The Nazi Fairgrounds

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Thursday 21 September 2006 20 °C

Spent yesterday wandering around Bayreuth. Looking at Wagner's opera house. Hitler's favorite balcony at Wagner's opera house and so forth.

Had dinner at a French restaurant. Which was quite nice since I could actually order for myself. The fries were so delicious. Cooked belgian style. We kept ordering more and more wine waiting for happy hour. And somehow we just missed it. Talked and drank wine til 1.

Lothar, Tiff, Lothar's flattie, Christian, and I went to Nürnberg today.

Started off at the Nazi fairgrounds, well the actual more PC title is something like, the Former Nazi Party Rally Grounds. The museum was quite cool. Had alot of info about the history. Nürnberg trials, etc. But it also showed the plans that Hitler and Speer had if the Nazis had one the war. We visited a half completed Congress building that resembled a coliseum. A Zeppelin field, where Hitler made speeches besides great big swastika banners.

Naziland was actually quite pretty. With an artificial lake filled with geese. and even a Great Road (Große Straße)for parades. I saw a sponsored by Coca Cola sign over the Great Road. A little creepy. There were also rides sittin on trucks, so not in use. People were happily roller blading around the grounds. And there were kids playing on a giant trampoline/jolly jumper. The lake even had pretty paddles boats you could rent out.

After Naziland, we went back into the city heart of Nürnberg. Had lunch, Drei em Weggla. Sausages are nice. Plus Nürnberg was alot more ethnically diverse than i expected. Coca Cola ads had Latin looking models because that's what is considered attractive here right now. The language barrier is a little annoying.

After lunch we headed to the Medieval dungeons. Which was actually freakier than I thought. Just dark, stuffy, lacking toilets, and full of torture devices. Of course, no matter how badly I felt. I still had to take goofy pictures amongst the shackles. I think my wrists were to small for them though.

Visited St. Sebald's church. They had this display of religions that detracted from jesus. Such as Judaism, Buddhism, Hinduism, Islam, and then lastly football. The church had gorgeous gothic architecture, with high pointed arches and detailed stained glass windows. Churches are quite beautiful, yet I always feel that Catholic churches are so morbid. Too many displays of Jesus's death rather than life.

Rode back to Bayreuth on the train after a little Gelato
We got a bit lazy for dinner, and just ordered hawaiian pizza, which was actually quite good. italian thin crust. Then watched the episode of Family Guy where Peter traces back his family line to Peter Hitler, Hitler's annoying brother. Constantly interrupting Hitler's speeches and calling him motherfuhrer
I then fell asleep while everyone watched the Big Lebowski in my room. Damn jet lag.

Posted by strinh 15:26 Archived in Germany Tagged round_the_world