Blogs from Nuremberg (aka Nürnberg), Bavaria, Germany, Europe - page 7

Our hotel is just inside the Old Town city walls and therefore is very convenient to the cathedrals, the Pegnitz river, most museums, the Castle on the hill and of course eateries, shops and transport. We face the back of the hotel where we have a view of the old city wall, the new museum which we can look into because of its glass facade. We also have a fountain which turns on at 10am and turns off at 10pm. The hexagonal shaped fountain spurts up parallel shafts of water and each section goes up progressively until the fountain has 16 sections of water working, then it suddenly stops and starts again. People, especially children stand in between the shafts of water, squealing delightedly. We have become used to this noise, but are thankful that it ... read more

Nuremberg may not be the top of everyone’s ‘must see’ list but being what my mum used to call, a ‘Nazi botherer’ it was definitely mine. I was actually very surprised how open the city is about its grim past and has embraced its role in National Socialism and is honest about the way it has moved forward since then. It took 4 and half hours on the train to get from Vienna (at the crack of dawn may I add) and upon arrival I discovered that my hotel was nestled beautifully in the old town, between 2 churches and the red light district! Must make sure I turn the correct way on the way out of the front door then! After getting directions I headed to the nearest tram station and took a tram all ... read more

Our plan was to visit the Nuremberg court room and visit the DB (Deutsche Bahn) rail museum. Some had recommended that the train museum was a good one. After shower and morning oblations, we headed for breakfast. There is no hot food served here. But the area was very nicely setup with plenty of bread, boiled egg and cheese choices. There were multiple yogurt varieties. Norbert supplied us with a flask full of coffee which was quite good. Our plan of visiting the above museum went for a toss as we checked the internet and realized these are closed on Tuesdays! This was frustrating. We really wanted to see the Nuremberg Trials' museum. After some research, we found out that there is a Natural history museum of Germany in the old town area. All of old ... read more

19 décembre 2012, Amsterdam J’ai tout de suite aimé Amsterdam. Avec ses multiples canaux et ses maisons étroites et croches, ses petite ruelles qui cachent des cafés et des pubs tellement jolis, et ses vélos qui sillonnent la ville sans arrêt. La première chose qui m’a frappé, c’est la quantité de gens qui se promènent en vélo, à pieds ou en tramway, comparé au nombre moins élevé de voiture. En fait, le réseau cyclable est aussi complet que le réseau routier; il y a des pistes cyclables partout, séparée de la voie routière avec son propre système de signalisation. À certaines intersections, il y a un même un espace pour les vélos pour aller devant les voitures! On s’est balader en vélo pendant une journée et bien que je me promène beaucoup en vélo en ville ... read more

We somehow managed to leave Berlin, despite our train being cancelled and being told just to jump on another one.. There go our seat reservations and plans! No need to worry though as it was very smooth and we arrived in Nuremberg only 20mins later than we thought... Chris had the idea to visit Nuremberg Zoo while we were here and Im glad he did.. It was unique walking through a near empty zoo in the snow seeing all the animals. Most bizarelly was seeing kangaroos.. in the snow.. in the zoo.. I dont think kangaroos are built for snow! A second highlight was the tiger that did nothing but roar the whole time we were there, you could hear him from anywhere in the park and when you stood in front of him, he really ... read more