Our dear friend Virginia visited us in May/June.  She and I met in Prague for a wonderul cold and wet Girls Weekend.  We saw these twisted cinnamon wraps everywhere.

Now, you can't go to Prague without checking out the famous astrological clock, Orloj, which was dedicated in 1410.  Legend has it, the clockmaker Hanus was blinded by the city councillors so he could not replicate such a unique clock elsewhere.

Prague also is known for its long Jewish history.  The graves in the Old Jewish Cemetary are twelve deep in places due to lack of space.

On the wall

We also visited Rothenburg ob der Tauber, whose cobbled streets were crowded equally by American and Japanese tourists. It has quite a resume as far as films go and has made appearances in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, Pinocchio, and the last two Harry Potter films.

Keeping such a well-preserved city takes some work - Rothenburg has some of the most stringent residential restrictions which bar non-"medieval" things like satelite dishes and modern roof tiles.

This is the most famous postcard of the city.  We also checked out the various torture and punishment devices the Kriminal Museum.  If only the people in the Middle Ages had devoted as much time to nutrition and non-superstition related health care, as they did to torture by-laws... the world might be a better place!

There's an awesome zip line park near Velburg. The kids learned quickly - what a fun day for 16 Euros per person!  The price of sore muscles and mystery bruises was paid the next day...

As an added challenge, Virginia did one of the courses backwards.  The owner said no one had ever managed that on the difficult "Blue" line! Hut ab!