Blogs from Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg), Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 4

Kisbee raring to go as usual and to brave the wide and quite busy roads into Nurenburg centre. Only about 5km but our route crossed a couple of ring roads so not for the faint hearted. Bob had fitted Tomtom to his specially devised holder on Kisbee’s handlebars and set it to take us directly to the Kaiser Palace at the top of the old city. Got most of the way there until as we crossed a bridge over the river I pointed out a sign which said cyclists only, no cars or motorbikes. We parked where we were instead, near the Lorenze Sqaure and church. We discovered later we had chosen our parking spot well. The world and his motorbike and scooter was also parked there at 4pm. We visited the church and admired ... read more

Saturday, 15th April 2017 With the Bayern Ticket on hand, we hopped on to the "Munchen-Nurnberg Regio Express Train" which would bring us directly to the city of Nuremberg in 2 hours. One thing that strike us deeply as we exit from the train station building was its medieval feel of the old town. Directly opposite the station was the imposing Handwerkerhof, a shopping area focusing on crafts. We didn't stop to peep as we strolled along the main Konigstrase thoroughfare towards the river where the Christmas Market was. The busy street was lined with hotels, many cafes and shopping opportunities. The crowd was thick on a Saturday. We stopped by at one of the ice-cream stands for dessert before heading to the market for sausages. The landmark Pfarrhaus Lorenzkirche Church was a focal point within ... read more

Hi all, We did have a third day in Prague, but I figured that I had already posted enough pictures of Prague, so I will spare you. I can tell you that I was feeling better, so I was able to go explore too, which was nicer than just looking at pictures Steve had taken. We took the Hop-on-Hop-Off bus, which took us to all the sights, with narration, without me having to walk all around. So, that was nice. There are lots of little Christmas markets in different places around the city, so we visited two more. A little the same, a little different. We mostly drank hot mulled (spiced) wine and Christmas punch (non-alcoholic for me), and sampled a few different foods. It was fun. So, the next day was Sunday, and we hopped ... read more

Geo: 49.4505, 11.0805Off the ship now. Nuremberg (Nürnberg) city tour (our last in Germany). Rainy day. Lots of umbrellas. Off to Prague.... read more

This morning was our last morning in Berlin before heading to Nuremberg and we made the not-so-great decision to drive there… more on that later. Before leaving for Nuremberg, we did manage to squeeze in more sight – the Berlin War Memorial. This was one thing that wasn’t available via tour bus yesterday, but I really wanted to do something Berlin Wall related. There are several different exhibits or sights throughout the city that talk about the Berlin Wall or have fragments of the wall, but the area with the largest amount of wall left was at the Berlin Wall Memorial and we opted for that. We got up early and took a cab to the location of the Memorial which covers a few city blocks and also includes an inside museum with more information about ... read more