Blogs from Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg), Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 13

On the last day before we left Frankreich, we were almost smited. To make a long story short, some of the girls were going to mess with our room, we found out and made a boobie trap, and finally they taped a lot of stuff in our room to the walls and sprung our trap, getting water all over the floor. That was it. No big deal, we were just going to clean it up. Well, an unnamed 3rd party character went to our teachers, going, "Umm, I don't know if you know it, but umm, there's something going on in room 105. Umm, I think someone laid a trap, blah blah blah blah." I would like to point out that this tattletale was not even staying in the room that got messed up, and the ... read more

Here are the only two pictures I took from day one and two of the Nuernberg excursion. On July 7th, we took some trains to the youth hostel. Nothing really interesting happened, other than the fact that we were all amazed at the city's beauty. Oh, Conner also fell down some stairs and messed up his back. No big deal, though. It was just a night to relax and chill. The hostel was a very cool part of a castle on top of a huge hill. You could see it from like a mile away because it was so high up. The bad news was that getting up the hill was always tough. There was some jerks there, naturally, and a mean old german lady complained about us to reception, even though it was her kids ... read more

Deutschland! The train to Germany was quick and pleasant. We arrived in Nurnberg and was greated by Marcs friend from CSULA-exchange student, Joachim... trouble! We enjoyed a delicious German dinner prepared by his boyfriend, Stephane. A meal including sourkraut, sausage, and heffenweisen. We took a walking audio tour of Nurnberg, and learned about the castles, Nazis, churches, and the city wall. On top of the castle we got a great view of the city. While in the giftshop, while taking a picture of Jon wearing an awesome hat, Marc left his camera there and it was lost for a while, and our life temporarily was over. Luckily, its back. We also ventured out to Wortzberg, driving on the Autobahn at about 220 km/h (136 mph). Weeeeeeeee. There we met up with Wolfgang, also from CSULA, and ... read more

5/20/08 Today we were watching a film about Nuremberg. It said that none of the people tried pled guilty. That is false, because Speer did. Is Nuremberg trying to look better to its visitors who are not studying history? It was only off by a little, but sometimes those little falsehoods can lead to something bigger. I do not assume that riots are going to break out because someone actually did give an admission of guilt, but there is still something to be said there. Similarly, the video at Dachau said that the residents of the town had no idea what had been happening and rushed to help bury the bodies. How could the residents of Dachau not known what was going on.? People must have known! The smell of burning flesh, the screams, the huge ... read more

5/18/08 We arrived in Nuremberg today. While it was sad to say goodbye to Munich, it is nice to see a new city. We stopped at the documentation center where there was an interesting museum. A few things really stuck out. First was the art that the children did that was anti Jew. It is so incredible that this idea of Jewish inferiority reached every corner of society! Children will believe anything, and with this bombardment of messages that the Jews are a race to hate and they are the reason for your problems, it was inevitable that the children would pick up on that. Plus, the Hitler youth was comparable in many peoples’ eyes to the Boy Scouts of America: everyone was a part of it. It was seen as something that would make your ... read more