Leonardo Hotel Nuremberg

... We walked down the Weissgepbergasse (with the oldest remaining buildings in the city), we passed the former home of painter Albrecht Durer, we drank some Mokarabia, climbed the castle, found a traditional Bavarian coat for Pam, and then, since Germany is full of Turkish immigrants, I finally had some Turkish street food. After shooting off an email to some extended family in Frankfurt with some initial plans ...

... want to leave" type thing. Later, I found out that several of the group that were a little ahead of me were in the room when the smoke started to roll out of a wall, crazy huh? After we got kicked out, we went to the house of some artist I can’t remember the name of (but it was really cool) and took a tour guided by his "wife" (who is several hundred years old now). The lady impersonating his wife was very animated, always joking with us and giving advice to the boys about ...

Today, right after breakfast, we crossed the European Continental Divide. We went into a lock that dropped us down 81 ft. At the bottom it was, as our tour guide said, like being a spider in a bathtub with concrete walls rising up just inches from the sides of the ship.
We docked at ...

... the game. First of all, the germans know how to cheer!!! An arena seating maybe 10000 with more cheering then a Habs game! Each player was announced and all the fans chanted their last name! They had intricate drumming and clapping cheers! It was really fun to get into even though we couldn’t always follow or understand! By the end we were swinging our scarves around and shouting the players names ...

... of Nuremburg on day 2! Nuremberg is famous for being the city where Hitler condemned the Jews and lots of other ****** stuff so obviously it was bombed to hell in World War 2. Very little of the original buildings remain. The walls to the center of the city are still there in most places and the churches are still being rebuilt in certain places but they restored the city very nicely and it still has ...

... They were only 24 Euros per night, which is about what I’d pay in a hostel.

Anyway, I was really exhausted for some reason when we got to the rooms. And I stretched out on my bed to try and rest for a little while. But Derek was excited to see the town and decided to go explore on his own after only 10 minutes. Rothenburg is one of the best preserved medieval cities with its town walls still intact and many historic half-timbered buildings.

I didn’t ...

... fine view of the entire town, and we took many more pictures. I spotted the airport I would be leaving from in just 2 days, and figured the subway ride out to it wouldn't take long. Next to the tower was the well building. We got to look down the 140 meter deep well, as the tour guide poured some water in it, and it took 5 or 6 seconds for it to hit bottom. Then, he lowered down a metal tray with four large candels on it and used a mirror to direct sunlight ...

... was full, half our group ended up staying at Hotel Aria, down the street. Both hotels are not highly recommended, especially in the summertime. We had our "included in the tour" dinner at Hotel Leonardo and it consisted of scrambled egg soup and rice with a couple pieces of chicken in it. After dinner some of our tourmates were even saying that we should find another place to eat because they were still hungry. Most of the ...

... like such a complete idiot. This new (temporary?) confidence is making me much happier with my German existence and my surroundings. Showing off Weimar to guests really makes me proud of the city in the same way that I fell in love with Valpo and Chile. I honestly didn’t expect this to happen, but I really like it here. Maybe it’s just the timing of the holiday season to make me feel happy and content, but I’ve started ...

Nüremberg is a big town but it is the second one after Munich which is the Bavaria's capital. Nüremberg is situated in the north of Munich. Nüremberg is well-known because after the second world war is hold the Nüremberg lawsuit between the 20th November 1945 and 1st October 1946. Since 2000 in Paris, Nüremberg ...