Our day in Heidelberg (post Marnheim)... We treked out to see our final family farm in Germany (just outside of Heidelberg) in the morning hours of the day, but to our disappointement, though we found what is supposed to be the site, there was nothing of old there.. just a bunch of newer homesteds. Nobody there to really talk to either about the history of the place... (Apparently there is an Italian family that lives on that farm now tho).
Bruchhausen Farm #3 (Heidelberg, Germany)...
Anywho, back into town, we hiked on up the mountain (one of many) towards the Heidelberg castle. This is the first "textbook quality" castle we've seen, and man oh man!.. FABULOUS!!! After enjoying a nice German pasta and beer meal at a small cafe atop the mountain (overlooking the city and the castle), we ventured out onto the castle grounds. It's neat to think that we were possibly walking in the same footsteps as our ancestors!. It was all quite breathtaking really.. And the fact that it had the view that it did and we were catching it all during the sunset hour...beautifully romantic. *This is another place where pictures will probably not do it the justice that it deserves.. You have to be there to truly appreciate this piece of God-given beauty*
The castle ("schloss") from afar...
Our delicious dinner and beer atop the mountain (by the schloss)
Castle grounds.. so green and lush!!
View from the castle...
We wer so excited we just couldnt hide it!!!
With an hour or so of walking to get back to our hostel (again, another day full of extra walking mileage) we pretty much just bunked ourselves in (exhausted from another set of long days) and got in our few hours of rest before day 10.
My banana breakfast... "Corny Big!!!!" Fantastic... :)
Frankfurt, Germany
This was a place and a day where we got to do whatever we wanted with no agenda in mind. So what to do??? (Other than get lost... again...ha! We're getting really good at that, by the way, maps or no maps! :) )
Anyway, the nutshell version is we checked out the Goethe Museum (Goethe was an old poet back in the 1800's whose work has been used in more modern-day musicals n such.. one of Jason's favorites), then, come the late afternoon/eve, we "trained" it over to what I would like to call the "west side" of Germany.. quite ghetto in other words. :/ But it was there that a musical ("Caberet") was playing in an old castle.. well, was supposed to be playing that is. When we got there (45 min later), aparently there was a misprint, so the night's actual event was a comedy ("Floh Im Oir"). Perfect! I can always use a good laugh!.. except when you have no clue what is being said. ha! The actors/actress were fabulous tho, so I was able to catch the gist... I think :)
By 10:30pm we were on our way back, ready to crash so we could "up n go" by 7 the next day. Too bad I was up by 4:45am :( Thats what happens when youre a light sleeper, and the lady next to you snores... loudly... and deeply..
**Jason and I finally split up in our hostel bedding, so my roomies were Jeu- a young gal from Seoul, S Korea (yes, I definitely picked her brain since that is where I was supposed to go a year ago), Camilia- an older woman ("The snorer") from Spain, and Sonya- a young gal from somewhere in Germany.. 3 others came later who I only "met" because they so politely came stumbeling in past 1am and woke us all up. Im sure they could feel the love :) Jason roomed with an Australian and a bunch of others who showed up in the middle of the night.. you'll have to ask him his stories tho!) **
Sooooooooo, taday, day 11 (July 22nd) we booked it on over a few cities to catch a boat (with a goat in a moat who stayed afloat with a coat...DORK!.. I know) that would take us to Boppard, and in turn take us to Cologne (by train). We did catch that boat though, literally :) and floated on down the Rhine river where we saw 1... 2.... no, 15 castles or so! Pretty sweet.
Cologne, Germany
It is the eve of Wednesday, 22nd and we are here in Cologne, sitting just feet away from Germany's largest (if not Europe's) cathedral! It's massive!.. and kinda dark. Certain aspects remind me of Notre Dame... especially the hunchback swingin from the belltower!
Anyway, we are just chillin here waiting for Jason's friends Indira and Viktor to come pick us up from this train station in about an hour.. which is why I'm taking advantage of this writing time :)
So mere hours from now we'll be in our first home for a full night's rest.. for 3 nights! (We'll own them BIG) I'm "very excite" tho :) And Im reeeeeeally looking forward to a home-cooked meal, even if it is something from a can or box... Im tired of eating out :/
Blah blah blah!...
So I'm peacin' out my home slices!
Til next time.... again....
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