Nuremberg

Our day began today with a breakfast buffet followed by a meeting that detailed the highlights of the rest of the week. We left the ship at 10 AM for a Nuremberg city tour by bus.

Nuremberg was only mentioned in a document written during the 11th century, but for Nuremberg historians, they consider the date when the document was written as the day Nuremberg was founded. The city grew with the domination of leading trading and merchant families. The late 15th century and 16th century have seen the economic and cultural growth of the city. When the first railway in Germany was built between Nuremberg and Furth in 1835, the city rose and Bavaria became the center of industrial growth in Germany. During the 20th century, Adolf Hitler and his Nazi party abused the city's progres

s. Nuremberg became the "City of the Party Rallies". During World War II, Nuremberg was greatly destroyed by bombs. It has recovered and has flourished into what it is today.

This is a picture of the Nazi party headquarters in Nuremberg.

After we saw the highlights by bus, they dropped us off at the

famous Christmas market. The weather was cold & quite windy, but we were pleasantly surprised that the forecasted rain didn't arrive. It was extremely crowded at the market. Mom & I got on a 1 o'clock bus back to the ship for lunch. We ate lunch, then both opted for an afternoon nap. I got up in time to run a little on the treadmill in the ship's workout area. We joined our friends for a nice dinner, then back to the cabin.