There are hotels, and then there “are” hotels. This was my favorite place in our month-long journey through Bavaria. Hopefully, you will have a chance to meet 84-year-old “Otto,” the manager of The Burg. His daughter is actually the proprietor, while he helps operate the establishment. You will find him sitting down in the front foyer sipping his coffee, or eating a slice of cake or just reading the paper--and sometimes napping. If you talk to Otto, you will find out that he is part of an 8-generation family that has lived in Rothenburg a long time. He was five years old in 1945 when a bomb exploded outside his family’s hotel in town. Luckily, an American officer called off the air-strikes as this officer once vacationed in Rothenburg before the war. Otto states, “The Americans were good to us.” Otto may tell you that the James Bond character, Roger Moore, once stayed at the Burg. He will “not” tell you what room Roger stayed in—I tried four times to do so. The WIFI code is “Bond—007.” Besides the memories, my fondest collection is Otto’s hand-written receipt—impeccable handwriting. We stayed at the Burg for three days in early June of 2023. We arrived by train and used Google to help us navigate a walking path to the Burg. We would recommend calling The Burg having a taxi pick you up. The cost of going back to the train station by taxi was about $9.00US—well worth it. If you have a car, there is a good size garage on property. Make arrangements before hand. At 10 Euros, it is a superb rate. On-line you can choose a room. We picked Room #15. We highly recommend that room as it has not one, but two windows that face into the valley. I really think Roger stayed in this room—but Otto will never tell. Our room has a four-posted bed. After running into one of the posts at night, I quickly learned how to navigate through the large room. There was a smaller, but comfortable bed to the far end of the room. The bathroom was, indeed, adequate. Breakfasts are a treat. Tables are located in a separate breakfast area over-looking the valley. Having decaffeinated coffee was not a problem. Eggs were cooked to order. The bread and croissants were heavenly. In early June, the nightly temperatures went down to the low 50’s-10C. Otto says “it really does not get hot in Rothenburg. Google says that the average highs in the summer is 74F. In any case, there was a large fan in the room for us warm-blooded people. If there is a fault to the Burg, well, it was getting ice. My wife needed it for her shoulder. Usually, the restaurant, owned by the daughter, would provide ice across the street. The restaurant, unfortunately, was closed at our visit. A staff member will take your bags upstairs as their is no elevator. We would recommend highly of trekking around the mile-long Medieval walls. It is free. We did like the outside restaurant of Reichskuchenme, which Otto recommended. The restaurant, Zur Hoell, was a bit of a
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