On the train again!

Another good sleep in after all the walking yesterday and after breakfast as we were heading back to our room we were conscious of a whole pile of people in variopus forms of "fancy dress" on the street right outside the Hilton doors. It appears that the hotel next door was celebrating its 20th anniversary and so the staff from all the various parts of the hotel, its restaurants, loigistics, clerical, all of them were all dressed up for a parade. Most colouful and again something different to experience of the culture. With only the morning to occupy, and much of it now taken care of, we walked across the bridge to the "New City" past the golden statue of Augustus the Great and visited the Church of the 3 Kings. It also had been bombed during the war and has been rebuilt, but they have turned a mausoleum into a missional and practical facility yet have retained the old altar with all its bomb damage just as is (whereas the Frauenkirche completely restored theirs. Different stories - both really interesting.
Then came the walk of 1 1/2 km from the hotle to the station so we stopped part way and had our lunch, even then we reached it in time to be able to catch the train 1hr ewarlier than we had planned. That was good and although it wasn't the ICE (the very fast train) it was still 1st class in an Inter Regional Express. It came directly from Dresden to Nuremburg but taking a "back route" through the rolling hills of Saxony, quite different landscapes than we had seen before. Needless to say it also began to rain as we travelled south-east and quite heavily at times. However, by the time we reached Nuremburg it had stopped and we had very little distance to walk this time to our hotel - we have a great relationship with the railways from our bedroom window - fortunately it is double glazed. We've wandered into town for tea and this has already whtted our appetite for exploring this city of great medieval history as well as for its significant role in the War Trials following WW2.