science and technology type museum that we found a little
disapointing. It was pretty much all in German and was not too
intriguing. The one really cool thing was the german U boat.
We wandered around the city for the next hour or so. We bought German
sausage and fresh fruits for lunch and I bought a durndl!
Next we spent several hours at Residenz, the royal palace and the
treasury. It was a pretty epic place with crazy baroque and rococo.
We decided to head back to the tent with the intention of coming back
to eat dinner and talk to German people. On the way we came across a
big rally about Iran happening in the main square.
As you may have guessed we never made it back to downtown but it was
great because we ate german food and made a German friend at the
hostel. We learned about the mandatory civil service for males and he
was blown away by the fact that very few of our friends smoke
cigarettes. It was a good cultural exchange!
This morning we got up extra early to get on a train to Nürnberg and
headed directly to the Nazi sites. We started at the Nazi
documentation center, a museum in the uncomplicated congress hall
about the Nazi movment and how hitler got so much support. It was a
really well done museum with a great free audioguide but I would have
liked it if it talked more about Hitler's rise to power and less about
the Nazi rallies.
Afterwards we walked around the lake to see the rally grounds, which
is now a really pretty park scattered with Nazi relics and signs
explaining them. I was suprised by how unmaintained the sites were and
how full fledge soccer field were just built in the middle of them.
We headed into the old town where there was also a lot to see. It was
very quant with old style architecture, street market stalls, and
street performers. I loved the atmosphere but it took me a while to
realize that it may have been augmented by the huge music festival we
came across. Wandering around we found at least four stages showing
bands from all over in addition to all the amateurs set up on the
street. I was shocked by how international the food stalls by the
stages were; you would never find Indian food at a pop/folk show in
the US!
Our train back arived at nine and we atempted to go to the chineese
tower in the English garden to have German fish on a stick (I know,
right!) Unfortunately we made it too late and there was no fish and
not much else... A sausage and pretzel later and we were on the tram
ride home.
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