We stopped at Dinkelsbühl and Nördlingen - both very pretty medieval towns, with complete city ramparts, cobblestone streets and huge 16th century houses, many with carvings and paintings depicting biblical and mythological themes. Some of the houses are so huge you can't believe they were ever housing just one family - most now appear to be in several apartments.
Started to rain quite hard as we were heading to Füssen in the foothills of the Bavarian Alps. It's mainly a base for those going to the castles at Neuschwanstein and Hohenschwangau but it has a 15th-century castle of its own which was once used by the bishops of Augsburg as a summer palace.
Germany doesn't just have romantic roads, it has very, very fast roads. Generally there's no speed limit on the autobahns and yesterday Andrew got up to 196 kph, stopped from reaching 200 kph only by a BMW pulling out in front of him. You do have to look out for that - drivers seem to think nothing of pulling out into the fast lane despite a very fast moving car coming up behind them. It's an amazing road system though - I don't think you can ever be much more than 20 minutes from a motorway. You can do large distances really quickly and we have - I noticed today they we've already done 1,450km!
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