Nuremberg, Germany

Our very first adventure!

Nuremberg is only about 45-50 minutes away from us, so we decided to venture out and check out the nearest big city to us.  It's Germany's 14th largest city (ha!) but of course, it's famous for the Nuremberg Trials after World War II for crimes against humanity.  Even though the city was first mentioned in 1050, it was severely damaged in WWII, and unfortunately, a lot had to be rebuilt. 

But it's Germany.  And we live here. And there's beer. 

First, we made our way to the main square, the Hauptmarkt.  Just off the square, which had a sort of farmer's market going on, is Die Frauenkirche, which was built in the 1350s.  It has a neat Männleinlaufen (mechanical clock) that rings at noon outside.  I love pretty stained glass!

More beer, you say?  Ok!  It was kind of chilly so we got some hot crepes with Nutella and bananas to go with that. 

Next we made our way up to the Nuremberg Castle (or the Kaiserberg Nuremberg). 

It's super steep going up there, and of course, all three of my children felt the need to give me a heart attack and play on the super high rocks.

Alas, we made it to the castle and no one fell off of the rocks.  Natalie looks thrilled to be there.

Goofballs up near the gate of the castle.

We went up to the top of the tower and I caught this cute pic of Grant looking out over Nuremberg.

Triple Willy?  I'd rather not! Thanks though!  This was in the bathroom at the castle.  Because who DOESN'T take pictures of the toilet paper roll in medieval castles!?!  Right!?!

Looking down from the tower.  I love the wood framed houses here - it's so German!

Doin' 190 kilometers per hour (118 mph!) on the Autobahn in the rental car!

 Bliss.  Lebkuchen (gingerbread) from Nuremberg and a nice tasty beer.  Can't wait to go back because there's so much more to see!