We departed Regensburg/Kelheim Friday night and cruised up the Rhine-Main-Danube canal towards our final stop, Nuremberg, arriving there late Saturday morning. Our scheduled after-lunch bus tour in Nuremberg would take us past some of the city highlights, including some of the Nazi rally grounds from the late 1930s, ending up at the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg. The morning weather cruising the canal was clement, the afternoon overcast with some late rain. But we enjoyed it all.
Cruising the RMD canal. Not so wide as the Danube itself.
The afternoon bus tour was a mixed bag. Several different 1930s Nazi rally grounds, most in a state of disrepair (or never completely built), plus a tour of some older parts of the city that took us past a number of interesting buildings. We ended up walking through the Imperial Castle of Nuremberg, then down to the Main Market Square, from which we boarded our bus and headed back to the ship for a final-night celebratory dinner.
In some way connected with the 1939 Congress Hall.
The unfinished rally grounds built for the 1939 Congress Hall that was cancelled after the invasion of Poland. The bus drove into and around the inside of the stadium.
Heading into the Imperial Castle. The couple nearest the camera is Les and Joan (with her back turned to the camera) from Scotland, whose company we enjoyed on numerous occasions during the cruise. The Castle Sinwell Tower looms over the scene in the background.
Panoramic sweep of the north part of Nuremberg from the Imperial Castle, with storms approaching that would bring lots of rain as we wandered later through the Main Market Square. Much of the city was destroyed by Allied bombing in World War II, but most was rebuilt after the war just as it had been before the war.
St Sebaldus Church, built in 1215 and the oldest parish church in Nuremberg. It was badly damaged in World War II, but was restored after the war. We wanted to look inside, but couldn't find an open entrance, so continued down the street to the Main Market Square.
We ended up in the Main Market Square and, despite the onset of steady rain, enjoyed ourselves walking around looking at all the food and trinkets. We bought some of both.
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