Day 2 Nurnberg

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We boarded our River Boat Saturday afternoon around 2:30. Our room is incredible! It's like being in a luxury hotel. We enjoyed cocktails in the bar before dinner then enjoyed a fantastic 5 course first night meal, I'll post a pic of the menu. We all pretty much fell into bed exhausted after such a fabulous meal.



Day 2 Nurnberg



We got up and made it to our choice of sightseeing this morning. We choose to explore old Nürnberg, which included a bus tour "along its centuries-old ramparts and defensive walls, past the opera house and St. John's Cemetery to the old city and marketplace," and a walking tour of the castle. "In the Middle Ages, Holy Roman Emperors stayed here when they were in town. This huge complex has 45 buildings" and was built upon a rock. We also visited the Albrecht Dürer home and museum. It was amazing being inside a home that was built so many hundreds of years ago. "Nürnberg’s most famous resident lived in this house for the last 20 years of his life. Albrecht Dürer (1471- 1528), a contemporary of Michelangelo, studied in Venice and brought the Renaissance to stodgy medieval Germany. He did things that were unthinkable to other northern European artists of his time— such as signing his works, or painting things like hares simply for study (not on commission)." After our tour, which lasted a couple of hours, we had free time and of course we shopped once again! We returned to our river boat and set sail at 2:00, heading to tomorrow's stop of Regensburg, Germany. (Steves, "Germany" and Tauck brochure.)

Another spectacular meal tonight! I'm pretty sure we'll be rolling back home once this trip is over!

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Photos

The Savor
Our floating luxury hotel.

The Savor
Our river boat home for another week.

Our room
View from the mezzanine. And yes, they're comfortable!

Our room
We have a mezzanine in our room!

Castle fortifications
Cannon could be shot in several directions from here. The zig zag walls were almost impenetrable.

Tunnel to the castle
The tunnel has a sharp turn to defend against battering rams and the hole in the ceiling is to pour boiling oil through. Yes, it really is.

Boiling oil hole
This is where the boiling oil comes from. This castle was never breached.....never.

Imperial Castle or Kaiserburg
Just a small part of the castle complex.

Castle
More of the castle complex

First night's 5 course meal
We both had the steak and IT. WAS. AMAZING.

Imperial Castle
Very steep walkway from the castle complex. (We'd refer to it as a compound where we're from!)

Half Timber Houses
On the way to the Durer home and museum.

Durer Home and Museum
Beautiful examples of Half Timber Buildings. Duper Home on the right.

Durer House and Museum
This is a midievel kitchen. This is a kitchen....