Nuremberg

This Saturday I was supposed to go down to Konstanz on the Bodensee and go swimming and hiking... but the weather had different ideas. So I went to Nuremberg. It's a decent place to go in the rain; there's a plethora of very inexpensive museums, and if you get lucky(like I did)there could even be a festival going on! Unfortunately my bus was an hour late to pick me up, so my time was limited. Here are the things I would highly suggest:

Firstly, get your hands on a Nuremberger. This was one of the best German foods I've had since being here. It's a small roll with 3-5 little german sausages which I covered in mustard.

Second, I loved going to the Albrecht-Dürer-Haus, a famous painter and printmaker during his lifetime(1474-1528). For only three Euros you can explore his old home which is now devoted to his most famous pieces. You also get an audio head set--in whichever language you want!--with no extra cost! I chose german and it was actually all really interesting. Unfortunately there were none of his original pieces there, but it was still amazing to see the copies of what was capable back then.

Finally, you can't go to Nuremberg without learning about the Nazi Party Rally Grounds and the trials which were held there. I went to the Dokumenationszentrum(documentation center)and walked around learning about he rallies that were held right where I had been walking all day. There's also an audio set to tell you about everything you see, many videos that were unbelievable, unfortunately in a very real and awful way. It's sometimes difficult to imagine events like the Holocaust actually happened, you can't calm your nerves by telling yourself it's just a movie. You're also allowed to go out on a balcony and see where the major rallies took place.