Rainer and his dad at the Christmas supply outlet and factory
At LGB in Nürnberg
We were lucky enough to meet the personal manager from LGB who gave us a quick tour through the show room. My dad is a dealer of LGB model trains, manufactured in Nürnberg.
Railroad in the Old-West
Little Austrian Town
Messing around on the full scale trolley
This place is amazing. What a cool job! Making model trains all day!
The Pignik River through Nürnberg
The fortress in the centre of Nürnberg is high on a hill in the centre of the city. Much of the height of the outer walls is made up of sandstone bedrock that the people carved out hundreds of years ago.
Fachwerk (Half-timbered) Houses inside the fortress.
Nürnberg is a very old city and was a very important trade centre between the east and west when Munich was just a little village (can you tell I was getting a tour from a proud local). This house is the oldest in Nürnberg still standing and is 700 years old, that's good German engineering!
The Lawrence Church. This church was destroyed along with 70% of the rest of the city at the end of WWII. Inside there are many plaques dedicating this church as a monument of peace.
In the background is a Catholic Church. In the foreground is a 600 year old wedding present from a blacksmith apprentice trying to win the heart (and convince the father) of a girl from a higher class. Her father was a master blacksmith and the family was out of the wooer's league. By the laws of the time the boy was not allowed to marry outside of his class.
2 generations of UW Germanistic exchange students from Bamberg, Katerina and Beatte (pronounced Bee-a-ta)
The old town hall in Bamberg, now a museum.
Hiking to the Fortress high above Bamberg
Going into the fortress
The Palace square
View of the Closter from the Palace gardens
Going home to Stuttgart saying goodbye over "little venice"
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