We finally made it here in Germany, and I haven’t slept in
over twenty -four hours. From the beginning we have been submerged in the
German culture. Margaret and I got laughed at in customs and that was pretty
embarrassing. Once we got to Heidelberg we met Olga our tour guide. We went to
the town square or a MarktPlatz where the Church of the Holy Spirit sat in the
middle of the square. It was founded as a Catholic church, but was later split
into Catholic and Protestant at the same time in the early 1700’s. We ate lunch
at Scheffel’s (a very authentic German place) and I had the grilled sausage, but there was
also schnitzel and there was other many local foods. Then we our Schlosstickets
and headed up the mountain to the Heidelberg Castle, and we could see the whole
city from the castle. In the castle is
the world’s largest vat of wine. It was
even so big that is had a dance floor on top of it! As we left Heidelberg we visited the small
shops and had pastries. Even saw a mime.
And as I write this we are on the
way to Saarbücken, and we have been stuck in traffic for almost two hours. The day ended being really great though. We had pizza for dinner back at the hotel and
then went to bed to rest up for another great day!
Guten
Nacht
-Hayes
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