Ahh, Charlemagne. The king who had everything (or at least, most of Europe in the 8th century). But of course, he wanted more. You see, Charlemagne wanted to be the head of both church and state, and so when the pope told him, “no, piss off”, he was not very happy to hear that. Charlemagne’s…
Category: Germany
Nuremberg Castle & the National Germanic Museum
Today marks our third and final day in Nuremberg, Germany! The morning and early afternoon were free for us and so I set off on a long solo walk around the city which led me to the Nuremberg Castle. Afterwards, I had to spend some time catching up on my journaling before leaving for today’s…
Bamberg’s Barbecued Beer
Today I’m going to pretend to be playfully fun and preface the post with a question. Here we go! 😀 What do you imagine a drink called “barbecued beer” tastes like? I go to school in Memphis, Tennessee, and so when my professor informed us that today’s studies would be taking place in Bamberg, Germany,…
From the Steam room, to Churches, to Night Clubs in Nuremberg!
Hey everyone, guess what! We’re in Nuremberg, Germany, and it’s my favorite city we’ve visited yet! Although, how many times have you heard that on this blog? I should probably wait until our semester of European travel is over before making that call. Oh well! Anyways, today marked our first full day in Nuremberg. We…
Visiting Nordlingen & Rothenburg & Space Church
Well Munich was big, yummy, and fun (in that order), but now it’s time to head North towards Nuremberg! Along our journey, we stopped in two small towns, Nordlingen and Rothenburg, to visit their churches and just have a look around some of southern Germany’s smaller towns. Though I’d never heard of either place, their…