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Justice?
... around the museum section....I knew the history behind the trials of the Nazi leaders....Goering....Speer....Hess and the many others....but again...it was a very emotional experience to actually be there.....court room 600 .....the one you see in all the documentaries...black and white film of the Nazi leaders sitting in the defendants box as survivors of the Holocaust gave their evidence....I was the only one in the courtroom....looking at ...
Festung Königstein
... dentro de la ciudad de Königstein. Según se cree ya había una pequeña fortaleza cerca del 1233, que luego se transformo en convento de clausura de monjes y terminó como fortaleza del rey sajón. De a poco se fue ampliando, llegando a su mejor expansión en 1725 por mandato del conocido rey Sajón: Augusto el Fuerte.
Luego fue cárcel estatal y campo de prisioneros en las guerras mundiales y por supuesto Hitler también ...
Smokers, Spiced Specialties and Sleds in Nuremburg
... underway. I was even able to buy chocolate-covered lebkuchen from Lebkuchen Schmit, and roam the streets with gluhwein from an early-bird stall.
It's impossible to go to Nuremburg without sampling some of the spiced meat sausages. I opted for a typical Franconian meal with stadtwurst and spatzle at Bratwurst-Röslein. I saved room to stop in at Gasthaus Pillhofer for a Paulaner Salvator ...
Nürnberg is nice
... der Tauber so that went onto the Sunday itinerary. Today we walked all over the old city and up to the Kaiserburg -- the Imperial castle. We had lunch in a delicious restaurant called Zum Spiessgesellen, a restaurant serving traditional Franconian fare. And it was yummy! We walked a little more, shopped a bit and then went to a little café for coffees and a piece of Schwartzwald -- Black Forest cake. Then, a bit more of a wander before we came back to the hotel for a ...
Bamburg, Germany
... stop was in the nearby Rose Garden, laid out in the 18th century, which overlooks the Old Town. There are over 4500 rose bushes in the garden, with many still in bloom despite the lateness of the season. A lot of the rose varieties had German names and weren't ones I recognized.
We did some shopping on the way back to the bus, and enjoyed walking in the market. I bought a Springerle mold, and I am hoping to learn how to make cookies with ...
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