The Fairy Tale Road

For our first day in Germany, we took it easy and wandered along part of the "Fairy Tale Road"... a route that, among other things, has connections to the Brothers Grimm and their stories.
This is the Altstadt (old town) of Marburg, high up on a hill and accessed by a slightly creepy elevator. The streets are empty because its 8am on a Sunday, and only over-eager jet-lagged tourists are running around with cameras at 8am.




Part of Marburg's Schloss (castle).




Here we are in Hameln (or Hamelin... yes, that Hamelin...) in front of a statue of the Pied Piper, which is obviously a big deal in this town. There was a walking tour marked on the sidewalk with painted rats, and you could buy little rats made of bread dough everywhere, including our hotel lobby. Incidentally, we are getting splashed here... I am actually pretty soaked, since it took Darrin forever to set up the camera, and multiple tries at exposure.




Streets of Hameln at night.




An accidental picture of the Rat-catcher's House (1603), a nifty Weser Renaissance building.