Museums Stube Ansbach

Jon and I have a new deal. I plan a trip and drive, and he'll go anywhere. He'll even drive us home. One of the perks of subbing, I'm left with pockets of time to come up with trips. Trip number one, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, mostly because it fell neatly within the day trip range.<br><br>Part of our deal means I drive . . . The morning greeted us with a pea soup fog, enough to hide all road signs from any meaningful distance. GPS is good. I did drive fast ...

... the northernmost town on the Road. It was a cute beginning, though a reminder of why I am not enamored of German food (lots of sausages and very little veggies). But Wurzburg is a huge wine producing town, so color me very happy about that. (hic)<br><br>This morning we drove south to the most famous town on the Road, Rothenburg au der Tauber. Seriously, this town has to be seen to be believed. It looks like Fantasyland exploded in 12 different ...

... meet up, we headed for the high-speed ICE train of the Deutsche Bahn that would get us to Frankfurt in no time at all.<br><br>Pam and Glenn Said:<br><br>We both enjoyed this medieval town dating back to 1071. We walked the old town within the walls and saw vistas of the town from the old castle. We enjoyed great espresso, one of Chad&#8217;s favorites at a little café. We now get to ride the DB train to Frankfurt.

... shop for a bit, then went down to the glass museum to look around for a while. About half an hour before we were supposed to meet, Katy and I strolled through the town to look for shops, but they were all closed, then our bus arrived and took us to a nearby town.<br><br>Once we got to the town, we had about an hour and a half to eat, so we strolled down to a &#8220;glass pyramid&#8221; then found a little place to grab a bite to eat. Katy and I decided to split a dish, then we went ...

... and took buses to Nuremberg. We visited the Zeppelin Field where the big Nazi Rallies were held and the Hall of Justice where the Nuremberg Trials took place. Bought a souvenir pin at Market Square and had cokes at a bistro while waiting for the bus to take us back to the ship. <br><br>

... There was even an ex hab on the team (Andre Nasredine) who scored a goal for us! To make the night even better we won 6-2 with some awesome goals and awesome saves!<br><br>Very happy with our decision to return to Nuremburg for the hockey game we left the following morning for Vienna. It was a long trip so we cut it in half and spent a night in Linz, Austria. Another gorgeous place to pass right on through!

From Munich to Nuremberg is a nice short drive and luckily Germany doesn't use road tolls (They are so efficient they don&#8217;t need tolls&#8230;hehe)! We chose a nice little campsite just outside the city! After going for a walk we also discovered we were next to the Football (soccer) stadium and the Hockey Arena. On our first night there was a football game and Nuremburgs local team has one hell of a ...

... an 18 inch long bun. We both ended up getting one of these, which was a ½ meter Feuerwurst (FOYER-vurst) (fire sausage). I love German food! And it was just enough to hold us over to dinner.<br><br>The rest of the day, we walked around and explored the high city walls and many gates and towers that surround most of the town. We took our time walking under the low awnings on the walls, and shot many photos. Only one tower was open for the public to climb to the top ...

... through the area, my eye caught a glimpse of a rusted old nail protruding through an otherwise bare and clean concrete foundation - a visible glimpse into a horrific past. I could only imagine what nightmarish events had occured when that nail was shiny and new. Perhaps I will write more of this later. Nurnberg was a very nice place to visit. During this time, the whole of Germany was preparing for the Christmas season ...

... military. Unfortunately I was a little too involved and followed him right onto the train where the attendant looked at my ticket and then helped me store my bags. Imagine my chagrin when the conductor came by and said, "YOU are on the WRONG train." Sigh. At that moment my "on call" phone rang and it was the nurse from the base explaining that there had been an emergency and they were awaiting my arrival. Well, the bad news is that the train I was on took me ...