Rothenburg 🇩🇪 December 2019. The the Marktplatz we found the Bäckerei-Konditorei-Café Walter Friedel bakery for refreshments and Schneeballen, a local pastry dough which is deep-fried, shaped like a snowball and covered in sugar. The bakery was a little homely like an English tea room, and not too many customers inside at 4pm, as we deliberately picked the in-between meal times to avoid the crowds. It was very courteous service here, probably by the owners. We were well refreshed for the major evening onslaught to the Weihnachtsmarkt museum and shop. The museum had many displays of 19th century scenes with various types of Christmas trees adorned with the interesting manufactured decorations of the period. We also saw another connection with America due to the insatiable demand for German Christmas decorations and other ornaments specially made for USA! We obviously bought up several seasonal souvenirs for all our Christmases to come! We then discovered a great place for dinner and to sample the local Landwehr-Brau Bier and a glass of local Rötwein. The traditional meal of pork steak casserole with roast potatoes was perfect, and so was the setting in this 15th century romantic tavern curiously called the Ratsstube (council room). This was very cosy and casual typical German Wirthaus. A good find despite being right on the Marktplatz! #rothenburgobdertauber ##rothenburg #marktplatz #ratsstuberothenburg #ratsstube #ratsstube #käthewohlfahrt #christkindlmarkt #christkindlesmarkt #christkindlesmarktrothenburg #Bäckerei-Konditorei-Café #WalterFriedel #walterfriedelbakery #bakery #landwehrbräu #rotwein #dunkel #schneeballen https://www.instagram.com/p/CD8oQ3_hp_X/?igshid=4vtfa1m32q5r
