June 5 Augsberg-Hapburg-Nordlingen-Rothenburg ob der Tauber

Augsberg is the romantic road's largest city with 260,000 inhabitants and a Renaissance era atmosphere. We strolled down the streets in the aldstadt, peeked into the city hall, climbed a bell tower for the view, popped into a church and then spent a while trying to get out of the town that was all caught up in construction. We made a detour through Hapburg just to see the river and the flooding. It was fairly minor here but still a few streets were closed due to flooding. Nordlingen im Ries is the only town in Germany with walls and battlments that can be walked all the way around in the medieval alt stadt. This walk was very cool, around the whole city on a covered wall. There was even a cafe on the wall where we stopped for a rest and a beer and ice cream. Moving on to our destination, Rottenberg ob der tauber we arrived late in the afternoon and headed straight to the tourist information to get a room. With 2 recommendations, we visited each b&b and asked to see the roms and eventuallz booked the second but, no internet. What a pain! Our Gasthof served an excellent dinner and then we decided to walk their medieval wall. Very cool but it was getting dark so we headed back to the hotel for a good nights sleep.