{"id":1637,"date":"2014-09-20T06:52:57","date_gmt":"2014-09-20T06:52:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/word.christopherwagner.org\/?p=1637"},"modified":"2014-09-20T06:57:11","modified_gmt":"2014-09-20T06:57:11","slug":"st-goar-and-rothenburg-ob-der-tauber-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/word.christopherwagner.org\/?p=1637","title":{"rendered":"St. Goar and Rothenburg ob der Tauber 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"

I decided to break up our Germany trip into two posts because St. Goar on the Rhine River and Rothenburg ob der Tauber are pretty different than the rest of our travel through Bavaria.<\/p>\n

We really liked St. Goar. It’s a tiny little town on the Rhine River. We rented bicycles and biked up and down the river finding all sorts of plants (hops, pear trees, apple trees, raspberries, and so on). The Rhine region is known as a Riesling region so we took advantage of the delicious wines with typical German meats and cheese!\u00a0We rode a riverboat up the Rhine and saw all sorts of castles along the way. We hopped off at Bakarack and hiked up to the castle above the town. Whether by boat, car, bike or train, the Rhine River region between St. Goar and Bakarack is astoundingly beautiful.<\/p>\n

We then went to Rothenburg ob der Tauber and was blown away by this medieval city. The original city walls from long ago are still intact and most of the inner city is as well. It was quite an experience and everything was done up in the traditional medieval way. It was very touristy but still fun to visit: we had a chance to walk the city walls, see a neat night tour, enjoy meat & cheese & bread and just had a very fun time!<\/p>\n

On the way to Dachau were saw more of the Bavarian countryside and saw a lot of hops growing :). Germany isn’t a whole lot different than the Netherlands. There’s a lot more room, the trains are super easy to navigate, and the trains are very comfortable. The only downer is probably due to the internet. A lot of places that have advertised internet with their lodging have super crappy internet or have internet that only works in the common area. Otherwise, the food here in Bavaria is delicious and the people are great too!<\/p>\n

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