The famous "Nuremberg Journey" contains memories of Hermann Hesse's autumn trip in 1925 from Ticino through Swabia and Franconia. This journey from Locarno via Zurich, Blaubeuren, Ulm, Augsburg, and Munich to Nuremberg evokes in him "sounds of early times." Hesse recounts the moment that made him a poet, discusses the profession of the artist, the craft of storytelling, the role models of his characters, the art of reading aloud, and his main activity during the summer months: painting.