Still in Nurnberg

I was in Nurnberg for what seemed like forever ( actually only about 10hrs) because there was a lot to see, so it deserves two post, DEAL WITH IT. After the Nazi Rally grounds I headed into the old city, which has historically been one of the powerful cities of Germany.

The whole old city has a moat and walls, which made for some nice shots. The city was also quite empty, even for a sunday. The reason for this I will tell you later. So... Nurnberg was once two adjacent towns with fortified walls around them. Then the towns realized that it would be easier to defend if they merged and took down the center walls.

at the top of the hill, in the northern boundary of the old city sits Kaiserburg Castle. A version of kaiserburg has sat on the site for over a thousand years. Even up until the 1900 the castle was the residence for royalty and nobelmen when they visited Nurnberg. Nurnberg's historically Imperial over germany was the perfect backdrop on which Hitler superimposed his third riech campaign.

When I got up to the Castle I looked over the edge and I realised why the streets were empty. Most of Nurnberg was sitting in the moat of the Castle Kaiserburg drinking beer. Nurnberg's Beer festival was just wrapping up, so I made my way down. For the remainder of the afternoon I sat in the moat of a 11th century castle, ate Nurnberg sausage and drank local beer and watched old ladies escort their drunk husbands out of the beer tents. It was really entertaining. Then I caught the train home.

On the train my feet really hurt, then I realized that I walked at least 30kms this weekend. Opps