Nuremberg

Our hotel was in a bit of an industrial part of town … so not the best first impression but as soon as we took the short walk to the Altstadt, it was like a different world. Very typical German Altstadt and the part we started in appears to be a Turkish part of town – for lunch, I had the best chicken dürüm I’ve ever tasted in my life!! Depending on where you are from in the world, also known as a Döner Kebap/Kebab, Gyro or Shawarma.

Apparently the Ehekarussell Fountain, pictured above, has been quite controversial, the loose translation is “Marriage Merry Go Round” – you can find out why and see more pictures here. Wish I had known about its story whilst we were there, I would have got my photographer to take more pics of it – especially my favourite part where she is strangling him 🙂

En route to the other sites on our list, we walked down streets that again had a very different feel to them. The architecture was so different, it felt like we were in Poland or Russia (even though I haven’t even been to Russia!) 🙂

And then we came to Weißgerbergasse – what a delight! Wonderfully interesting architecture, houses and shops with colourful flower baskets lining a wide cobbled street. Every building different to the next.

Middle pic below is of Albrecht Dürer’s House. Albrecht Dürer the Younger (1471-1528) was a German painter, graphic artist, mathematician and art theorist. With his paintings, drawings, engravings and wood carvings, he is considered one of the outstanding representatives of the Renaissance.

Below: Imperial Castle and some of the medieval walls surrounding the city.

Views of the city from the Imperial Castle which is up on a hill.

Below: Hauptmarkt – square in the heart of the Altstadt, the site of both the daily markets and the annual Christmas markets.

Belated Giggle:
Getting into the right hand side of the car in order to move it and taking far too long to realise something was wrong (the case of the missing steering wheel)

MM