Saturday - Nuremberg part 1

The day started Early with a 6:30 wake up call.  Luggage needed to be outside our door by 7:15 and we needed to have breakfast and be at the bus at 8:15.

The drive to Nuremberg took a little over two hours.  The weather started like this

But quickly turned into this

Definitely not condusive to taking photos from the bus.  

Our tour included the Nazi party rally grounds, a huge site with monumental buildings where the Nazi party rallies were held and Hitler's troops had their parades. The never finished Congress Hall, known as Colosseum of Nuremberg, was meant to be the focal point at a planned size of 1,5 times the size of Rome's Colosseum, nowadays it houses the documentation center, where you can see many pictures of Nuremberg in the time of Nazis.  No photos of that due to weather.

Then it was off to Zeppelin field where propaganda rallies were held.  The field held 150,000 soldiers and the stands held several hundred thousand spectators.

From there we went to the Hall of Justice where th Nuremberg trials were held

From there we took a drive around the medieval city founded in the 1100's complete with a double wall, portions of which still stand, including four entry gates and several round towers.  It was so difficult to get pictures in the snow, so nothing much to share on those.

Next post...the Christmas market.