Nuremberg

When my mom and Annie were in town we celebrated N's birthday by taking a day trip to Nuremberg. Not your typical "happy birthday" kind of place to go, given it's history, but hey- we just take day trips as they're available.


I know. We're adorable.

William wanted to get in on the action and came up to give me several kisses. :)

This is the Nuremberg court house. After WWII Russia, France, England and the US joined forces at this courthouse to bring to trial the 22 (I think) top Nazi leaders.

Courtroom 106, where the trial took place.

I love this.

A break from the heavy stuff-- we visited the town castle. It's beautiful! We didn't go on the tour because it was only offered in German and our kids aren't really the quiet/listening kind. We did take William up the tower while my mom stayed down with the younger sleeping brothers.

I can't help it-- I always want to bust out "Little town, such a quiet village...." when I look at a scene like this, even though it's far from a tiny or quiet town.

Grandma Elizabeth at the Zeppelin Stadium. This stadium was hitler's rally-point of sorts. It's largely still in tact. There is quite a bit of footage available of the rallies that took place here.

After the war.
See that little door above? My little boys are dancing in front of it in the next picture:

Even though I know they won't really have memories of these places, I'm so grateful that we have this opportunity to be here and to be able visit these pieces of history that so drastically shaped our world.

My sweet little Cameron on 'Hitler's platform'. As the guy at the museum said, "You can stand exactly where that bastard stood". True and true. It was surreal.

A gift from Cameron.