Rothenburg ob der Tauber

I’ve been on the road for most of the past month, first traveling to Germany for work and then, after a short 48 hour turnaround time back in California, on to Michigan to visit the family and hang out on the beach. I’ll be returning to my backpacking ways this coming weekend, but in the meantime, at least I have some pretty pictures of southern Germany and Lake Michigan to share.

Although I was crazy busy and spent too many hours in the office in Germany, I was still able to check out some of the local towns during the dinner hours and even spent a full weekend playing tourist. I stayed in Reilingen (near Heidelberg, which is just south of Frankfurt), and visited the other local towns of Walldorf, Wiesloch, Speyer, and Schwetzingen on different nights. During the weekend, a coworker and I hit the road to explore some touristy destinations within a few hours drive – on Saturday it was Rothenburg ob der Tauber, a medieval walled city, and on Sunday we headed south to the Bodensee on the border with Switzerland.