Welcome to Germany... Please Ausfahrt.

After a day of flawless flights, we arrived in Frankfurt, Germany, picked up our packs and made our way down to get our car. Being the lucky ladies that we are, we were upgraded to a fabulous Volvo station wagon, which we've fondly named Lisl the Diesel!

Lisl the Diesel

Marjorie took the first driving stint and was an ace, negotiating the Autobahn like a champion and getting us safely to the medieval walled city of Rothenberg ob der Tauber!  We napped like fools, tumbling into our beds and sleeping where we fell, and then walked the tour of the Night Watchman - led by an endearing and entertaining gentleman carrying a very large axe!  It was the last day of the town Volksfest and there was a big firework display to send us off into our first night's slumber.

After a breakfast of fresh baked croissants, we visited the shops of Rothenberg where we found some new Birks and some Christmastime fun!  We opted out of the medieval crime museum and in to some delicious lunch before getting on the road again to Heidelberg, where we stopped and toured the Schloss Heidelberg before moving on to our apartment in Riquewihr. The people of Riquewihr are lovely and the town is idyllic but the apartment was locked up tight and the owner was nowhere in sight. We had a delicious supper of local treats like tarte flambée and spatzl at a main street pub and ended up winging it and bunking at a nearby hotel for the night.

Today we got the apartment and it is completely comfortable and cozy ...

Living Room at Rue Kilian 1 in Riquewihr, France

Just like the Sisterhood...