Nuremberg, Germany - Tiergärtnerplatz and Wanderer Cafe

I saw a very cute little cafe and decided to stop for a break.  The Wanderer Cafe sounded like just the spot.

I asked the bartender if he created a great cappuccino, and he said that he would try and I could judge.  I also ordered a "lebkuchen" a spiced ginger bread cookie.  This was my first taste of the well known treat.

My cappuccino came on a silver tray with water.  It was too warm in the building for my bundled up attire, so I sat outside.  Notice the blankets on the chairs.  That is very nice!

This cookie is about the size of a fist and is very good. There are variations with chocolate.

I noticed a group of school children, middle school, approaching the rabbit statue.  I wish that I could understand their conversations!

I also noticed (when I was posting this), that you could have another closeup of Saint George the Dragon Slayer.

This apartment house is across the plaza.

A closeup peak at the curtained windows.

I like the large sign for the water closet.

And this is a peak inside a room on the bottom floor.

This man was on a trek.

Here are a few views of the menu so that you could get an idea on prices.  Coffee is about $2.

 Across the plaza is the Albrecht Dürer House. It was built around 1420 and Dürer lived in it from 1509-1528.  The house is now a museum.

The Wanderer Cafe at the base of the wall and the Tiergartner Tower. The name refers to the game reserve of the viscous in the moat.

The tunnel on the left goes in to a garden.

 This is a better view of the Pilatushaus, on the left.  You can see the seven stories.  It is half timbered. I could only find a translated version of the description, so if you want to read more, click here.

I don't know where the doors are but in this area there is an entrance to a network of tunnels under the Nuremberg Castle.  The tunnels have heating and cooling as well as running water.  These tunnels were used to store Nuremberg's art works to keep them safe from bombing, smoke, gas and pillaging.
Website information http://museums.nuremberg.de/art-shelter/

Nuremberg, Germany - Walk to find "The Hare"

I left the Nuremberg Castle and looked at my map to find the way to see a statue that was a tribute to Albrecht Durer's "The Hare" (Der Hase).  Dürer is famous for his painting of a rabbit (Click here to see a photo of the painting) so I was interested to find the statue while I was in the area.

 Coffee, cappuccino, chocolate, and hot spiced wine.  To each there are two options of cakes: apple and cheese.  I read all of that without a dictionary!

 I have an option to take the upper road or the lower road.  Both meet at my final destination. Rick Steves recommends taking the upper road along the base of the wall, and I should have done that.  The book says that you can see the old craftsman homes, two of them, that survived the WWII bombings.

 Add this to my collection of photos depicting what people do with their trash.

 The road runs along the base of the castle.

 The painting on the building was interesting.

 I watched this man for a while and then determined that he was the post man.

 Some shop windows along the way.  A nativity display.

 The entrance to the apartments on the upper floors.  Here is the doorbell.

 "Exit. Keep free".  Don't park in front of the gate.

 The tower and plaza are ahead. The tower's name is Tiergärtnertor and was a main entrance to the city.

 The white building in the middle is the Pilatushaus, one of the few remaining late Gothic period homes in Nuremberg.

 There is a statue of Holy George as a Dragon Slayer on the corner of the house.

Cute things in the store window.  These are frogs with crowns.  I don't know what this means.

A few things to sit around.

 La la la la!!!  These singer statues were elegant.

 Look up and see the apartment windows.

Back to watching the street and the fairly even cobblestones.

 This is a pretty large plaza by the name of Tiergärtnertorplatzes.  This is in an old town section "Sebald", named after Saint Sebaldus.
Hmmm, see anything that looks like a statue?

 Another restaurant.

 I saw a red window above the restaurant, so I zoomed in to get a better view.

 There was a pretty wishing well so I played with arranging it a few times against the background.

 I saw a statue in the distance, to the left of the red car.  This must be my goal.  I stopped taking photos of the well and walked towards the statue.

 At this point I must admit that I had no clue what "Durer's The Hare" actually looked like.

 Well, this is quite interesting...

 There is a little statue in the front.  I bet that this cute little thing is a likeness of the original painting.  I confirmed that by reading the plate on the front of the pedestal.

Jürgen  Goertz's statue is a satiric take on the fluffy little field rabbit.  I doubt that I will ever forget seeing this statue.  I took multiple photographs because I knew that you could not possibly image the statue if I tried to describe it verbally.

Yes, this is a human looking foot sticking out from under the rabbit's paw.

Other rabbits squeezing out of the pen.

Well, I really don't know what to think of this.  It is time to take a coffee break and gather my thoughts.

Nuremberg, Germany - Imperial Castle of Nuremberg (Part 3)

This gives a view of the Outer Courtyard.  From left to right, you see the Deep Well, the round Sinwell Tower, the lower building in the background is the gate entrance to the Imperial Castle. Behind the castle gate is the Walburgis Chapel (part of the other castle Burgrafenburg - Belgrave Castle) and on the path that drops sharply down on the right side of the photo are the Himmelsstallung (Celestial Stables).

Some school children take a morning snack break.

I followed the road alongside the stables.

This is a map of the castle complex.  Any details that I used in the blog posts are taken from the website http://www.kaiserburg-nuernberg.de/englisch/castle/plan.htm.  The website has more details about touring the castle.