Today was a very fun and relaxing day overall. As the tour has continued, we have gotten more and more free time, and tomorrow we probably had the most. We had the entire morning free, and we were told that if we wanted breakfast it was from 7-8 in the morning. After our breakfast, we had until one in the afternoon to do as we pleased. Because we walk liked around the town and walked the wall the night before, we used the time we had in the morning to do some shopping.
First, we stopped at the Christmas village, which is a world famous shop and display. They had some amazing things! Everything from regular Christmas ornaments to intricate nutcrackers, amazing incense smokers and beer steins, it was all amazing! Unfortunately I have no pictures of the store, because for some reason they do. Not allow any pictures inside the Christmas village. After looking and doing some shopping there, we walked down to the revered knife and sword shop just to look around. It was a very cool store, somewhere between awesome and nerd-haven. One person on our tour bought a five foot tall axe/spear thing from it and had it shipped home! We spent a couple minutes here, and after making any purchases we wanted here we continued to wander. As we continued to wander down the street, we were taken by the heat and decided that it was a must for us to stop for some gelato. Everybody that I was with had completed all of their shopping by this point, so we walked further into Rothenburg to visit the famous crime museum. It was very cool! They had a multitude of executioners swords, shame hats, head and hand "violins" that bound the victim, as well as a multitude of other torture devices. After walking through this a museum, it was time for our concert!
We all quickly went back to e hotel to grab our stands and music as well as as change our clothes. After that, hurried to the town square where our last concert was held. It went splendidly! Even though it was entirely too hot and resulted in all of being very sweaty and only a little bit miserable, it was a very fun last concert and the crowd really seemed to enjoy it. They say at there is always such a big crowd in Rothenburg because hundreds of people come at 2 o'clock to see the massive clock tower under which we performed. When the clock finishes its show, everybody hears the band begin to play and simply sits down and listens! As I said, the concert went very well, it as a very fun last time playing together. After we loaded everything and the percussion was packed up, we decided to head out for a couple hours to enjoy the last couple of hours we had free in Rothenburg. After changing, I headed down the street towards the choir and orchestra concert, figuring that I should sit through at least one of their entire concerts. However, of course, to beat the heat we decided that we needed some gelato. Because it was so hot, a creamy flavor just wouldn't do, so I decided to try lemon and cherry, thinking that it would hopefully taste like cherry lemonade. And it did! It was the perfect snack. After this, I walked down to the choir and orchestra concert to see and hear them play their last concert, and it was wonderful! 
Once everyone was done playing, I met up with a couple people from the band and orchestra and we decided to once again walk along the wall around Rothenburg. However, because we had already done this once, we decided to have a little fun. Once it began to get dark, a lot of nooks and crannies on the wall become completely pitch black for a couple feet. We thought this was a perfect opportunity for us to hide in these places to see if people noticed us. Of course, they did. So, we one upped it. I had the fantastic idea that I could get up into the rafters of the roof of the wall and sit there waiting for people. (I in that the ceiling was quite because I always felt like I was going to run into it!) I spent about 30 minutes up in the rafters of the wall, with the rest of the people I was with telling me when people were coming so I would know when to drop my hand down in front of their face to give them a little scare. Unfortunately, I do not have a picture of this, because I didn't have my camera with me a the time! Hopefully I can snag the picture off of someone who I was with.
After this fun aside, we realized that it was about time to head back for our final farewell, which consisted of a 30 minute slideshow of a collection of pictures chronicling our adventures in each city. As this came to a close, it was a bittersweet moment for sure, but all I could think about was how much I had to pack! After saying goodbyes to everyone, I rushed to my room to pack. Packing completed: 11:30 pm. Wake up call: 2:15 am.
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