Running Around Germany

For the 10 days my family was in town, we drove all over the country.

I think I climbed to the top of about 50 structures overlooking cities. Most of which would not have been declared safe by U.S. standards.

From the top of cathedral in Berlin.

Cathedral in Cologne

Burg Eltz castle, near the Rhine River. There is actually a family still living in it today. We were told they stay there about one day per week. Then they walked out of the house as we were about to leave.

We stayed in the building near the middle of this picture, behind the cluster of four green trees. It's in Rothenburg, a well-preserved city from the middle ages. It thrived for hundreds of years, then became incredibly poor, so it was abandoned and then re-inhabited years later. Bad for Rothenburgians from long ago, great for tourists!

I wanted to take a picture of "Snack Point Charlie" to emphasize that it's okay to ruin the significance of a historical landmark, as long as the food is delicious and the joke is funny. (Berlin's Checkpoint Charlie is the white building on the right....no, we didn't eat there.)