Viking Today... 7/2

Today the boys leave Nürnberg and head to Ellwangen.

Google maps says it's just over an hour.

Over 25,000 people call Ellwangen home. They have an English version of their homepage. From what reading I did on Ellwangen, it looks like there's a large emphasis placed on their religious history.

There's some nice things to see in the city if the boys have time:
Castle Ellwangen
Historic Town View
Town View
St. Veit Cathedral
Wow
Lots of steeples
Again, wow

The church they're performing in (Wolfgangskirche) was founded in 1476. It may be the one with the rounded towers in the pictures above, I haven't been able to verify that for sure but found some info that leads me to believe it might be. The German page I was reading says that there's "an artistic star vault ribs" in the choir area.

This is a picture taken about 1000 feet from where the contact address is listed. Pretty nice!

Viking Today... 7/01

I'm on day 4 of a sightseeing vacation and I'm tired and my feet hurt from walking so much. The boys are on day 20 today. Quite the troopers!

From the official site of Nürnberg, there's a page with links to pictures and descriptions of pretty much everything that's in town.

The itinerary says "discover city etc." So I assume they'll be seeing some of the sights mentioned above.

Here's a few fancy 360 panoramas of sights in the area:
Opernhaus
Handwerkerhof
Hauptmarkt mit Frauenkirche
More panoramas

Viking Today... 6/30

The boys have a bit of a drive today. Over 4 hours according to google maps.
Großlittgen to Nürnberg

Scenery along the way.

Nürnberg is quite large. Population of 500,000, it's a pretty big city. It's got quite a history. All the way from the middle ages to WWII. It was heavily bombed during the war . The famous Nuremberg trials were conducted there. A much less ugly topic is the beautiful scenery in the city.

Here's a map with pictures overlaid... way more pictures than I could ever link to.

The address in the itinerary is for "Bereitschaftspolizeiabteilung" translated, that means "Riot police department" (Translated official site) I'm not sure what to make of that one! Here's a picture of the address from space. We'll all have to check the journals when they come back to find out about this place. Stacy claims to have found some info but, I'm not coming across it right now and it's time to hit Chicago again. If anyone comes up with more info, use the "comments" link below and share your links!