.



The town is famous for its in-tact town walls and little medieval town. You can walk on top of the town walls in a lot of places, and then go into some of the towers! We actually decided against walking around the whole wall since it would take hours and hours.



The place was packed with tourists, actually! We walked into the town square and got a schneeballe, a snowball, the traditional dessert of Rothenberg. It reminded me of the fried pastries with powdered sugar that we have in Italy, just scrunched up. We split one, and it was enough! Rothenberg is actually famous for its Christmas markets, and I could see how these would totally fit in!



Besides wandering around the cute streets, we also went to the Torture Museum. Thankfully it wasn't too gory and had lots of other cool stuff, with awesome calligraphy and wax seals and decorative works. I honestly did not expect to like it as much as I did, Stacy and I had to hustle out to catch our train home, we could easily have spent three hours there.



In the evening we went to the Limes-Thermen baths in Aalen. I don't have a lot of pictures, actually, cos we went straight into the water. Why don't we have more hot spring baths in the US? They're just awesome. Most of the water was pleasantly warm. There were awesome lounger seats in the water with bubbles and various fountains to swim through. Most of the baths were indoor, but they had outdoor parts too! So nice... Stacy should get a membership!



Thanks to Stacy and Gerald for hosting me in their home!