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Thanks for sharing the pics Bart and Eric! Nice memories.

I will never again think of Nuremburg just as the place where the trials were located. It was such a lovely old city before the war and I have the pics to prove it!

The old town is only about 10 percent of what the whole city was, and is based on the hillside and fortress. Note that I mentioned hillside!



High on a hill, the fortress area. Yes we had to go over a bridge and in a tunnel to get there!





What were they looking at?









The view from the fortress was incredible.

One of the oldest buildings - I think it was 1300s.



After a stroll downhill - one of many town squares









More strolling downhill and more old architecture

Each city has its quirkiness for some distinctive feature. Old Nuremburg had these

And yes there were churches/cathedrals. Every old city we visited did!

ONE





TWO





And town squares



where here we saw on the ground what must be for a steeple



And other odd pieces of architecture







And a wall sundial



above a beautifully painted mural building



All So Beautiful.

Thanks Lilylady for all the great pictures. It's a wonder that these old buildings survived WW II.

Bet you and others are planning to go back some day.

Frank and Lilylady,
Thanks for the great pics! It certainly reminds me of the times we had in Germany. It sure looks like a great time was had by all.

Only WOW !! What a well rounded tour by such a well rounded group ! ;-)

Did any of you listen to organs (professionally) played, took closer photos of consoles with dispositions, discussed with any organist or even played her/himself ?

From my brief childhood memories of Germany (for heart surgery in Munich) I somewhat recognize the rotating figurine church tower in Munich. And some wonderful toy and train museums in Nurnberg, Munich, maybe Salzburg if that's right too.

Locks of lovers on a metal fence were in the highest place of Tartu, Estonia too. But only put by Russians - native Estonian did not have that custom.

Food. And Spirits.

Great! and plenty of it, daily. For sure we had some great dinners. And the breakfast was an array of food.

First night in Hafen Hamburg overlooking the river. Elegant.



Elegant Hors d'heuvres



Then a surpise from British Jim for his lovely bride for their anniversary





There were outside cafes





and rest stops with gorgeous countryside views



And food, food, food!







And Spirits







Where the Riesling grows - Wachau Valley on the Danube hillsides







I have a more complete listing of pics with notes on WTF if you'd care to indulge

Food
http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9130004433/m/1571085816

The Spirits:
http://well-temperedforum.groupee.net/eve/forums/a/tpc/f/9130004433/m/2391037816

and shortly I'll have the breakfast fare up.

The pics of the food makes me feel really hungry! Thanks, lilylady, and Frank, For all these wonderful pictures that you are sharing with all of us!

All that food and beautiful scenery, what a great time all of you had - I'm with Rotom - thanks for "taking us" with you.

Love that picture of you Lilylady - that beer looks good.

One of our first nights on the road was the gorgeous old hotel sitting right on the river. Elegant through and through...

except maybe the old Bechstein in the convention hall which a few of us tried....

but the old Steinway in the lobby got use!

I'll post some pics of the hotel shortly.

Here's the mixed video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJ3R2qYlL90

Adding pics now -

Gorgeous old hotel sitting right on the river. Elegant through and through...

except maybe the old Bechstein in the conference room which a few of us tried - no matter we had fun....

but the old Steinway in the lobby got good use!

The Rhine side











Ferry crossing the river



Restaurant was right on the river!



Elegant old staircase

Thanks for the wonderful pics Lily! As is always, you are a sweetheart for sharing them with us!

Today's adventure involves the German Technical Museum and their displays of instruments (focus - keyboard) and mechanical musical devices.

It was wonderful and our tour guide most appreciative. We could play some old instruments even.

I'll share a video first and then some pictures. I took lots but some are blurry due to the darkness and reflections of the glass. I cleaned them up the best I could. As Frank mentioned earlier these do take some time to post so I hope you enjoy! It was the most fun of the museums for me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYFLtzB8r60

(Thanks to FTP, I was able to turn some vids around upright and put together a vid on Automated instruments right on Windows Movie Maker.) Phew!



Streicher and Sohn



Neo Bechstein





Bosie





Automated Bluthner







more coming...

Steinway automated - Oak

Odd ones...

More automated

The organs -

This one is for APPLE - called the APPLE ORGAN and very rare/early!











A whole room for display of restoring old pipe organs.















I hope that one day you can visit this fantastic museum. I could spend hours there.

Hi Liliylady,

Thanks so much for all those great pictures. I wish I had a way of sending the pictures of the organs to my nephew. He's an organist. Maybe one day he can visit the places all of you
did.