O, Nürnberg, wie bist du schön! This is a glorious city. It is no wonder people travel from all over the globe to experience it. This morning I decided to take a holiday from driving. I didn't come to Europe to sit behind the wheel of a car. After breakfast (again, yummers!) I undertook a walk around the entire periphery of the Altstadt. Just how big was a major medieval city anyway? (FWI, it took me an hour and fifteen minutes. I can't imagine anyone in the fourteenth century would have had the idea of putting on their hiking shoes and strolling around the town -- walking for pleasure is a relatively modern phenomenon.) The moat has long since been filled in. It has become one long park with lots of trees, lawns, sports facilites and plots that people can rent for their private gardens. The walk afforded many wonderful views of the city and the massive fortifications. The tower is the Kaiserburg, the Imperial residence of the Holy Roman Emperors. In the distance from the view from the moat is the Nürnberg Opera House.
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