Railing thru Europe: Stop 12.5 Germany – Fussen

After spending the day at Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, it was time to make our way to Munich to rest for the night. We checked the time-table and realised the journey would take us about 3 hours and 3 connecting trains to reach Munich. When we finally arrived at 9pm however, the sky wasn’t very forgiving and it was pouring. We had initially thought that we would have some time to explore around before heading to bed for a long day ahead at Fussen... Read More

Railing thru Europe: Stop 12.4 Germany – Rothenburg Ob Der Tauber

In our Lonely Planet guide, we had read about the ‘Romantic Road’ of Germany, a route that highlights walled towns and picturesque villages in western Bavaria from Würzburg to Füssen. We wanted to see for ourselves but couldn’t afford the time to visit all of them, however we did managed to sneak day trips in between our journey to Munich to see two. One of them would be the well-preserved medieval walled town of Rothenburg... Read More