April 28

~ Nuremberg

If you’re over 80, you know this; if you’re between 60 – 80, you’ve heard of this; if you’re under 60, you’ll have to look it up . . .

[Saying good-bye to our new friends on the Embla.  Unfortunately, it has been so long ago now I’ve forgotten their names.  They always left us wanting for nothing.]

[We’re on the bus to Nuremberg now, and at the end of our visit there we will be moving to a new boat.]

[Still chilly in the neighborhood – 5 degrees Celsius translates to 41 degrees F.]

[John was enjoying his book, The Boys in the Boat, along the way.]

[Yup, another little snow squall for our traveling pleasure.]

[It’s 10:33 am – that doesn’t have to be converted to Fahrenheit or anything.]

[Obi?  Do I have royalty interests?]

[First sighting of Nuremberg Castle, c. 1000]

[Half-timbered (or fachwerk) construction, common through this area.]

[In Nuremberg center (Hauptmarkt) a house with a mural.]

[Haupmarkt, John points to the clock to let us know the countdown for our city walking exploration has begun.]

[Amazing, the number of cities with canals.]

[The Super says, “I love it, but it might be time to look for place with hot drinks!”]

[(Ultimately it was decided that I already had a sufficient supply of under garments.)]

[Is just bear with us too lame?]

[Not for Helen who was ready for some serious polka time!]

[Noting the absence of Pam and Tom from these meanderings, this may have been when they did the Nuremberg WWII tour.  We would do a bit of that in a bit.]

[And yet another attractive walking area for shopping, wining, and dining.  And the spires of St. Peter’s Cathedral.]

[We walked over one of these canal bridges . . . and came back on another.]

[The ladies take advantage of the photo ops . . . John’s thinking hot tea!]

[This will be identified three photos down.]

[Oh, can’t read German?  “The Marriage Carousel” (1977-1981).  Oy!]

[Back to the central square . . . ]

[What a day for an ice cream cone!]

[ . . . or a brat!]

[Und ein bier!]

[(Weakie, are you paying attention?)]

[Back outside to walk off lunch.]

[Pam and Tom . . . rediscovered!]

[And now back on the bus for the WWII tour part.  The Nuremberg trials memorium . . . ]

[A corner of the Palace of Justice.]

[Palace of Justice]

[Bus]

[Prison behind the Palace of Justice where Nazi war criminals were held.]

[St. John’s Cemetery]

[Bus]

[Nuremberg State Theater]

[Police headquarters . . . well, what it’s currently leased for.]

[Documentation Center Nazi Party Rally Grounds . . . ]

[An overlook . . . we didn’t stop.]

[Can you guess?]

[Ahh, now I know where we are . . . ]

[Luitpold Arena in the Nazi Party Rally Grounds had a capacity of 150,000.]

[And a lovely lake in the Nazi Party Rally Grounds.]

[Nazi Party Rally Grounds, 1933 – 1938 – the dreariness of the day added to the dreariness of the place!]

[Let’s go home and back to modernity . . . ]

[And now back in the city past the Castle.]

[Beautiful Fountain, apparently getting a beauty makeover.]

[John is sooo happy, indoors with hot tea (or was it chocolate?), showing off his Europe sweatshirt.]

[Farmers’ market on the Haupmarkt.]

[Alex??]

[Back at Haupmarkt, the tourists are laughing in anticipation of . . . ]

[Frauenkirche, Church of Our Lady, c. 1352,  One of the most notable features of the church is the Männleinlaufen, a mechanical clock that commemorates the Golden Bull of 1356. The clock was installed in the church in 1506. The Holy Roman Emperor is shown seated with the prince-electors surrounding him.  The clock mechanism is activated at midday, a bell is rung to start the sequence followed by the trumpeters and drummer. Then there is a procession of the electors around the figure of the Holy Roman Emperor. (Wikipedia.)]

[And now back on the bus for the trip “home” . . . ]

[You’ve heard of him, right?  He had some wild idea that the Sun, rather than the Earth, was the center of the universe.]

[St. Rochusfriedhof, a cemetery created in 1510 for plague victims.]

[And now we’re heading back to our new boat . . . ]

[Germany is behind only China in amount of power provided by solar panels.]

[The bus deposited us here where Helen tried to get to the “bottom” of things.]

[The welcoming party for our new boat . . . welcome to the Aegir!]

[Desserts . . . still good!]

Restore human legs as a means of travel. Pedestrians rely on food for fuel and need no special parking facilities. ~  Lewis Mumford

Up Next:  Bamberg (unless summer intervenes, again)