Nuremberg

Nuremberg - rebuilt, and beautiful.

We drove to Nuremberg via nightmarishly car clogged Passau. We parked the car and left it for 5 days. The local trams and state trains are just the best.

Mum, dad, can we go on the U bahn??

Every loco was perfectly restored.

There is so much to do in this place. The museums are amazing. The train museum was so good, the boys cried when we dragged them out of there. The boys ran around the loco displays. One of the loco engines was cut in half, with animated lights showing how steam works. On the way, there was a whole other museum on communications, where Ollie had a go at being a TV presenter, also fun. On the last level, there was wooden toy tracks, automated model trains, and one a bit bigger that they could ride on. Kiddie heaven.

There is also a toy museum, where all the old interesting toys were laid out, together with a room full of toys to play with, then an outdoor play area with more interesting play stuff.

Making a call in the communications museum

We also ran out of cash for a while. Since the supermarkets all took cash or some ecard thing which we didn't have, we had to take it easy. This just meant we couldn't stop for coffee, and once I had to leave everything at the checkout, which upset Louis a bit. 2 days later, it was back to normalish.

Taking a ride on a train in the train museum

Going shopping in Germany is awesome. Everything is made in Germany. You can't go wrong! I'd love to snap up a bike, but I've already got one.

We didn't even get to half the places here, important places, like the Nazi rally grounds, or where they had the trials. The kids wouldn't be so keen.