Our 4 hour train trip from Dresden to Nuernberg took us from glorious sunshine to grey rain. But we had 3 hours to fill before we picked up our rental car so we headed for Old Town Neurnberg. This city was the 2nd hardest hit by allied bombing after Dresden, but unlike Dresden they did not rebuild all their destroyed medieval buildings to the original designs. But there are still some amazing buildings to see. However, the best part of our visit was lunch. We followed the smoke coming out of a chimney to a place called Bratwursthausle (Bratwurst House) and went inside. It felt like we had entered into a wooden farmhouse with a big, open grille (where all the smoke was coming from as they use only birch wood as fuel) in the center of the room. The rest of the space was taken up with wooden tables and chairs that were filled with happy customers. This place makes and sells Bratwuerstle, a Nuernberg specialty that are small bratwursts made of pork (about the size of your middle finger). The regular order is six and you can have them with mustard and a bun, potato salad or sauerkraut. I had mine with a bun and mustard and Rita had hers with potato salad. And they were FANTASTIC!!! Talked to our friendly waitress about the place and she told us they make between 8,000 to 10,000 bratwuerstles a day. They have their own butcher shop on premises and have to make up to 10 batches a day as they use only fresh ingredients.
We walked off lunch by exploring the Old Town and Kaiserburg, the Imperial Castle, built in the 14th century and situated on a high hill above the town. We then headed back to the train station to pick up our luggage, rental car and headed for Rothenburg.
Geoff savoring his Bratwuerstle and Pils lunch
They have four cooks hovering over the beech wood fired grille making sure there is enough Bratwuerstle to keep up with demand
The Holy Ghost Hospital spanning the Pegnitz River was donated to Nuernberg in the 14th century by the cities richest resident to help the poor.
Rita lusting after all the white asparagus available in many of the market square stalls
St. Lawrence Church was built in 1360 as a Catholic Church but a century later it became a Luthern Church. It was severly damaged during the war but was rebuilt in the 1950's with money donated by two American brothers
The interior was not fully furnished until more than a century after the church was built so the Catholic decor now adorned a Luthern church.
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