After a very pleasant stay in Rothenburg, we ate breakfast, chatted with our Dutch neighbor (he's a psychiatric nurse on a HONDA 700 headed south on a week long trip) about riding, packed up and headed out. For the first time we saw the new part of Rothenburg and we refueled. At the gas station who did we see? It was none but the Night Watchman tour leader! And to verify that he's probably doing well, he was driving a pretty new expensive model Audi.
The route to Nuremberg was around 50 miles, but given that we were riding on secondary roads and passing through numerous small villages, it took us nearly 2 hours to reach our next campsite at xxxxx. We checked in and then rode another 6 miles into Nuremberg through some terrible traffic. We found an ADAC travel bureau right next to the walled city where I purchased travel insurance similar to AAA in the US. Oh and did I mention that it was hot! Riding in traffic in heat is not on my prescription list for happiness.
We learned that there was free motorcycle parking inside the walled city and we found a spot to park near the German National Museum. We shed our motorcycle gear, locked it to the bike, covered the bike, and headed off to explore the old city of Nuremberg. I should add that I forgot to bring some pants so I just wore my LDComfort shorts. We visited a nearby church (yes not another cathedral!) before walking down the main pedestrian street Koningstrasse where we found an excellent Asian restaurant (Dao's) for a late lunch. The Shrimp Pad Thai was flavorful. We noted there was a dam on the river that flowed under the restaurant and I was able to later photograph it for my friends in the DamTour group on Facebook. We continued our walk to the town square where there was a nice market set up and visited the Church of our Lady and the local Tourist Information office.
There was a little tourist train with a 45 minute narrated ride around the old city for 9€ ($14US) so we decided to take it. We found it very helpful to get a "lay of the land". The trip was only marred by another non English speaking couple who continued to talk during the narration even after we politely requested they stop. After the ride we took a break at McDonald's to hydrate and use the internet. As the German National Museum was open for free from 6-9pm on Wednesday, we took advantage of that. This museum houses an extensive painting collection sorted by era along with medieval armaments, and many other historical artifacts.
Back at the bike we geared up and rode back to camp where refreshing showers were enjoyed and a perfectly clear half moon lit sky presented itself. Angela enjoyed some pleasant conversation with some Spanish campers with two little girls. Their van had really cool bunk beds in the back for the kids.
And so our day ended. We're going back tomorrow into the city to visit 3 or 4 specific things.
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