We've arrived in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. We are staying at a hotel with an internet connection, and a keyboard with the 'y' and the 'z' in the right place. The web browser, however, does not allow secure connections or javascript, so neither of us can check our e-mail. But blogging works.

We finished our stay in Baden-Baden with a visit to the other spa in the city. This one did not involve nudity, but did involve lots of old ladies in showercaps sitting in the hot tubs. It was nice and relaxing though.

Yesterday we visited the Rhine river. We started in St. Goar and toured Rheinfels castle. It was ruined, but apparently the bees didn't get that memo. And you know about me and bees. But I managed not to either a)get stung nor b)fall off the castle wall trying to avoid getting stung.

After touring the castle we took a 1 hour cruise on a boat down the Rhein to Bacharach. The cruise was relaxing. The sights were pretty, but it went pretty slow. We arrived at Bacharach and started searching for a hotel. The first two places we went to were full, but the third had rooms. Our room was on the 2nd floor, and was literally 5 feet from the train tracks. Earplugs were included with the hotel room. Thankfully, so was a fan, so we didn't need to sleep with the windows opened.

We left this morning, and after several train transfers, we are now in Rothenburg ob der Tauber. It's a walled city. That's about all we've discovered so far. I went straight from the room we just checked into to the computer. Some things never change.