Tuesday catnaps, laundry, and blogging...

Haven't even left the house today. Been hanging out in my big
sweatshirt, and fleecie socks... Working on the blog, laundry, and
being generally lazy. Might venture out to mail some postcards, but
that idea is 50/50 at best. :P we leave for Munich and "the real
Oktoberfest" in the morning. I need to save up my energy.

We are also debating some plans for the weekend. Now that Saf & Bev
aren't going to make it (we had touristy activities in Nurenberg
planned), we might do one last roadtrip down to Salzburg Austria for
the weekend. We'll see.....

Warm soup!

Hit the grocery store on the way home, and made some mushroom, sausage
and lentil soup for dinner. Was lovely to be relaxed, and "home" for
an evening with the Sussman's.

Nuremberg castle, and a sky about to let loose

Made it back to the northern gate of old town when it started to
drizzle, and looked like the sky was going to let loose! Tucked myself
into a little biergarden, and wrote some postcards while waiting out
the downpour.

More old town Nuremberg

The "Beautiful Fountain"

St. Lorenz Church on the main square

Market square

The street running through the center, Konigstrasse (I think?!) was
crowded with farmers market stands and shoppers. Having rained off and
on all day, I had my eye on the ominous-looking sky!

Old town festival

The area along the river in the southern section of Nuremberg was all set up with food, beer, and knick-knack booths for the annual festival that I am guessing will be in full gear over the weekend.

Little walk around old town

With the car successfully returned, and the underground navigated... I
decided to stroll through old town for a bit on my way back home.

Monday, Monday

Jana and Noah both had to work on Monday, and I was Soooo greatful for
a morning to sleep in and relax... My only job being to return the
rental car to the airport. The little corsa treated us well, and we
put about 2,000km on her on the past week.

Armed with the GPS to get me to the airport, and maps to get me on the
train back home, I ventured out of the house, and was successful in my
mission.

Sunset driving back into Nuremberg

We made it back home around 7 In the evening, and we greeted by Noah
(who was kind enough to help us get all the stuff we had accumulated
over a week out of the car!).

Nice to be home again! Catch up on some sleep and laundry...

Rainclouds make for beautiful sunsets!

Back in the car just in time!

For the rest of the drive, we moved in and out of blue skies, and
downpours.

The Bauhaus movement

Also of significant note was that the Bauhaus movement was started in
Weimar in 1919. We ducked into the museum for a quick tour. We watched
a documentary about the movement (in german) and it was quite the name-
dropping flashback to college. Many of the innovators who founded the
Bauhaus movement (Gropius, Itten, Schlemmer, Klee, Kandinsky, Moholy-
Nagy, etc) were also instrumental in driving modern graphic design in
the US after WWII.

The museum was a bit less than impressive, but it was fun to revisit
the historical tradesmen of my art!

Quick sightseeing stop in Weimar

We took a bit of a longer route back into east Germany before heading
south to make a quick stop in Weimar.

Known as a huge cultural center over the years, boasting Schiller,
Goethe, Bach, and many more as famous residents. The statue pictured
in the center square depicting Schiller and Goethe.

A few giggles

This little sign in the bathroom of the guesthouse gave us both a few
few good giggles...

On the road

Saturday evening we drove a few hours south of Hamburg, and stayed at
a little guest house in a random town. This gave us a little
flexibility to take some side-roads on Sunday without feeling the rush
to get back to Nuremberg.

Still in the north, it was funny that we ended up at a Bavarian-themed
place (traditionally southern Germany).