On day 7 we woke in Rothenburg. We had to make sure we got more sightseeing in before we had to leave. So we went down for another yummy breakfast with the owner of the B&B. The lovely old man cooked our breaky for us then made sure we knew where we were going and how to get there.
After breaky, we headed out into the city again. We found the entrance to the battlements and walked them for as far as they would take us.
Along this wall there were plaques with names and locations on them. These are for the people who have purchased part of the wall to help Rothenburg stay as the beautiful medieval city it now is.
We found a museum of all things medieval and decided to take a look. It cost us an extra 3 euro on top of admission to be able to take photos, so I made sure I took heaps! Here are a couple of the cool stuff we found.
As sad as it was we had to then say goodbye to this beautiful place and head for Nurburg. The cars were calling our names.
On the drive north, the scenery changed and seemed dryer. As we got closer to towns, we came across heaps of tunnels and bridges. We pulled into Nurburg, quick;y checked into our hotel, then headed for the infamous Nurburgring race track.
Clay checked into RSR and got ready for the track briefing.
The Nurburgring is a race track that runs like a business, so you are charged to drive it, and if you bend it you bought it. You can drive anything round the track, even a bus if you wish. Clay has much more style than this, so he drove the BMW M3.
So after the briefing, it was go time. First lap was with the driver trainer, second lap I jumped in the passenger seat then the last two laps were all Clay.
The single lap that I rode along for was unreal. Both extremely scary and thrilling all at the same time. At one stage, I was sure I was going to hurl, but If they were going to charge $4000 to replace one section of guard rail, then I really didn't want to know the cost of cleaning the car, so I made sure I held it.
After the drive, we checked out some of the track cars in the shed. Lucky Clay didn't request this one, he didn't fit! Clay then signed the door and the drive day was done.
We headed to a local restaurant called Pistenhause and had the most awesome pizza's ever. Then we drove back to the hotel for a couple of drinkies. I fell
in love with Germany a little bit more when I asked for a Malibu and
coke, to which the bar tender, whilst holding the bottle to poor into
the glass, says "say stop" just awesome!
We took a stroll afterwards and found this sign. It points to all of the major race tracks throughout the world and the distance f
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