I spent two nights in Nürnburg at a hostel quite close to the HBF. This theme seems to be recurring. I seem to want to not have to travel very far to get to my hostel after arriving in the city. However things turn out from here on, I know that this hostel was a great choice. First, the people I met there were very fun and unique to other places I have been. Again, though, the hostel game is heavily dominated by traveling Americans. Every once in a while though, you meet someone from somewhere you wouldn’t expect. For instance I met Ricardo, from Brazil. It didn’t take long after meeting him before I realized most of our conversations were going to be football oriented. We had many a long chat on this topic; he suggested to me a couple games from past years that would be worth rewatching, and I told him my perspective on the Champions League final, which had just been played.

Aside from the people, the city itself was gorgeous, especially when you knew where to look. Nürnburg is more developed and touristy than I was lead to believe. The cit is in fact huge, and all the traditional areas are drenched in modern stores. It is hard to find anywhere that really remains untouched by this. For the most part I spent my time in the middle of the city, inside the old town. This area is surrounded by an amazing wall that, I’m assuming, used to be the border of the city. Inside this area area the main tourist hotspots. Since I wasn’t going to be there long, I decided to hit these. There are a couple large prominent churches inside this area, as well as a river, Pegnitz I believe, and some beautiful bridges. The crown jewel of the city though is the castle in the back of the walled area that overlooks the whole city. From the ramparts here, one gets a free view of the entire south side of Nürnberg, this was probably the main highlight.

Althoug my time was short there, it was very good and informative and I now can say I know a little bit more about Nürnberg.