Apothecary Museum Heidelberg

Our second day in Heidelberg began with a walk across town to the Funicular, a cable car that ran up a fairly large hill. There were some very nice views from the top and a cafe. In addition, there was a gorgeous path down the hill, which we chose to take to get down the hill. Most of the people who took the Funicular up returned down the hill in …

Our second day in Heidelberg began with a walk across town to the Funicular, a cable car that ran up a fairly large hill. There were some very nice views from the top and a cafe. In addition, there was a gorgeous path down the hill, which we chose to take to get down the hill. Most of the people who took the Funicular up returned down the hill in …

... with fries, and Sasha had Bratwurst with saurkraut.     After lunch we went back into the castle to look at the Apothecary museum, which was as cool as I remembered it, and I was bummed our "tour guides" didn't take us through there. We ...

... stairs to the top of the barrel, over, then down again. On the castle grounds was a well designed and curated apothecary museum. Each room was a fully equipped apothecary from a different period of medieval Germany and ended with the 19th century. Since ...

... ;Inside are two giant wine barrels that once held peasants' contributions for royalty.  And, one wing is dedicated to an apothecary museum, including several the labs, equipment, shop set-up and all.  Plus, it was written in English.  I'm ...

... efforts now have just been to preserve what remains of the castle. Its still pretty neat. One of the cool things was the Apothecary museum, they had all sorts of old medical supplies and instruments. Its too bad you can't take photos in there. I enjoyed ...

... nbsp; I will be uploading pictures when I get home. In addition to having the worlds largest wine barrel, the castle houses an apothecary museum. Because of our changed plans we actually had some down time in the town of Heidelberg. We had lunch in one ...

... to see the Heidelberg Castle, a top Germany tourist destination (for good reason).  A highlight of that trip was the apothecary museum, where we saw how pharmacists of old managed their trade (very impressive). I also learned that Dr. Bunson, who ...