Nuremberg

On Sunday, we were able to attend High Point church which is in Vilseck, a town past Amberg toward Nuremberg. It was refreshing to not only hear a sermon, but a sermon in English! Afterwards we ate at a local restraint where we had German cuisine. The high light of the day was to be able to see and taste these “windpipes” that I had been told of. It was rumored that these pastries are crème puffs that are the size of a small ball! This rumor was proven to be true and it was quite tasty! It would not have been possible to consume the crème puff in its entirety solo, so Courtney and I split one. The following week comprised of studying, relaxing, birthday parties, Mexican food, Sissi, and a trip to Nuremberg.

Tile outside of the train station

We learned a lesson on the trip on the train. Do not be late! Our train was late, which was very unusual for Germany because their public transportation tends to sbe quite punctual, so several students decided to grab a cup of quick coffee before our train arrived. This was not the most responsible decision. Our train had arrived moments after they had departed for their quest for coffee and we became slightly worried that they were going to miss it. As we boarded the train and took our seats, we could observe from our windows Heather, Lisa, Tanner sprinting toward the train and they climbed those steps and made it through the door. Jeff was lagging behind and the doors to the train slammed right in his face! Jeff stood there with a questionable look on his face and our train slowly departed from the station. We started with 10 students and we were now down to 9. The largest German museum is located in Nuremberg which object of this academic outing. Nuremberg has a Nazi history in which it served as being the center of the Nazi Party conventions. During our short visit, we were not able to see the town for the lack of time. But we were able to spend a chunk of time in the Germanic Museum. Several of the most interesting things I found in the museum were:

Glass phials from the Romans in the early Merovingian Period. They used these glass phials to collect tears and then they deposited the tears at burials to symbolize grief. They called these lacrimaria. Lacrima=tear.


On display, the 1st globe in the world was there. It was created by Martin Behaim and constructed before the discovery of America. On the globe, it had the findings of Pliny, Strabo, Marco Polo, and Ptomely. It had what kinds of plants and animals were in each region, it was amazing!

They also had rooms that were set up with the type of furniture from different time periods. Rooms were dedicated to the different clothing styles within the different decades. They also had a room dedicated to music and the different instruments.

Globe Evolution of underwear Phials


Unfortunately, we were running out of time so we kind of ran through the exhibits.


We spent our amounted time and barely made it through half of the museum. We were given money for lunch and a time to meet back at the train station. Courtney and I had noticed a pizza hut on the walk to the museum and we decided to dine there. Mmmm, American pizza. The first time we had German pizza in our hostel, many toppings that should not be put on a pizza. Corn, for example, should never be placed on a pizza, silly Germans. Once we consumed our lunches, we were successful in making it back to the train station on time and returning to the hostel to finish up our reading in preparation for Christian Worldview, which is our first class with Dr. Trull from Corban College.