We headed out, not really knowing where we were going. We bought some baked goods from a truck and started walking. We got lost because Eric was very turned around. Thankfully the first three of four people that we asked "Do you speak English?" (actually, Eric asked it in German) responded with "Of course." A lady who had worked in Hawaii for several years took us to the historic area, and then we were good to go.
Honestly, I already don't remember a lot of specifics of Nuremberg. It still has some of its old town wall standing.
And there is a cool church. It is St. Lorenz, or Lorenzkirche.
The stained glass windows at this one were pretty amazing.
I also loved the art in all the churches. After a while it was like "Oh, ho hum, another church," but at this point, I was still amazed by the churches since it was only my second.
Then we drove to Prague. When we got to our AirBNB we tried to check in only to learn that our apartment was under construction and our host failed to cancel the booking. We ended up staying at a hotel across the street, but the whole ordeal took extra time to sort out, and we already weren't going to be able to spend a ton of time in Prague.
I immediately loved the architecture in Prague. I really like big cities, so that appealed to me too. Rothenburg was full of tourists as well, but they seemed to be more Germans, and they skewed older. Prague had more international tourists and more young tourists. (We saw many children in Prague but very few in Rothenburg.)
The famous clock in Prague is being renovated/repaired, so it was all covered up. We considered going to the Jewish synagogue (the oldest synagogue in Europe), but we were short on time and instead went to the St. Charles Bridge and up the hill to the castle and St. Vitus Cathedral.
It was a beautiful day.
We made wishes as we touched this sculpture. (It's a thing. I don't know why.)
We went up up up the hill to the castle and cathedral. There were great views of the city.
And then the cathedral was closed early, so we had to admire it from the outside. I am still really disappointed we didn't get to go in because it is huge, and I can tell from the outside that the inside has to be amazing. One day we'll go back.
And we went on a little river cruise, which was relaxing and nice.
After that we ate goulash and returned to our hotel for sleep.
1 comment:
Is that first building leaning? You did so much in one day! Everything must have been relatively close by each other. Prague sound dreamy and that cathedral is massive on the outside.
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