Today we drove about 2 hours to Rottenburg ob der Taube (up over the Taube River). This is the hotel we checked into when we arrived. Then we had the whole day to wander and take it all in. Rottenburg is known as a Christmas town with a great local Christmas Market. We loved being here. I love the small town feel of it. People know each other and you can tell they are proud to live here.
Here is part of the Christmas Market area, but the little shops and booths were scattered around the town.
We stopped here for a really delicious Brat. It was so good that we came back for a second one later.
From the 1600s:
Here’s another treat we tried. These are pastry strips rolled into “snowballs.”
It was really good. We got one with apple and cinnamon.
Here’s how the old town is laid out, with a rampart wall around the old city.
There are 2 large Käthe Wohlfahrt Christmas stores here. More about that in the next post. These are my FAVORITE places!
One of the local bakeries made a huge gingerbread house. Tonight they took it apart to share the gingerbread with the children, who were so excited to receive a piece!
More delicious Brats–John had one of these and I went back for the long one.
Our Frankfurt Germany Mission 