Blogs from Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg), Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 15

June 22, 2006 We left Berlin early, and were able to get on a train that arrived into Nuremberg with plenty of time before the match--U.S. vs. Ghana. The train was packed with Americans, ready to cheer on the team in its match against Ghana. The scene in the station was mad, and we could hardly walk. Americans screaming and cheering on even before anything was ready to began. It was a great atmosphere. The fans from Ghana were humble and their cheers were easily drowned by the other side's. After waiting in line to put our bags away, we grabbed the metro and headed to the stadium. The train was packed, and luckily I was able to grab a seat. Getting off the station, about a fifteen minute walk from Fan Fast, we weren't able ... read more

Days in Nurnberg Monday: A Day of Rest and the Toy Museum Yesterday we didn’t really do all that much so we didn’t dedicate a blog entry for the day. After we woke up we went in search of breakfast. Kel wasn’t feeling very good because of a headache so we needed to get food right away in hopes of making her feel better. While we were searching for place to eat, we stopped and got pretzels. Very cheap, but very good and fulfilling; the pretzels carried us until we found an acceptable place to eat. Once we found an acceptable place we each did breakfast in our own way. Kel had broccoli and cheddar soup while I had toast with honey, butter and jam. Yummy! From there we headed to the Spielzeugmuseum (Toy Museum). ... read more

Last weekend, we went to Nuremberg, Germany to go to the Christmas Market. Every December there are Christmas markets in many German and Austrian cities with traditional food, drinks, and decorations for sale. We chose Nuremberg because it has one of the most famous Christmas markets and because we found a great flight deal to Stuttgart, only a two hour train ride away. When we arrived the first night, we found out that our hotel was celebrating its one year anniversary. They had free drinks and “science experiment” type appetizers prepared by a team of chefs. One of the friendly chefs explained the different foods to us and brought us all sorts of things to try: rose petal soup served in a large fake syringe, coconut “caviar” (the caviar was really just coconut milk dripped into ... read more

Tja, dann wolln wir mal. Erstmal: was mach ich überhaupt? Ich werd in China ein halbes Jahr studieren und anschließend ein weiteres in einer Firma vor Ort ein Praktikum absolvieren. Ersteres ist sicher. Ich geh an die UIBE Beijing. Und ab morgen wird es dann ernst und wir wollen mal sehen, wer sich so in der Fremde wieder findet. Zurzeit sitz ich noch in der Wohnung von meinem Freund Christian in Nürnberg und verbring so die Zeit mit letzten Vorbereitungen vor meinem Abflug morgen, wie zum Beispiel auch das Einrichten dieses Bloggs. So langsam stellt sich eine gewisse Aufregung ein. Ich war zwar schon die letzten Tage angespannt, was außer der normal anfallend3en Nervosität auch mit vielen kleineren bis größeren Problemen (Konsulate sind ein Graus) zu tun hatte, aber auch mit dem Gedanken erst einmal vor ... read more

Well, perhaps 'same procedure as every 4 years' would be more apt. There is a famous short film in Germany, entitled 'Dinner for One'. Although it's in english, adapted from a theatre sketch, it's little known outside Germany, where it's a staple of New Year's Eve TV. The plot loosely revolves around the catchphrase 'Same procedure as last year?' , receiving the response 'Same procedure as every year'. Somehow, this immediately came to mind, when, 4 years after our last visit , the scenes of jubilation we'd witnessed there when Turkey reached the World Cup semi finals were repeated, this time with Italian flags, following their dubious victory over the Socceroos. The road encircling the walled Altstadt of Nurnberg seems to be the perfect place for fans to congregate in their cars, flags flying and horns ... read more