Nuremberg Part 1

Our passage from  Regensberg to Nuremberg was along an engineering marvel.   It is a man-made canal built to connect the Main River and the Danube River.   It gave boats a route all the way from the North Sea to the Black Sea.   There were many locks along the way.   We arrived in Nuremberg around noon on Tuesday.   It was a miserable looking day.   Rain, dark clouds, and chilly.   So when we began our city tour after lunch it did not look promising.   During the first bus part of the tour it began to let up and by the time we walked through the old city, it was again partly sunny and warm.   The picture above is of the old castle located on the highest point of the city.   It was badly damaged during WWII, but some sections remained intact and the rest has been restored.

This is the view we had from the top of the castle over the city.   It was so beautiful!   The clouds were breaking up and the rain had stopped.   Our guide had shown us a picture of what the area looked like after the war.   It was nearly destroyed.   But as you can see, many areas have been restored and restoration is still going on.

A courtyard within the castle walls.

The only tower left standing in the castle after the war.

After viewing the castle, we made our way down into the old town along cobblestone streets and narrow alleys.   The picture at the right is called Beautiful Fountain.  It has a gold ring hanging on the metal lattice around the bottom.   Legend has it that if you turn it 3 times in a clockwise direction you will return to Nuremberg.   You can just see me doing my turning!

Most of this part of Germany is Lutheran, but this is actually a Catholic church.   Quite Gothic looking and pretty dreary inside.

Of course, we could not visit Germany without having some authentic sausages.   There is quite a battle between German cities as to who has the best ones.   These were not bad, but we actually feel like good old Johnsonville does a pretty good job too.

To be continued.....