A Quick Walk Around Nuremberg

After the pork-knuckle lunch at Nuremberg, we were given about an hour of free time to walk around this little old town.

There is this 'Ship of Fools' sculpture placed along the street. It is said to be based on the book of satire with the same name.

Most of the old towns in Europe were built along rivers. Nuremberg is also no exception.

Old churches are also the features of European old towns. Therefore, one cannot miss seeing churches of gothic or baroque style. The gothic churches always have towers with steep roof that cannot be missed even from a distance. This gothic church is St. Lawrence Church (Lorenzkirche).

When we arrived at St. Lawrence Church, it was about time for us to make a U-turn back to meet the other tour members.

The was a market at the old town area selling all sorts of things. My sister bought a few peaches for us to chew on the tour bus. These peaches were extremely juicy and refreshing.

The Pork Knuckle at Nuremberg

Germany has been well-known for the pork knuckle with crispy skin and tender meat on the inside. Therefore, our tour guide promised us to have a meal with this must-have dish during our last day in Germany.

In order to fulfil his promised, our tour guide brought us to a very nice restaurant at Nuremberg for lunch. The restaurant has a courtyard and also a large dining hall with a medieval setting.

Since our group had sixteen persons, we were seated at a long dining table inside the dining hall. Not long after we had settled down, each of us was served a bowl of soup with egg strips.

Once we had finished with the soup, the famed pork knuckle was served. The portion of pork knuckle was so big that it was more than enough to feed two persons. Therefore, I could not finish it and I skipped dinner too after this meal. The pork knuckle was quite nicely done at this restaurant. The skin was crispy and the meat was tender. The pickled cabbage that went with it was very nice too.

Although I was already very full after the main course, there was still enough room to accommodate two scoops of ice cream to top if off.