Nuremberg/Nürnberg

Stephanie and I definitely enjoyed this city, although I confess to now knowing much about it than before we went. It is one of the oldest cities in Germany and a delight to visit, from the ancient city walls,  to the old churches, the rebuilt parts of town, and the markets.

Within the old town, there were many great streets to explore (we just needed more time because we didn’t even make it to the castle!)

Quite a few town squares were interesting, some having buildings from the Middle Ages. The part of the building in the middle is the oldest section and, back in the day, was a private home/fortress for one family.

Of course there were churches to visit, first St. Lawrence Church as an example.

With church art to enjoy, including this altar with a carved Last Supper.

There was more…

including these “remodeled” round towers. When they figured out that cannon balls hitting a round wall would more likely hit at an angle than the direct hit on a straight wall, they rebuilt the square towers as round ones.

 

Our guide book said these shops near this round tower are newly built (for us tourist) but it was a fun shopping area with nice local crafts.

 

You know from previous posts that I enjoy the open air markets and those in Nürnberg were no exception.

Of course, there were flowers in the market.

Other flowers were growing throughout the town, including these lovely beds of rosemary at the concert hall. Who knew rosemary could  flowers so profusely?

Anciently, they had a hospital called the Holy Ghost Hospital (on left) near the river running through town.

We found an entrancing model train display (to the children) at the trains station.

Of course, there were the famous brats with either potato salad or sauerkraut (and delicious water in the blue bottles).

[Note: Finally, getting back to blogging after returning to work at BYUH!]