Another day to sleep in followed by a late breakfast with the family. However, today we decided to spend the afternoon in Nurnberg. Of course, we know of Nurnberg from the War Trials after World War II, but we were surprised to learn what a hotbed it was for pro-Nazi activities. We learned all about it at the Nazi Documentation Center (another interesting place that we found courtesy of Rick Steves). We found it to present a lot of information in what seemed to be a very objective, non-biased way - the good, the bad, and the ugly of Nazism, it's birth and death (or at least downfall). It was very interesting to learn what political and social changes were happening to Germany to make it's citizens receptive to the Nazi agenda and to watch interviews of people from all sides of the political spectrum who lived through those times. We stayed until closing time and then, of course, paid a visit to the famous court house. It's still in use and is closed to the public, so we only saw the outside. Finally, we returned "home" for another delicious dinner with the family. Unfortunately, the dinner table became somewhat hostile as a political debate developped (we do not have the same political perspective as our German relatives) and things rapidly developped into a loud disagreement. Eventually, things calmed down and we were able to go to sleep with no hard feelings (I hope).

Labels: Europe 2008, Germany