Oct 18, 2011

We were off soon after breakfast for a walking tour of the old medieval part of Nuremberg, a lot of which was built stone by stone after WWII. We even experienced the local gingerbread cookies which are a speciality of the region. I enjoyed them and I’m not a great fan of ginger…other than ginger beer.



An ancient cemetery in Nuremberg….really beautiful if you can say that



Street scene of part of the village of Nuremberg with some of the old town wall in the background as well as the only original square tower on the wall.



Beautiful fountain in the Nuremberg town square as well as a building with a painted fresco in the background.



Many locks today and this is one of the three 24.7meter locks (the highest on the trip) as we climbed on the Main / Danube Canal to the continental divide before we start descending towards the Danube River. These were followed by three 17 meter locks and others following of diminishing sizes. A truly incredible engineering feat and we have felt privileged to be passing through them. AWESOME!!!!


The photo above is on the approach to the largest Lock on the Amsterdam to Budapest river route. An incredible example of effective infrastructure. The link below will take you to some video footage on You Tube as we progressed into the Lock.

Click on the link: http://youtu.be/WoWQEUi3CSo


Bits and Bobs:



The universality of children…the tail end of a group of enthusiastic school kids on the walls of the castle in Nuremberg who spotted a group of tourists (us) and gave us an enthusiastic welcome.