Nürnberg (Nuremberg)

After Berlin, we went to Dresden for 2 nights (Sept 25-26), where we met up with my friends for a few drinks. The next day we did a bike tour around Dresden. Unfortunately, the weather didn't co-operate, but we did discover this awesome wine called Federweisser.

The wineries, eager to celebrate their harvest, let the pressed grape juice ferment for a week or two, then bottle it for consumption. The result is alcoholic sparkling grape juice. It's quite delicious and is traditionally consumed with onion-cake which resembles quish. The cap has to be left open since the contents are still fermenting, which creates CO2 gas. The longer you leave it, the more alcoholic it gets. You can get it during the fall for a few Euros for a liter bottle.

The next day (Sept 27) we left Dresden for the city of Nürnberg (for some reason it's spelled Nuremberg in English). If you think you've heard of this place, you probably have. This is where the Nürnberg trials were held (the trials that prosecuted the Nazi war criminals).

The city is probably as large as Dresden. The city center, the old city, is enclosed in an impressive medieval wall. Apparently Nürnberg suffered the second worst firebombing during WWII, after Dresden. So a lot of the buildings have been rebuilt in the last 50 years.

We arrived sometime in the afternoon, and the weather was quite miserable. After we checked into our hotel, we started our walking tour.

Inside the city center within the wall.

An old guard tower.

An old clock tower beside a modern looking building.

A fruit market beside an old looking structure, surrounded by modern buildings.

Adam and Lacey posing in front of a fountain.

This fountain depicts the different types of marriage life.

A cute mouse running around a tapas restaurant we had lunch at.

A pretty cool shot inside the city center.

The entrance to the Germanisches Nationalmuseum. That translates to German National Museum. According to wikitravel.org, it's "One of the largest museum of art and crafts in the German-speaking countries."

Pillars at the entrance to the museum which lists the basic rights of man, in many different languages.

A bridge crossing a river that goes through the city center.

A picturesque shot.

A shot of the city.

A panoramic of the city. Unfortunately, it was a miserable day, so I couldn't get any nice shots.


At night, we found a bar that served some Czech beer on tap. I had to make sure that Adam and Lacey tried one of my favorite beers, Budweiser. Not the crappy American beer. The original Czech beer. We also tried the famous Pilsner Urquell. Later, we met up with my friend Patricia for a few more drinks, who's working in Nürnberg.