Motel One Nurnberg Plarrer Nuremberg

... because we didn’t understand a word of it, we ate the local gingerbread delicacies, we shopped at the markets, we warmed up from the rain and had a cup of coffee, and eventually had dinner in a quaint, very authentic restaurant where he had traditional Franconian food and some of the local Tucher beer.

The next morning we had a nice breakfast at the hotel and headed out for our last day of ...

... an hour, but they did have to make 200 total (there is an error rate of about 1 in 10 though, but the errors are just sold at 2nd rate rather than first).

In order to make the piece, you have to get a blob (yes, blob) of liquefied glass and blow into it to begin the shaping process. Once there is a decent size bubble in the glass, they lower it into a wood mold and continue to blow the bubble bigger, all the while taking the desired shape. Once it is completely hollowed out ...

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 ...

Before we even got to Nuremburg the adventure began. Half way through the drive we got a little hungry. Stopping at a truckstop we picked up some McDonalds (The only time so far) and after eating was on our way. Chris then noticed after driving for a few minutes on the highway how windy it was….maybe because I forgot to close the side door of the van. Needless to say we pulled over and closed the door ...

... has to offer. We bought a spatula (scrambled eggs) and some fruits!

So we have had brautwurst and currywurst and everywurst possible in the past few days! We decided to splurge and went to a snazzy Chinese restaurant for supper! This is only worth mentioning because I ate the biggest most delicious eggroll I have ever had ever!

We will be coming back to Nuremberg but for now on to Stuttgart!!!!

... till Erin noticed we had twenty minutes to make the 4:55 train to Rothenburg, which also had a shorter trip time than later ones. So we hurried back across town, only snapping a couple of hurried pictures along the way. But, when I tried to buy a ticket, it didn't show that time available. Erin checked her notebook and found she wrote down the wrong times, we were 10 minutes late, not 10 minutes early like we thought. So we took the next one at 5:17 ...

... smells
from other peoples campsites were drifting over..mmm... so we headed
off to look for a shop, or something. We could hear crowds at the
stadium so walked that way. Strangely we were thinking it was quiet, as
in traffic and people, but the crowds were going wild. As we walked
past and peered in, the stadium was completely empty and no sign of
life, except this crowd noise. No idea but it was a bit bizarred. I
felt like i was in an episode ...

... challenge has been that there are sometimes TOO MANY bike routes to choose from, and it feels like sometimes we end up spending as much time navigating as riding. It´s been interesting checking out the varous routes, with their various surfaces (pavement, gravel, dirt, paving stones to name a few) and their various landscapes (rural country lanes, forests, tiny hamlets) and the various degrees of in-directness (there is not a ...

... we are well into the holiday season. Germany is the place to be for Christmas cheer, traditions, and events leading up to the 24th, 25th and 26th (it’s my understanding that they have essentially three days set aside for this event!) Weimar, like just about every city in Germany, opened its Weihnachtmarkt at the beginning of December. These city festivals have stands set up all over selling crafts and holiday presents, cakes, cookies and ...

... it was all the expensive presents that we bought for family and friends :-) Karen bought herself cashmere goodies and expensive gold trinkets. I bought a sensible coat and mostly just presents for my friends:-) After trying to find our eldest's present (a particularly french perfume) in a number of cities, we finally found it in a boutique perfumery here - most shops didn't have the specific fragrance. I could live here the rest of my life.