Heidelberg Castle (Schloss Heidelberg)

We depart my historical town to explore more of the country side. With almost four hours of driving this day, we started bright and early. The weather was pretty much perfect this whole time, even though I was prepared for days of rain! It worked out in our favor since Heidelberg Castle was completely outside. The war destroyed this beautiful site …

Heidelberg was amazing. Getting there was not.

Something got messed up with my train. When I got to the train station, saw my train wasn't on the board, so I asked why and found out it was canceled. I got a new train. A slow train.

After the horrible mess of getting to Heidelberg, I got off the train and hugged my parents! It was …

Today, we headed off early for Heidelberg where we were to visit the markets. Unfortunately, we were too early and the markets weren't open. However, we enjoyed a German Strudel in the town square and climbed a steep path to view the historic Heidelberg Castle. We then drove through the edge of the Black Forest to the Swiss border where a guard …

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 …

Oh Heidelberg, my how you've shown me a good and quaint time. I've visited you last year and decided to come back for another round of street walking, mountain hiking, Castle touring and market shopping. I arrived on June 5th and from there I was welcomed by my boy friend. The room we share here is the size of my biggest closet. With the small …

Well another busy day yesterday.

May 2nd a very important day in the history of the
Metcalf/McMahon family.
Yes it is Mares 80th birthday,Happy Birthday
and hope you had a nice day and that you received lots of best
wishes,not too many Baileys ! (Hopefully someone in Broken Hill is letting Mum have a
read,thanks). < …

Haven't have wifi for a day or so. Checking in now. We are loving this trip! Meeting a lot of amazing people, too! Trip highlights: Sunday, 4/28: Toured the biggie castles of King Ludwig. Fairytales! Met some new friends from Pittsburg. Lots of walking! Lots and lots and lots of walking. And stairs; they're everywhere! The castles were amazing. …

Last week, I was able to go visit the Schwetzigen Castle gardens. I went with a friend since I get off of work three hours earlier than the other three interns. Schwetzigen is a town right next to Patrick Henry village and it has a castle with huge gardens that are pretty well known. We just walked around and they even had a hedge maze that we were …

"To get our bodies used to the new time zone", Birgit woke us up around 830am on the 25th to head to Heidelberg. We were told that Heidelberg was full of tourists and was sometimes called little America, but it was close to the town of Bensheim and Chris's parents had recommended it from their recent trip to Germany. After leaving the apartment, we …

... fewer travelpod entries unless we're actually traveling somewhere or going someplace new. At the beginning of the month we drove to Heidelberg, Germany, and spent the weekend with Bruce's uncle and his family. (Bruce is Chris' friend, He worked in LA ...

... Fachwerk-Houses, but Heidelberg tops it off...though being a little touristy it is truly the most romantic town in Germany and the view from the castle is spectacular plus you get to walk down the longest pedestrian ...

... English to get the job done... I hear the lads plotting against me - something about telling me we're in Hamburg rather than Heidelberg. I ponder for a moment and decide to go along with it, but also can't help wondering if it would even make a ...

... for it. Having arrived to his funky apartment from the Auto Bahn in one piece, our first castle visit ( ever I might add ) awaited. Heidelberg is a quaint little town with it's main tourist attraction being the decaying defensive fortress perched ...

... train tickets. I saw it the first time when I went there to visit some people that my Stuttgart host knew from the internet. Heidelberg was a virtual unknown for me, but it turns out that it is huge on the American tourist's list of places to hit up ...

We've spent our last day in Germany wandering through Heidelberg. Curtis enjoyed the castle ruins, but overall the town is very touristy. We dined on potato cakes and mulled wine with Nancy's family, who will head home tomorrow. So for a German wrap ...

... (blue tower) which gives you a great view of the valley.  We finally arrived at our destination, Heidelberg, which is one of the oldest settlements in Germany.  It is also the place where the Heidelberg Man was found in 1902 (a skeleton dating ...

... three elderly women that worked on the farms came in to say their prayers. After visiting the town of Otterstedt we headed back to Heidelberg. When we got back to Heidelberg we went to dinner on a 100 year old ship ( it was really cool). Then for ...

... , I like learning things. So I looked like a dork for awhile with it constantly held to my ear...but I learned cool things about the castle!! There's not alot to say about it, but I wanted to post photos for you. The castle now is pretty much just ruins, ...

... meal i had an apple wine spritzer, I didn't care much for it but it was interesting to try!  After lunch we roamed around Heidelberg, hit up the H&M where you can always find great deals (5 euro for a shirt, 5 for a skirt!) and then proceeded to ...