October 16, 2010, Saturday, Eric's Birthday!

I can't think of a happier place for my man to be on his birthday. This was long awaited for him. This new museum opened in January 2009. Eric had been to the original much much smaller museum years ago.

The architect was given a small triangular space to build the museum and the result is a really cool looking building.

Here she is John!

       The car of your dreams!

I'll take this one.

Eric really enjoyed his day and we saw so many awesome cars. I even told Eric at the end of the day that maybe he can have one again soon, at least once the upcoming wedding is paid for.

After a good lunch in the "cafeteria" at the museum we did a little shopping in the gift shop and made our way to Rothenburg Ob der Tauber, a medieval walled city in Germany.

We arrived in Rothenburg Ob der Tauber in good time,checked into our hotel, popped into a few shops, and chose a restaurant for dinner.

I had a wonderful vegetable dish with salad, Eric had sausages with sauerkraut and Taylor had French Onion soup. It was all very good comfort food as the weather was cold and dreary. We finished just in time to get to the "Night Watchman Walk".

The Night Watchman walking tour was fun. The "Night Watchman" talked about the medieval times and what it was like to live in Rothenburg. He explained the war and how Rothenburg was able to mostly stay intact which makes it one of Germany's best preserved walled towns.

He pointed out some of the oldest buildings in town including a bar named "hell" which brings up all kinds of jokes within the walled city. When someone in Rothenburg tells you to "go to h..." people are happy to oblige.

This was a fun event and a great way to end the day.