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Nuremberg

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    • Day 8

      Day 8

      June 7, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☀️ 25 °C

      Jen is feeling better yoday. Today we docked early and our tours started at 9.00, I did the Nurnburg old town tour and Jen did the Nuremberg World War ll tour. The old town tour was lovely we started at the top of a hill at the Castle they were setting up a Beer festival in the moor, luckily it was a dry moor. We wandered our way down to the market square where in December they have the world famous Christmas markets. There was a Church convention in town so there was lots of stages being erected and tents being set up so it was very busy. We had an hour and a half free time before heading back to the boat for lunch. I wandered around the town and checked out the shops, I found a shop with some interesting shoes & handbags, a crazy cookie store and souvenir stores selling pretty much the same stuff as the other towns. I stopped at a restaurant for a coffee and asked for a Cappuccino and the waiter said no only Espresso so I said ok, I will have a Coke then. He came back with an expresso and a coke so I tried my very first expresso. I actually really enjoyed the expresso, the coke may have been an overkill on the caffeine but I drank that too.Read more

    • Day 6

      Rally Grounds

      February 26, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 2 °C

      More snow and bitterly cold wind this morning, so we rugged up and caught the train to the former Nazi Party Rally Grounds, aka Zeppelin Field (named after the landing of one of Count Zeppelin's airships there in 1909).

      From 1933 the area was used by the Nazis Party for their annual party rally, with up to 200,000 attendees. During World War II it remained largely intact. On April 22 1945, the US Army held its victory parade at the main grandstand, and after the ceremony the swastika atop the building was blown up. In 1967 the pillar galleries were demolished because they were unsafe. The shortened grandstand remains, with the area still used for an annual motor racing event and cultural events.

      Across the lake from Zeppelin Field is Congress Hall. This huge building was to provide undercover seating for 50,000 people, and would have been almost twice the size of the Colosseum in Rome. The outside looks complete, but the interior is an unfinished shell, 39m in height. Construction work was abandoned in World War II and it remains unfinished today.

      We walked back to the city via a number of caches and had dinner at a local restaurant.
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    • Day 78

      Nazi Rally Grounds

      November 20, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      It is difficult to get your head around the size of the site and how big the Nazi party had wanted to make this place... 16km². Walking between the sites that remain, the Zeppelin Field was by far the most imposing.

      Standing there where Hilter stood... a very strange feeling.
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    • Day 5

      Day 4 Nuremberg, Germany

      December 11, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 8 °C

      What an amazing day! We left Frankfurt at 8am and travelled by autobahn for two hours to reach Rothenburg, a medieval walled town. It was truly beautiful and the Christmas decorations outside many of the houses added to it. There were lots of little shops and a particularly stunning Christmas shop with room after room of quality Christmas things. Added to the atmosphere was the Christmas market. The weather was lovely and mild - about 12 degrees with the sun shining. The only disappointment was that we needed more time to explore, and an hour and a half later we were back on the bus, heading for Nuremberg, about two hours away. On arrival there we went on a guided walking tour of the old town, ( actually reconstructed after the Second World War) and the castle. The view down was over the city and really beautiful. The streets were typical of German architecture. The day ended with time to be spent in the beautiful Christmas market there. It too was set in front of a church in a square and many of the surrounding trees were covered in lights, making it all very beautiful. The only downside was that it started to rain and we really were pleased to be back on the bus and heading for our hotel and dinner. We loved our day but ready for an early night.Read more

    • Day 2

      Staatstheater Nürnberg - Don Giovanni

      March 10 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 11 °C

      Heute Abend besuchen wir nun im Staatstheater Nürnberg die Oper „Don Giovanni“. Die Musik von Mozart begeistert. Die Geschichte des Verführers welcher bereits vor ca. 400 Jahren selbst gewählt in die Hölle gefahren ist bleibt aktuell. Wir sitzen ganz vorne und können sowohl das Orchester als auch die Sänger aus der Nähe geniessen. Es wird die Urfassung, wie sie erstmals in Prag uraufgeführt wurde, gespielt. Die Inszenierung ist neuzeitlich und gelegentlich auch etwas gewagt. Am Schluss der Aufführung sind das Publikum wie auch wir begeistert.Read more

    • Day 19

      Nuremberg

      October 7, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      Today we drove to Nuremberg. The first pic is of the train station. We then visited the Nazi Party Rally grounds where the military would parade in front of Hitler. It’s been very interesting to see how the German people openly discuss the Nazi time period and want to be sure that people understand it, so something so horrible never happens again.
      I really wanted to visit the courtroom where the Nuremberg trials took place. We had an English speaking guide who really helped us understand how the trials happened. Pic 2 is of the courthouse. This courthouse was chosen because it was in the American sector of Germany and it was one of the few courthouses still standing after the war. Nuremberg was heavily bombed but because the courthouse wasn’t in the middle of the city, it escaped. The last reason Nuremberg was chosen for the trials was because a jail was attached to the courthouse. They didn’t want to transport the 23 defendants and maybe have them escape. They had to walk from the jail directly to the courtroom. Pic 6 is of the inside of the courtroom. It isn’t very big. There were 23 defendants, each with 2 attorneys, there were translators, stenographers, reporters, people filming the whole trial, 2 judges from each of the 4 allied countries, Russia, England, France and the US and the prosecutor was from the US Supreme Court. During the first meeting of the judges, the Russians said, “They’re all guilty, let’s just kill them”. The English and French agreed but the American judges said, “No, we have to look at the evidence and hold a trial”. The trial lasted 11 months. 12 defendants were found guilty and were hanged shortly thereafter. 7 went to prison, 3 were found not guilty but when tried in the German courts they were found guilty, and one committed suicide with a cyanide pill his attorney gave him.
      After the courthouse we needed to do something “lighter” so we went to an area of town that has a lot of crafts. Pic 3 is of the entrance into the old town where these shops were. Pic 4 is of the area. Pic 5 is lunchtime! 6 little bratwurst, and potato salad. Simple but yummy. At the end of the day Olivia caught a train back to Bayreuth and Davor and I continued our trip to the Regensburg area to visit his sister and brother in law.

      Highlight of the day: Visiting courtroom 600 where the Nuremberg Trials took place
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    • Day 77

      Way of Human Rights?

      November 19, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 13 °C

      Who decided what is and is not a human right?

      Why are human rights not implemented and protected by the state rather than remedied by individual action?

      Article 25:
      Everyone has the right to a standard of living adequate for the health and well-being of himself and of his family, including food, clothing, housing and medical care and necessary social services, and the right to security in the event of unemployment, sickness, disability, widowhood, old age or other lack of livelihood in circumstances beyond his control. Motherhood and childhood are entitled to special care and assistance.

      Rights have to be an objective, just like economic growth 📈
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    • Day 77

      Afraid of Stardust?

      November 19, 2023 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 12 °C

      The exhibition shows the constant oscillation between positions, categories, and identities, and how entrenched binary systems can be replaced by ambivalence and openness.

      I loved Leigh Bowery video! I interpret this as a protest against the boxes that society likes 💛💚💙💜🩷🧡♥️

      That brings my last full week, Week 11, to an end! 👣 104,067.

      https://www.kunstkulturquartier.de/kunsthalle-n…
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    • Day 3

      Rustdag tussen Neurenberg en Klagenfurt

      August 25 in Germany ⋅ ☁️ 16 °C

      De dag begon met een rondleiding van onze vriend Jan Depner in de kerk waar hij predikant is: de Lorenzkerk. Een van de oudste kerken van de stad met veel symboliek en prachtig snij- en beeldhouwwerk En niet te vergeten: 4 orgels die vanaf 1 speeltafel bespeeld kunnen worden.

      De dominee leidde de dienst onder een eeuwenoude regenboog.
      Je moest wel aardig bedreven zijn in de kerkelijke gewoonten om alles te kunnen bijhouden. Maar het kring-Avondmaal in een kerk waarin zij, die ons zijn voorgegaan als het ware om ons heen zweefden, was ontroerend mooi.

      Een heel andere rust kregen we in de trein naar Oostenrijk. Heel kort na de dienst moesten we al weg vanwege de vele vertragingen in Duitsland. We kregen een ideale 1e klas coupé waar we met z'n tweeën de lange reis alleen konden zitten en liggen.
      Zo werd het toch nog een echte rustdag, terwijl de prachtige landschappen van Duitsland en Oostenrijk aan ons voorbijtrokken. We kwamen weer langs het Gasteinertal waar we paar jaar geleden vakantie hadden gevierd.

      Na vele uren kwamen we in Klagenfurt aan en konden we heel gemakkelijk vlak bij het station ons Bed en Breakfast vinden. We zien ernaar uit om morgen te beginnen met onze vakantie in het naburige Keutschach.
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    • December 10 - Arrival in Nuremberg

      December 10, 2022 in Germany ⋅ ⛅ 0 °C

      It’s a travel day, so it was an early breakfast (no lineup at the two coffee machines that are woefully inadequate to serve 100s of guests) and out of the hotel at 8:30 a.m. The train station was just a short walk away. We got on the right train, wrong seats first, then right seats. We are getting better at this train travel thing.

      Our destination is Nuremberg which is Bavaria's second largest city after Munich, and a popular tourist destination for foreigners and Germans alike. It was a leading city 500 years ago, but 90% of the town was destroyed in 1945 during the war. After World War II, many medieval-style areas of the town were rebuilt. Damaged buildings were repaired in the original Gothic style, but some structures were beyond repair. Instead of replicating these exactly as they had been, or replacing them with modern-style buildings, post war architects compromised. The result is a “traditional modern” type of rebuilding in a modern style while preserving the medieval city’s footprint and using traditional building materials (such has native sandstone). Some blemishes on the buildings are patched bullet scars from 1945. The Christkindlemarkt is one of the oldest (it started in the 16th century), largest, and most famous of Christmas markets in the world – it draws a million visitors every year (I think they are all here right now!) Nuremberg is renowned as the gingerbread capital of the world.

      The train got in as expected about 1:30 p.m. We could see the hotel just across the road from the hotel, and thankfully, our rooms were ready for us. The hotel staff are nice and pleasant and helpful – such a welcome change from our experience in Vienna. We dropped our bags in our rooms and gathered in the lobby. First order of business was lunch since we had just had nibbles on the train. There was a Hans im Glück restaurant near the hotel so off we went. That’s the same restaurant chain we ate in at Dresden overlooking the market. We pretty much ordered the same things we had last time because they were so good.

      It was time to hit the town. The main street is a pedestrian thoroughfare during Christmas market season, so we just joined the throngs in the middle of the road and headed towards the centre of town. We soon split off into three groups as the crowds were huge and our needs/wants were all different. Sue and I pressed on into the centre of town around the huge church and braved the masses for a couple of hours. The place was mobbed with people – these markets attract Half of the people were carrying mugs of hot mulled wine called Glühwein so it was slow going. We saw a few things that we liked and earmarked them for a second look tomorrow. We were getting cold - the temps are a few degrees lower here than in the other places we’ve been in – so we headed back to the hotel. It felt good to get off our feet long before 8:30 p.m.

      After such a late lunch, we had a dinner of cheese, crackers, wine, clementines, chocolate and stollen in the triple room (aka the dormitory). The serious soccer watchers turned on the game at 8:00 p.m. – it’s England vs. France.

      I’ve booked us a walking tour for 11:30 a.m. tomorrow. It’s time to learn some German history.
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    You might also know this place by the following names:

    Kreisfreie Stadt Nürnberg, Kreisfreie Stadt Nurnberg, Nuremberg

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