Donauwörth
Christine on the banks of the Donau (Danube) River.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
Even the "royals" at Harburg Castle worry about recycling!

Harburg Castle, Harburg
Princess Christine feels very at home at the castle gate.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The other side of the castle gate.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
Christine looks approvingly at the castle's layout.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
Toli dares the castle gate to come crashing down. Or, he just lifted it, as Fezzik did in The Princess Bride.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
Christine peeks inside the well in the middle of the castle square.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
The castle square (panorama).

Harburg Castle, Harburg
Christine feels at home wandering the castle grounds. A kitty, the present princess of the castle, came to greet us, then ran away as soon as she saw her competitor.

Harburg Castle, Harburg
A decorated fire hydrant stands guard outside the castle grounds.

Romantic Road
The German countryside.

Romantic Road
The German countryside.

Nördlingen Altstadt (old town)
It's a Christine-sized door, and of course Christine is trying to open it! Then she realizes it's actually a very heavy door for only the mightly Gimli of The Lord of the Rings.

Nördlingen Altstadt
Christine in front of the Christmas tree in the middle of the Altstadt.

Nördlingen Altstadt
Christine enjoys the smell of a real Christmas tree. This was a difficult picture to take, as cars and people would constantly whiz by.

Nördlingen Altstadt
Christine has on her "grumpy old woman face" as she pauses for a rest on the bench.

Nördlingen Altstadt
Christine in front of the carousel at the Christmas market.

Nördlingen Altstadt
The Altstadt festively decorated for the holidays.

Nördlingen Altstadt
A live nativity scene in the Altstadt - the sheep better be careful which way they turn, because Toli's watching them.

Gasthof zum Fuchs, Nördlingen Altstadt
Christine at our lunch table, before we were invited to sit with a chatty old German lady (who drank at least three beers during the course of our meal, and was already there when we arrived, and stayed after we left).

Romantic Road
A snow-covered tree along the drive.

Romantic Road
Our grotesquely commercial car against the snowcovered terrain.

Romantic Road
The landscape (without the car).

Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Christine on the bridge that we crossed to go from our parking area (to the north of the city) and reach the city wall.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Christine on the bridge that links to the city wall.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber
The east-side view through the beams of the bridge.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber
A basketball court inside the moat surrounding the city wall.

Kirchplatz (Church square), Rothenburg ob der Tauber
Christine rides the carousel at the Christmas market.

Herrngasse street, Rothenburg ob der Tauber
The street, all lit up.

Rothenburg ob der Tauber
One final glance at the wooden bridge before leaving.