High spots from several cities

NURNBERG




What everybody wants to see in Nurnberg

THE STORM TROOPER RALLY GROUNDS

Huge ~ forbidding ~ desolate

Built solely for propaganda films by Hitler, there was no seating -just standing room for his serried ranks as he harangued them and photographed their might. The city petitioned him several times to let them use it for a soccer arena, but he refused. It's sole use was his once a year rallies.


The side front view of the same building.

Equally huge ~ desolate ~ beetling.

Today, the offices collecting and studying Nazi records is the only thing housed here.

They form a transparent glass arrow, (upper right) symbolically cutting completely through the building.

NURNBERG CASTLE

OLD










High on a hill to aid in defense













But the really interesting characteristic of this castle is the long entry tunnel

















Holes in the ceiling allowed defenders to pour burning pitch and molten lead down upon attackers












Being in the service of the crown has always been a rough life

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ASSORTED IMAGES






REALLY close quarters!!!

Outside stairs on boat (blue)

Outer railing (red)

Wall of the lock on the Danube/Main (pronounced "Mine") Canal we happened to be passing through (slimy grey/green).

I told you the clearance was quite literally in inches

A handsome couple in Bamberg--there's always a castle

It's still fall weather, but the rain has gone for good













Hegel lived in Bamberg
(even if you don't read German you can figure out this plaque - there are so many English cognates)
Born at the house of the crab (Krebs)
Medieval houses were often designated by symbols to help out the mostly illiterate population. "Krebs" is a false cognate though. Order one in a restaurant, and you will get either a shrimp or a lobster (I guess an exoskeleton is all that's required)

The Bamberg Specialty? Take a guess

Beer, of course

but not just any beer....

SMOKY BEER

Brewed right here since forever ago

It seems that once upon a time there was a fire at the brauhaus. It did not destroy anything, but it smoked up their hops and barley grains. To try to recoup their losses,
they used them anyway.

The result was SOOOO spectacular that they decided to smoke all their grains from henceforth.

Rauch (smokey) bier had arrived!





















In the inner sacntum

Rauchbier ist gut? Ja?

JA WOHL!!!


The Rothenburg specialty?
WRONG!!
It's NOT beer




















Schneeballen
(Snow balls)


Enormous pastry balls dipped in all sorts of delicious things






Here's the original Kathe Wohlfart Christmas store. She has them in many cities all over Germany; but Wurzburg seems to be the "motherhouse". Though it was full of wondrous delights, we confined ourselves to a few small gifts.

























ROTHENBURG








A Medieval city Its town walls are completely in tact































A MUSTARD (And ONLY Mustard) Store



Another print I would have liked to own, but settled for a photograph