Hotel Kohler Heidelberg
Goethestrasse 2 Heidelberg, Baden-Württemberg, 69115, Germany
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Heidelberg Day 1
Soo...I know that I have not been posting as often as I would like. Finding free internet out here is not as easy as first believed. I promise that I will post entries from Paris and Geneva soon. For now, I am currently in Heidelberg, Germany. The drive from Geneva to Heidelberg was absolutely gorgeous! Driving through the Swiss Alps was breathtaking. Even though ...
Day 22: With my nose to the grind/tombstone
... to wikipedia, the Jewish sections of Roman catacombs are older by about a millenium, but still. So I walked that way, past the Martin Luther monument in in a little square, past a monument (I think, but my German only gets me so far) to the Holocaust, all the time following the city wall with the Wormser Dom in the distance. By the time I got to the cemetery gate, it was getting sort of late, and no one else was there. I didn't ...
Day 13: Getting Gemütlichkeit
Yet another day of celebrating Christmas today. It's more than I'm used to but I'm definitely not complaining!
We were up early, getting plates of food ready to take to N's sister's house for a post-Christmas brunch. They made a salmon quiche, some rad cous cous, and a plate of mozzarella, eggplant, and tomato, and I divided up the cookies that I made last night (not realizing that they'd actually have a purpose!) for ...
Day 12: Fröhliche Weihnachten!
... since I don't know what baking soda and powder are called in German yet....) It was the first night that I was by myself with the kids at bedtime, and overall things went pretty well. Even with us still speaking mostly different languages, we're beginning to understand each other.
Merry Christmas, everyone!
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Germany [Take 2, Part 1]: Thoughts
... I was never really alone. For once, if you travel the way I did, choosing hostels over hotels when possible, for example, there will always be people around you. It is up to you if you choose to socialize or (try) remain solitary. A feeling of true loneliness is difficult to foster I found. Well, at least on the surface that is. Now for the first time, I am somewhere (my dad’s hometown) where I don’t (think I) know anyone, I ...


