Dec 18, 2012 - Nuremberg

Today we visited the town of Nuremberg. On the way we experienced falling snow and lots of snow in the surrounding countryside. Nuremberg is another walled town - the walls and surrounding moat are most impressive. Interesting to note that this town was decimated during the war, mainly because of Hitler's affiliation with the town and the Nazi Party Rallies, however it has been completely rebuilt to its original style. The Nuremberg War Trials were held nearby. Also here, surprise, surprise, were Christmas Markets (our fourth market),...

Aug 27, 2012 - Bavaria - Furth & Nuremberg

25th August 2012 (Bed 70) Today we left the beautiful “Romantic Road” trail and made our way to Nuremberg. Oh well, that’s what we thought we did! We parked our car and headed straight for the tourist information centre, only to find that we were 6 km from Nuremberg in the town of Fűrth (Known as the clover-leaf city). What the heck, now that we are here we might as well look around the town. With our guidebook in hand, we took a leisurely stroll through the town. Fűrth was very impressive and we were surprised to see so many interesting...

Mar 3, 2012 - Nürnberg

Nuremberg (Nürnberg in German) is a city of 500,000 inhabitants that has played an important role in German history. In the Middle Ages it was customary for a newly crowned German Emperor to hold the first legislative assembly of his reign in the city and it was here that the crown jewels were housed. Historically Nuremberg was considered a center of trade and, accordingly, the merchant class was quite powerful. Under the Nazis the major party rallies were held on the parade grounds in town and, on a particularly dark note, it was here that...

Nov 1, 2011 - Nuremberg

Cruising Nuremberg – Continental Divide. Today we explored medieval Nuremberg, part original, part wonderfully reconstructed old town. We learnt about the legend of the beautiful fountain in the city centre. The geographer Martin Beheim, maker of the first globe and Albrecht Durer, one of the great figures in the history of German art, lived and worked here. The city wall was amazing. The colour of the sandstone used in the buildings is red in various shades. Beautiful. Wonderful views and buildings to be seen.

Oct 26, 2011 - Nuremberg

Even though we sailed all night we have not reached the next town of Nuremberg, but this morning we are sailing on the Main-Danube Canal joining the Danube and the Main river the next river we sail on. This canal system crosses the continental divide. The divide is the hill that separates the southern flowing Danube from the Northern flowing Main and Rhine river systems. So now we are going down in the locks, up until now we have been going up. The cruise director organised an engineer to come and explain the working of the canal systems...

Aug 20, 2011 - Nuremberg

August 20, 2011 Just north of Regensburg at Kelheim we had left the Danube and entered the Main-Danube Canal, an engineering marvel first conceived of by Charlemagne in 793 A.D. Completed in 1992, it is 106 miles long and has 16 locks with a total lift/drop of 1332 feet. We continued cruising the Canal on Saturday morning in nice weather but the Sun Deck was closed due to the many low bridges we would have to pass under. In fact, the wheelhouse would be lowered hydraulically at each bridge with the Captain poking his head up through a hatch...

Aug 11, 2011 - Castle, Nazis and Nurnberg

Today was a bright, sunny, rain free day. It was also warm, getting up to 25oC. We were again up early and had breakfast, by 8:30 a.m. We were on buses on our way to Nurnberg, as Nuremberg is called in Germany. Much of the drive was over, or close to a previous canal which King Ludwig had been instrumental in being built. We also passed a cemetery on our way in - a fact which will show its significance as the day proceeds. Our first stop was the Nurnberg Courthouse which was the scene of the World War II war crime trials. We were met by...

Dec 16, 2010 - Nuremberg, Germany

If I had to sum up my day in a few words it would have to be "Dedicated to Adolf Hitler". Before you all start going into a tail-spin, all it means is that I spent today visiting sites that have historical significance to Nuremberg and Hitler. If you didn't already know, Hitler utilised Nuremberg as a political base for the Nazi party - a dark era for the city, according to most locals. I started the day at Dokumentationzentrum - the Documentation Centre. Here stands a half-finished monstrosity that Hitler decided to build in a similar...

Sep 5, 2010 - Day 11: Main-Danube Canal; Nuremberg

Day 11-The Main-Danube Canal and Nuremburg, Germany The Main-Danube Canal: 106 miles from Bamberg on the Main River to Kelheim on the Danube. Begun as Charlemagne’s dream in 793, it was completed in 1992 with 16 locks that raise the water level 1,332 feet. Connecting the Main and Danube Rivers, the canal enables continuous river travel from the North Sea to the Black Sea. It was designed for cargo ships, not passenger ships, as in 1992 there was only one passenger ship on the canal; today, 50 passenger ships are on the canal each day. All...

Jul 6, 2010 - Nuremburg

We left our hotel in Dresden, thank god. I really tried to get an early night sleep, but the heat was stifling. At one point i opened up the windows to try get some cool air in, but all it did was letter in mosquitoes the size of a 20c coin. I had to go round and squish them, and of course close the window. I also sprayed some insect repellent around to try make sure they stayed away. Leaving Dresden, the heaven’s opened, and they hit hard. It was a very heavy downpour. We were heading to a town called Modlareuth which was a town split in...

Jun 7, 2010 - Two Weeks to Departure

we are getting down to our final two weeks before our flight on June 24th. The normal pre-vacation stuff going on. Getting the garden ready to turn over to Michi, getting Chica her flight physical done within 10 days of the flight, seeing my doctor and picking up enough medication to keep me going till I get back home. Normal stuff. I will try my best to keep everyone abreast to where we are at as long as I have good WiFi connections. My next update will be from the Scheffer Home in Apalachin, NY. He called me today and said that he is...

Jun 1, 2010 - Nuremberg

Visited Nuremberg and had no idea that a portion of the town is in a walled city with cobble stone streets and ancient buildings. Most of this part of town was destroyed and they have done a great job on the restoration of the historical buildings. The pic of the chalk drawins is over many doorways is a catholic marking for the Epiphany Holiday on Jan 6. Went to the open air market purchased Fruit, Bread, meats and cheeses....Im trying many new foods and purchased some very pungent Munster cheese...it was very Goot if you could get past...