Ambling in Amberg (and Nabberg too)

The best trips are sometimes the least planned trips. You know, the ones where you wake up in the morning and say "so, where shall we go today ...". Well our trips to Germany are pretty much like that. Our friendly KIA is now very used to us phoning on the friday morning to hire and pick up the car that afternoon.

We have been told that Amberg is a great little town to visit for the kids as there is a water park with slides and hot pools. My colleague at work told us about a small little historical village called Nabberg along the way, which we stopped at for lunch on the way.

Nabberg was incredibly picturesque with building all quantly painted and (as always in Germany) perfectly neat and tidy (a great change from Italy)

We strolled through the town (which took all of about 20 minutes) and came across an ancient chappel on the hill was a view over the farm lands.


On the way back to the car, we stopped off at the restaurant for lunch, with the girls asking "when are we going to the water slides"; "how long before we get there"; "can we go now ..."

We had no accommodation booked in Amberg, but drove around and found a little hotel in the centre when we got there. This was the first time we have left home without a place to stay - but as Amberg is only 90 minutes away, there was no real problem with just driving home again if the worst came to the worst.

Needless to say, we found a friendly hotel and then set out for the pools. Supper that evening was at a traditional bavarian restaurant. It was a brewery as well and they actually made really great beer. The restaurant is set around the copper vats and pipes.

On Sunday we spent the day strolling around Amber and enjoying the town. The weather was a bit miserable as it was drizzling and raining most of the day. But at least it gave us the excuse to duck into cafes for coffee and ice creams.