Nürnberg

On Saturday, R and I went to Nürnberg.

Despite the fact that my initial interest in Nürnberg was due to my grandfather's involvement in the Nuremberg trials, we didn't actually visit the Courtroom or the Documentation Center.

I don't know if it was due to the Italian festival going on, but Nürnberg was definitely the most crowded place that I have been to in Germany thus far.  It also seemed to be the most touristy - we saw lots of groups, guided tours, etc.

The first sight that we saw was the Schöner Brunnen, located at Hauptmarkt:

Frauenkirch was also located at Hauptmarkt, so it was our next stop:

Some pictures inside Frauenkirch:

Between the vendor stalls and the consturction, I couldn't get a good picture of the Fleischbrücke, but I did got a good picture of the portal to the bridge, with it's Latin inscription:

Our next stop was the Heilig-Geist-Spital.  One of the largest hospitals during the Middle Ages, it now houses a restaurant and apartments for the elderly.

St. Lorenz was our first stop after lunch:

A few picture from inside St. Lorenz:

Nürnberg's Rathaus:

This is the back end of St. Sebaldus, which was across from the Rathaus:

St. Sebaldus had some cute little gargoyles:

Although perhaps cute isn't exactly the word that they were going for...

I kinda like St. Sebaldus though.  The entry way was kinda dark and twisty:

Some more pics from St. Sebaldus:

St. Sebaldus was located at Albrecht-Dürer-Platz, which has this statue in it's center:

Our next stop was the Albrecht Dürer house,where we took the tour:

Our last stop of the day was Nürnberg Castle, where we went through the museum and up into the Sinwell Tower which offered a  nice panoramic view of Nürnberg:

 

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