Nuremberg and Munich

On the way to our campground just outside Nuremberg we visited Zeppelin Field. It is where the National Socialist (NSDAP) Nazi Party Rallies took place from 1933 to 1938, and was also known as the Nazi Party Rally Grounds. It has been left to crumble which is understandable as the German people don't want to glorify the past. There are a number of information boards around so history can be preserved. 

The Zeppelin Field is still used today as a venue for major rock and pop concerts and the relics of the NS buildings are used as spectators' stands.

Although it was never completed, the Congress Hall would have been enormous and gives an insight into the size of NS Party Rallies 

The following day we caught the bus and walked around the old town and up to Kaiserburg, the Imperial Castle, part of which is built on solid rock 

Between 1050 and 1571 it hosted the gatherings of the court and juridical sessions of all German emperors and kings of the Holy Roman Empire.

In addition to the castle, there are a number of old buildings and churches.

Then it was on to Munich. We did quite a lot of sightseeing on the first day, 

and worked up a bit of a thirst so we went to one of the largest breweries, Hofbrauhaus. We spent a few hours soaking up the local culture

More sightseeing on day two

By day 3 we had seen the old town so we headed up to the 1972 Olympic stadium

Later that afternoon we walked to Nymphenburg palace. The frontage alone is almost 700m, bigger than Versailles and the gardens/park  cover over 200 hectares/490 acres. Needless to say we only saw a very small part of the gardens.

Before we headed to Austria the following day we did a tour of Dachau concentration camp memorial. You can read all about it in books or the internet but it's hard to imagine the scale until you see it in person. There are no words.