We took the underground train (much more efficient than the London Underground) towards the Zeppelin fields, located on the outskirts of Nuremberg. Here was where the Nazis staged their enormous rallies and where Hitler had envisioned even more buildings, most of which never even got started. The stage where Hitler held his ‘Cathedral of Lights’ rally still existed but was quite overgrown. Many of the pillars have been pulled down for safety reasons, but you could actually stand in the place where Hitler conducted his speeches. Standing up there you just got shivers, thinking of how powerful his speeches were and what it might have been like filled with hundreds of thousands of people. It was quite eerie as it now overlooks a football field.
We then went to the congress hall, which had only ever been half built. It has been converted into a museum, which housed information on the Nuremberg rallies and on the rise of Hitler. It was really interesting, as I had learnt a lot about this in Modern History.
From here we hit the road to Munich. It was very easy to drive into Munich and we found our hotel really easily. We asked the lady at the front desk to help us find our way, and using the underground we went to the Marienplatz, or main square. Marienplatz was a busy tourist hub, with lots of shops and interesting architecture. There is also the Glockenspeil. We had a look around and bought a new camera. We had dinner in a beer hall which was buzzing with people and shared our table with a German couple. They were very friendly and spoke good English. I enjoyed a traditional German meal with veal meatballs and an assortment of other foods and a goulash soup, while Daniel had another pork schnitzel. We also had a litre of the local beer.
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