I met Gary (from Wellington, NZ) in Nuremberg’s “Lette’em Sleep” hostel and I stole a section of his latest report because it applies to me also (if you mind dude, let me know):

Since the last report, I’ve done a day trip to a little place called Bamberg. Claim to fame is that it’s one of the most beautiful towns in Germany and that it also has about 200 different beers! As it happens, when I was there they were setting up for a big beer festival. No, I didn’t go back for it before anyone asks 🙂

While I was in N?rnberg I visited the museum about the rise and fall of the nazis. Very interesting museum. Thought they might have been kind to them selves on the subject but they told the whole story. They pulled no punches. Parts of it were quite graphic. It’s in one of the buildings that was used by the nazis as well. Worth a visit.

Ja, so that’s what I did also. The museum was the Reichstagsomethingsomethingsomethingdokumentationzentrum..

Prior to that we had some adventures with Jayne “the dodgy saffa girl who lost her wallet in Nuremburg” (her own words), who actually lives quite close to where I’m staying in London – you up for some more beers?, Vince from Bendigo, who is going to do well in the Commonwealth Games trials for Decathlon, so long as he doesn’t try to match Gary or I when out drinking, and Carly from Sydney who will be doing some speech pathology, also in London.

We went to “Landbierparadies” (It WAS a beer paradise!) far too often, because I wanted to make my way down the entire list of microbrew beers and the food was traditional, good and cheap. Very cool place but please.. CAN I HAVE A NIGHT OFF! 😛

Also went to the watch museum with Gary (who happens to be a watch repairer). The watch was invented here in Nuremberg. Bet you didn’t know that!

On the first day I did the LPG walking tour (basically) and saw all the sights. Toured the dungeons under the Rathaus (town hall). I’d much rather be incarcerated nowadays thankyou very much!! (Probably will too..)

Met an Italian guy who plays a Scacciapensieri (funky sounding plucked mouth instrument) and a Spanish guy who travels with the “Go” board game. I want to learn how to play these two things.. after the bongos that is.

It’s amazing how peaceful the town becomes after 5pm when the tour buses clear out, taking the hordes with them. I recall having a “moment” on one of the bridges with the water falling nearby. A really beautiful town, Nuremburg.