The last turn before you reach the castle. If you make it this far, most of the hike is over.

The last turn before you reach the castle. If you make it this far, most of the hike is over.

I am back in Germany again for another 3 week stint. Instead of flying all the way to Nuremberg, my flight ended in Frankfurt. In case you are ever traveling by train from the Frankfurt airport. If you see something that looks like this you will know that you have made it to the train platform and are awaiting your departure.

The view from the Nuernberg castle with snow and low slung clouds covering the city.

For those who know me, they know that I would naturally be the one to find a bakery. This is the front of one in Rothenburg.

What to do on a cold Sunday in December when you don't have a car and and the Christmas Market in Nuremberg is overrun with weekend visitors? Turns out that one of the trams runs from the middle of the city and ends at the Nuremberg Zoo. The Zoo is part of a larger park or preserve which was my original intent. I thought to take a walk through the woods on a cold afternoon. But since I arrived here straight from church and didn't have shoes suitable to unpaved trails, my attentation turned to the zoo. This is one of two statues leading into the zoo and as the other one was a topless woman, it being Sunday and all...
