August raod trip con't; Nuremberg, Germany, Heerlen and Zwolle Holland,

Back on the road:
  from Zagreb, through Slovenia, lunch in Austria, over night in Germany, final destination Holland.
We had made reservations to spend the night in Nuremberg Germany.

*Nuremberg (/ˈnjʊərəmbɜrɡ/; German: Nürnberg German pronunciation: [ˈnʏrnbɛrk] is a city on the Pegnitz river and the Rhine–Main–Danube Canal in the German state of Bavaria. The city dates back to the year 1050 and for around 500 years, it was the unofficial capital of the Holy Roman Empire. While its history dates to the 11th century, Nuremberg is most often linked to World War II. It first served as the site of many pre-war Nazi rallies, then was nearly leveled by Allied bombing, then was the site of the famous post-war Nuremberg Trials.

 I will not comment on our hotel, except to say, the room was an attic space with no AC, on a very hot night...
We were up early and didn't stay for breakfast.

Parking across from the main train station, right by Handwerkerhof, arriving just as the daily market was opening, we enjoyed a great breakfast buffet, over looking the early morning activities, from a second floor patio.

Parked in front of a Dunkin' Donuts, making the day soooo much better!

Didn't see it until we got out of the car.
Didn't even knew to look for DD in Germany!
Real American Iced coffee to-go,
but I'm getting ahead of myself...

After breakfast, we wondered around old town (Alstadt), which is a pretty big area.  Along with buying fruit from the market, we walked along the river, over some of the bridges, thru squares and down tiny streets; seeing several pretty wood-decorated houses, imposing high walls, towers, medieval buildings, churches, monuments and a few nightmarish statues. As with most old cities here, it is chalk full of history and well worth exploring! 

Early morning in Nuremberg, Germany

Noted: Starbucks (green umbrellas) very cool building and outside seating 

Right in the middle of Nuremberg's city,
surrounded by the towers and walls of the medieval city fortification,
the Crafts Yard (Handwerkerhof).  I bought a pretty pottery mug here.

 A map and a visit inside the Kaiserburg (Nuremberg Castle), are a must, if we go again.

Okay, back on the road, with DD iced coffee in hand! Next stop Holland. Unbeknown to us, we were traveling on "black Saturday" the busiest travel day of the year, therefore the 5 hour trip took 8 hours.  We did not make the tent crusade in Amersfoort, but we had a good night sleep and the next morning, Sunday, Tom preached in Heerlen, In between services the van Donk family had us over for a traditional home cooked meal, a great beginning to conference week.

Sunday August 9, 2015 - Heerlen, Holland

 A short 2 hour drive on Monday brought us to our final destination,
 Zwolle conference, which was fantastic...(again;)

Zwolle conference 10 - 14 august 2015 Pastor W.Mitchell / Jose Torres.  I did not take very many pictures, and the ones I did, are from the back (middle-left), so most all the college' photos are from the Zwolle website www.dedeur.nl there are 100's there!

NEW LOCAL and MISSIONARY ANNOUNCEMENTS: thedoornetherlands.com

1.Into Wanica Surinam // out of  Paramaribo Surinam (kerk Evert vd Bosch) //Kaunda and Hanna Deel

2.Into Lelydorp Surinam // out of Rotterdam // Arjan and Rachel Draaijer

3.Into Paramaribo Surinam // out of Rotterdam // under support The Hague //Krish and Parisha Dwarkasing

4.Into Quito Equador // out of Almeria Spain // Secundo and Digna Andrade

5.Into Malaga Spain // out of El Ejido Spain // Javier and Adriana Valolles 

6.Into Hoofddorp (Holland) // out of Leeuwarden // Jeroen and Cornelia van Leeuwen

7.Into Nieuwegein (Holland)// out of Utrecht // Raymond (Ronnie) and Sharine Maria 

On Saturday we got up at 4am and drove straight home, it took just over 15 hours, tired but blessed and happy we were able to go! and like last year "Worth it bc T did all the driving! Worth it bc conference was timely and the preaching down to earth. Worth it bc it's so nice to meet up with old and make new friends..."   CC

* from: wikipedia info.Nuremberg.here and/or -Nuremberg_top 10 things to do

More random Nuremberg facts:

• In January 1945, 90% of the old city of Nürnberg was destroyed when it was bombed. The famous Nürnberg Castle and the city wall were damaged in the bombing raid, but have been restored. Much of Nürnberg was rebuilt to look like the original, but there are also modern buildings
• On April 20, 1945 (Hitler's 56th birthday), the city was captured by three divisions of the American Seventh Army, after a fierce battle that had lasted for several days.
• It was at the Zeppelin Field, just outside the city of Nürnberg, that the National Socialists staged huge annual party rallies in the 1930’s. The rally would be preceded by a performance of the Wagnerian opera, "Die Meistersinger von Nürnberg," the story of Hans Sachs, which was Hitler's favorite.
• After the war, Nuremberg was in the American zone of occupation and American troops were stationed in the city until 1992.     
• Not only is it famous for its medieval walls, ancient castle, and Gothic churches, it has the world-famous gingerbread at Hauptmarkt. toy manufacturing, Nürnberger bratwurst and the Christmas market.