Rothenburg was everything Craig said it would be. The town is surrounded by a wall that was built in the 13th century. Today, only residents and overnight guests are allowed to drive in. It is picture perfect and every building is immaculate. The entire town is walkable and was well worth the drive to see. Rothenburg is the headquarters for Kathe Wolfahrt (nutcrackers and smokers) so every shop is brimming with Christmas decorations.
Saturday night, we went on the Night Watchman's tour. Our guidebook describes him as a medieval Jerry Seinfeld, it was really funny. We decided that he must be the second wealtiest person in town(behind Kathe Wolfahrt)because the tour was mobbed. 
Sunday we drove to 
Bacharach in the Rhine Valley. The Rhine Valley was very much like the Mosel Valley. Craig found a youth hostel that was in a castle in Bacharch. We don't typically stay in hostels, but were intriqued by the castle. We had our own room and it was like a dorm. There were about 10 beds in the room and I think Colin was in all of them at least 3 times. The castle was awesome and kids loved it.Colin was on his best behavior because he didn't want the king to put him in the castle jail.
Monday we drove up to St. Goar to see the ruins of the Rheinfels Castle. It never gets old seeing castles. There are so many castles along the Rhine.
We got back to Antwerp by late afternoon. We moved apartments on Tuesday. We only moved a few blocks down the street. The new apartment is bigger - 3 bedrooms and 2 baths!! We are all happy in the new place. Chloe has her own bedroom and doesn't have to sleep next to the front door anymore and Craig doesn't have to move tables out of the street to get to the parking spot.Our new address:
Riemstraat 16 Bus 10/21
2000 Antwerp Belgium
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