With perfect weather outside, we explored Rheinfels ruins. It used to be the biggest and most magnificent of all the Rhine castles in its time, which just goes to show you that what goes up, must come down.
We think that Bacharach is the most charming of all the small Rhine river towns. It's got it's own castle (that is now a youth hostel) and gothic cathedral ruins. At every intersection of cobbelstoned streets there are eye catching flowered paths that lure you to stroll further, without disappointment. We ate dinner at the oldest house in town. How old, you ask? 1300-something (like the exact year really matters when you're talking Middle Ages!). But the schnitzel was made fresh and deeeeelicious!
We headed southeast to the only intact walled city in Germany, Rothenburg ob der Tauber. It's like the German section of Disney-Epcot, only real. We walked the wall (Ted was a bit hunched over at times), and learned the fascinating history from the night watchman on his tour.
We slept well that night knowing we were watched over by a dedicated watchman, and ready for the Medieval Crime and Punishment Museum the next day where we both gleaned several ideas for our classrooms (dunk cage, pokey chair that perhaps Chicago cab drivers might find comfortable, and a shame mask). Unfortunately the museum doesn't export their goods.
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