A "Trip into the Tunnels of Time"
(Miguel Gonzales-Hermosillo)
Day 3 - To Nürnberg! We were met by our good friend Michael as we enjoyed a special tour of the museum that he founded - photo below and with Ed Hargrove (2074-1991) at the Maxim gun. After some hours there, we visited his new tower! This was a tower in the fortress city, built in the 1300's and will be another part of Michael's great museum.
After lunch, we toured the "Rathaushalle" (photo below) where kings, noblemen and knights met in ancient days to formulate treaties - and where Adolf Hitler met with the city and state officials on many occasions. This room is NOT open to normal visitors.
Michael's "New" Tower the "Rathaushalle"
Another visit that was NOT for the usual visitor was our walk into the depths of the city beneath the pavement a few stories deep into the bunker and tunnel system that lies beneath this city.
After all these great experiences, we headed for the "Zum Guldner Stern" restaurant, now a regular dinner place for us in Nürnberg. This restaurant was already some eighty years old - when Christopher Columbus departed for the New World! It is in this restaurant where we have the annual Sharkhunters Sausage Eating Contest. The Sharkhunters record of 42 sausages was set during our 2003 "Patrol" by Steve Riha (2937-1993) and although there were many boasts in this 2005 group that the record would fall, no one was even close to the record of 42 sausages. These sausages are tiny, but they are extremely rich.
Naturally we were joined by the fine lady (age 90 now) who was present at the 1936 Party Congress, selling what else - Nürnberger Sausages! Hermann Göring gave her a ride from Zeppelinfeld in his car at the end of the day. She is on the right of the photo below.
As every year, our friend Eugen joined us as did several other veterans. Eugen was a Panzergrenadier with the Hermann Göring Division. He and his wife are sitting next to Harry Cooper (1-LIFE-1983) in the left of this photo.
As you might imagine, it was quite late when we finally arrived at our hotel this night.
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