Saturday, June 16, 2012

Day 13


Saturday had an early start with our charter bus leaving at 7am to head out to the Bauhaus School and then on to Nuremburg.  After getting a great nap on the bus, we arrived at the Bauhaus School, which I found extremely interesting.  I cannot believe that that school was only in use for 6 to 10 years and still left such a long lasting legacy.  The school is still in service but not at all in the same magnitude.  They now only have a 1-year certificate program upon getting your Bachelor’s.  The school’s architecture was absolutely phenomenal, especially for having been made in the 1920s. 


While there we all ate lunch in their cafeteria and then headed to tour their Master’s Houses.  The Master’s Houses was where their top teachers would live with their own family, just like the school, the architecture of the homes were so amazing.  Walter Gropious did an absolutely stunning job and especially for the complex having been built in 1920s. 


After finishing up our tours we proceeded to go on our 4-our journey to Nuremburg, Germany.  The drive was absolutely beautiful in the German countryside.  We drove on the Autobahn and passed several quaint villages and saw hundreds of windmills along the way.  Germans are very into being energy efficient on everything and anything.



Upon arriving in Nuremburg, we all got our stuff situated in our hotel rooms.  Afterwards we went to explore the city at 6pm.  I found the city to be absolutely stunning.  I think I could wonder around in this city for hours and hours at a time.  There were two amazing churches in the city and an even a castle that we went up to, to have a great view of the city around us. 










Afterwards, we made our way back to our hotel rooms and then walked around the park across the street for bit, before calling it a day.  

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