And Finally Nuremberg

 **** Note: Usually my blogs are, at the most, only about a week or two behind. This one is probably my personal best(worst?) blog slacker record. I mean what is a measly three months among friends?

The time has come to leave our ship. We have landed in Nuremberg. We were not only leaving the ship, but we were also leaving our new friends. After gathering our belongings and saying our goodbyes, we were shuttled to our VRBO in a suburb of Nuremberg where we spent a few days. 

We were fairly successful in navigating the public transit system with really only one minor directional error. We jumped on a bus and headed out of town instead of heading into town as we had planned. There was one sweet older lady(one of the few people who did not speak any English), who took us under her wing and actually got off the bus with us, took us into the train station and pointed us in the right direction. People are so nice.

The only structured tourist thing we did was to get on one of those double decker buses that took us around the sights. It was a beautiful sunny day but the pictures that were taken were full of glass glare. It was still nice to be able to be outside. Our remaining time was spent wandering around, obsessively shopping for shoes or just plain sitting in cafes in the Nuremberg squares.

St. Lorenz (St. Lawrence)Evangical Luthern Church
Built in the 1400's, badly damaged in WWII and then later restored

Tugendbrunnen - Fountain of the Virtues
Built in the late 1500's. The seven virtues of the Middle Ages are
Faith, Justice, Prudence, Hope, Temperence, Fortitude and Charity. 
It was a very, very strange fountain

Heilig-Geist-Spital - Holy Spirit Hospital
This was the largest hospital in Nuremberg.  It is now a restaurant and a senior home.

A street crossing

Mauthalle - Former Custom House and Granary
Built late 1500's.  Many of the buildings from this era had all of these openings in the roof.  

Schoner Brunnen - Beautiful Fountain
Built late 1300s.  It is located on the main market square and it is one of the main
attractions of the city's Historical Mile, which we walked up and down - many times.

These cathedrals never fail to take my breath away. 
Such dedication, so grand.

Translation: The Nuremberg composer Johann Pachelbel 1653-1706
worked as organist at St. Sebald from 1695-1706.

Our VRBO
We had the whole second floor and a loft

The koi pond view from my room

Translation: "Temptations should be followed , who knows if they will come back!"
Words to live by.