I’ve already shared about our experience at the Nuremberg Volksfest, but I had so many more photos of it to share.  I mean, it had pretty much everything you could ever want… such as a mouse coaster. And musical rides. Plenty of Disney characters. A colorful place to sit and drink beer. A place to get turned around, literally. Cigarette vending machines… Because one in four Germans smoke, you know.  They have these suckers about every few hundred feet (I mean, uh, […]

After our eye-opening trip to the Würzburg Volksfest we knew that we wanted to make the most of the larger one happening later on in Nuremberg.  We decided to spend most of our Saturday there even though we were leaving for Amsterdam early the next morning – and I’m glad we did.  We arrived early via regional train, stopped briefly at the (very disappointing) Nuremberg Easter Market, and then made it to the fairgrounds nearly an hour before the attractions […]

I especially loved the Nuremberg Christmas Markets because they had so many surprises to offer throughout the day.  We arrived early (a big accomplishment!) and were startled when we heard several people speaking English.  After a long time of not hearing anyone other than your spouse speaking English in public it feels like culture shock when you hear it.  I even heard a lady talking with a southern accent and I wanted to go hug her. Of course, we had […]