It's still surreal that we have nothing but time. It was a longer trip to Nuremburg today, but well worth it. The City was bustling with people weaving in and out of the pop-up stalls at yet another Christmas Market. I'm really going to miss the atmosphere that comes with Christmas time over here. People huddling together in the middle of the city to have a drink, fairy lights everywhere and the smell of roasting nuts and sausages and all sorts of wonderful things filling the air.
Nuremberg is the second largest city in Bavaria after Munich. Nuremberg Castle rests on top of a hill to the north of the city and dates back to the year 1000. You walk up a long, steep pebble stone street from the city to the castle. At this point I realised that all those sausages and all those beers have not been kind to my fitness level.
While we didn't explore much of the Nazi history that sadly destroyed much of this city during the war, it was interesting to see many before and after photos from the viewing platform. The castle was heavily damaged during many of the bombings and most of the historical monuments around the City had to be completely rebuilt.
A lovely face and a lovely view.
This pebble stone street took my breath away, literally. The downhill was a nice walk though and was much kinder than the walk up.
The architecture of the buildings resembling different eras was pretty cool. There are three separate sections and include the imperial castle, buildings of the Burgraves of Nuremburg and the municipal buildings of the imperial City. The image below of the two headed eagle represents the reign of one of the Kings that ruled here and can also be seen on the entrance door. I liked how different it was to traditional royal 'stamps'.
I had another too much beer and sausages moment walking up these stairs. On catching our breath we took some arty photos of the stair case... because it was pretty amazing and very medieval looking.
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