20090503 - Sunday - Rothenburg ob der Tauber

In the morning we headed out to the train station for our ride to Rothenburg. Arriving at our hotel the "Goldenes Lamm" at around 1730h, we had a quick bite and set out on the walking tour. Later we took the tour with the "Night Watchman". In medieval times, the night watchman was a fixtures in all cities. Often he was responsible for lighting the lamps, but his main job was to protect the people and houses from the seedier elements and to be on the lookout for fires, which were deadly in those days. The hotel was small. In the rooms, they installed an entire bathroom unit of sink, toilette and shower in an area of about 80cm by 2 metres or less, making the train bathrooms look absolutely hugh. This meant that the already modest room was made smaller and even more so by the king size bed.