Nürnberg

The hotel gave us a map with a walking route through all the highlights in the old town. So we walked, looked, and enjoyed the delightful walled city. Admittedly, we did not catch that there was a recommended route and started off finding our own way, but later discovered we had stumbled upon the recommended path all on our own.

Tracing the walls and passing over numerous beautiful foot bridges, our first objective was the castle, Kaiserberg Nürnberg, dating from 1050. This imposing building was actually two castles, one for the Burgraves, the emperor’s administrators, and the Imperial Castle, only used when the Emperor was visiting. One delightful part of the castles was the gardens atop the bastions.

After enjoying the grounds, we had a traditional lunch in a small restaurant. Käsespätzel for Dave, and the local Nürnberg sausage with homemade bread for Jen.

Continuing our tour, we saw the market square, town hall, and numerous churches. The number of stalls selling fruits, vegetables, cheeses, and sausages was impressive.

Reaching the end of the suggested tour we wandered through the local park, enjoying the green space and relative calm.

We ended the day sharing some curry, and going on a bit of a shopping spree at the local outdoors store. New hiking hats! And new hiking pants for Dave, and some granola bars.