We had a quick trip to the Nuremberg Documentation Centre, not something I wanted to do so I sat ooutside in the sun. A few people joined me, either because they too didn't want to do it or because it was so crowded they couldn't get into the rooms. Only had 45 mins there. The people who did want to see it were pissed off that they had next to no time there and it needed a few hours at least. Then we went to the central square in Nuremberg for the Autumn Markets and food. We got there at 12.25 and our guide wanted us back on the bus at 1pm. We revolted en masse and told her we wouldn't be back until 1.30. We didn't see her again so I gather she didn't like our revolution, hehehe. No loss, she wasn't a very happy or informative guide. After that we made our way to Prague - what a beautiful city. We have done quite a bit of walking the last 2 days and now my feet are revolting (as in revolution).
The Cruise Director on the ship had a saying at each port talk about ABC in each town we visited - Another Beautiful Church or Another Beautiful Cathedral. I have to admit that for me, it's got to the point that this last week I've been saying Another Bloody Church or Another Bloody Castle. As beautiful and grand and old as they are, I'm over the opulence and definitely over the indulgence, excess and thievery of the privileged. If they weren't so self-indulgent, people wouldn't have needed to be taxed so much. But then, has anything changed??? Governments have taken the place of the privileged.
Enough ranting, off to Egypt tomorrow and it will be nice to have something utterly different to look at. Garry will be very happy to find out that I'm over Europe: been there, seen that, there's more to the world than castles and cathedrals and baroque buildings. After almost 6 weeks here, I'm really looking forward to seeing our sunburnt country. Egypt and Jordan will be a very refreshing (but hot) interlude before returning to our lucky country.
Here's some pics of Prague:
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