Bonnie writes:
Instead of the two world renowned museums that we were considering, Nicole woke up with a new idea and suggested that we go to a small town ½ hour by train north of Nuremberg called Bamburg. It was a gorgeous day and I was very much in agreement.
Bamberg is a beautiful world heritage city that was sparred from bombing during the war. So when they describe the town hall as being old – they mean really old. We hopped on the “Hop-on, hop-off” (my favorite) bus right at the train station. I had some real qualms when the brochure talked about the “hill quarter with its seven hills” but it all worked out great because the bus drives you up to the 1,000 year old cathedral hill. The entire town can be viewed in under an hour so we stayed on the bus for another half and got off at the cathedral. Absolutely breathtaking! We did go up a little further and then started working our way back down. There were spots that were so steep you had to really watch your footing. One spot even had a hand rail attached to the wall.
By this time we were feeling a little tired and happened to stop right next to a chocolate shop – surprise, surprise. So we stopped for coffee for Nicole and tea for me along with a lovely pastry. Have no idea what was in it but it was yummy! Nicole felt the need for some “green space” after that treat, so we came down through the peaceful, restful botanical garden. Of course that took a little longer than expected and we discovered that the bus had stopped running. Not to fear, Nicole whipped out her phone and found us a city bus. We got back on the train to Nuremberg and ended our excursion with a dinner of goulash soup, brown bread and a side salad accompanied by a giant beer for Nicole and white wine for me. (I am enjoying the German Rhine wines).