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October 29th 2013

Published: October 29th 2013

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Nuremburg

Beautiful Fountain (Schoner Brunnen) in the Market Square

First actual touring day today. As anticipated, we had to be up with our bags outside the door at 7.30am and in the bus after having breakfast by 8.30. We're very used to taking it much more easily than that so this week will be a challenge. We have a young lady from Bosnia as our guide who seems to be very well-informed and speaks many languages. The tour is all in English however, even though 6-7 nationalities are represented in the group.

We rode from Munich to Nuremberg where we spent an hour & a half looking around the very attractive central area of the historic city centre. The architecture is eye-catching and we were surprised to learn that much of the area was badly damaged during WW2 and that most of the ancient buildings were painstakingly rebuilt after 1945. Nuremberg has dark connotations due to it's role as a key city during Hitler's regime, however in reality it is a lovely bustling city and we would have liked to spend more time there. We had a coffee & a quick snack before returning to the central square to watch the Glockenspiel on top of the church tower at

Nuremburg

The Market Square with the Church of Our Lady on the left

midday. As is always the case, the bus waits for no-one!

Off again towards Prague with one more "comfort stop" before we finally reached our hotel at about 4.30pm. We opted to pass on an optional dinner in a "typical Czech restaurant" & decided to go for a walk in the (very crisp) fresh air. We had some very tasty Lebanese food in a "typical Czech shopping centre food court" then headed back to ready ourselves for another early start and a full day in the centre of Prague.

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