Tuesday, April 8, 2008

Rothenburg ob der Tauber Trip

This past weekend, my roomate Stefan and I traveled to Rothenburg ob der Tauber to meet up with a bunch of other participants in my program. We took the cheap, adventurous route of regional trains, making it a 5 hour trip with 5 different trains. A fun and cost effective way to travel, but didn't allow for much sleep along the way to a great weekend.

There were 10 of us all together, from Stuttgart, Munich, Karlsruhe and Erfurt. Great to catch up with everyone again, learn about their experiences in the program and what they've been up to. Everyone is in their internship now, from engineering, to marketing, to bio-chemistry to soccer. I'm the only cook in the program.

We spent the weekend exploring the city, walking around the huge city walls, hiking in the valley below, eating some tradtional Schneeballen (balls of strips of dough with different toppings), hearing some great organ music, eating tasty German food and living it up with good friends. It was awesome to catch up with everyone, seeing many of my favorite participants in the program.

We spent the night at a hostel, 5 guys in a room and 5 girls in another wing. The hostel was part of the castle complex, with a huge roof and a good view of the city. Pretty impressive views of the red roofs and city wall, as well as the Tauber valley, where the Tauber river is. We also checked out the awesome Mediveal Crime Museum, seeing some great displays on everything from shame treatment to signed confessions to the executioners axes.

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