Today, we left the house around 9 and drove with Mike to Heidelberg, which is a couple hours away. He had a meeting there so we went to spend the day there and do the tourist stuff. It is on the Neckar River which is joined with the Rhine. It was
an awesome little city. We parked in a parking garage and then walked down the river to the Alte Brucke, which is the "old bridge." It was raining lightly and started coming down pretty steadily. We decided to do lunch first and then walk up to the castle. Mike told us to eat at the Red Bull, because
Mark Twain had frequented that restaurant when he was in the city for a while. It was only open for dinner so we went to a pub next door for lunch instead. The only other customers in the place when we walked in was a big lazy dog staring at us when we
walked to our table. The waiter was pleasant and the food was excellent. The rain had pretty much stopped by the time we left, so we started the trek up the mountain to the castle (the train up it was 8 euros for a round trip, but the walk was only 15 minutes, plus the exercise was good for us). The view of the city was amazing from in front of the castle. We walked around the castle grounds a little bit and then took the English tour at 2 15. It lasted about an hour and we were able to walk through a lot of the rooms and hallways of the castle. It was great to hear so much information about what we were looking at. After the tour we walked back down the mountain and into the city. We walked along the main street for a while and stopped at a couple shops. I meant to buy some post cards but couldn't find any that I liked. I figure I can wait for Munich for some good ones. We met Mike at the parking garage and then drove back to Rottendorf.
We stopped at Mike's office for a few minutes so he could just finish some stuff up and then came back to the house to check on Andrew, his youngest son who was home sick today (his older brother left for a ski trip this morning). Mike then took us to a
Greek restaurant that he apparently frequents because everyone there knew him pretty well. He even has a special dish they make for him that isn't on the menu. They make it the way his mother used to make it (his family is Greek). It was really good food. Also, in the restaurant was a huge fish tank and a small pond. There were several turtles of all different sizes in the pond and some good size fish. It was very cool. Mike taught us a couple of Greek traditions (he read Meg's future with his coffee cup after he drank the coffee). We then came back to the house and figured out a rough plan for tomorrow. Tomorrow night we will be in Munich (hopefully).
Today, we left the house around 9 and drove with Mike to Heidelberg, which is a couple hours away. He had a meeting there so we went to spend the day there and do the tourist stuff. It is on the Neckar River which is joined with the Rhine. It was 
an awesome little city. We parked in a parking garage and then walked down the river to the Alte Brucke, which is the "old bridge." It was raining lightly and started coming down pretty steadily. We decided to do lunch first and then walk up to the castle. Mike told us to eat at the Red Bull, because 
Mark Twain had frequented that restaurant when he was in the city for a while. It was only open for dinner so we went to a pub next door for lunch instead. The only other customers in the place when we walked in was a big lazy dog staring at us when we 
walked to our table. The waiter was pleasant and the food was excellent. The rain had pretty much stopped by the time we left, so we started the trek up the mountain to the castle (the train up it was 8 euros for a round trip, but the walk was only 15 minutes, plus the exercise was good for us). The view of the city was amazing from in front of the castle. We walked around the castle grounds a little bit and then took the English tour at 2 15. It lasted about an hour and we were able to walk through a lot of the rooms and hallways of the castle. It was great to hear so much information about what we were looking at. After the tour we walked back down the mountain and into the city. We walked along the main street for a while and stopped at a couple shops. I meant to buy some post cards but couldn't find any that I liked. I figure I can wait for Munich for some good ones. We met Mike at the parking garage and then drove back to Rottendorf.
We stopped at Mike's office for a few minutes so he could just finish some stuff up and then came back to the house to check on Andrew, his youngest son who was home sick today (his older brother left for a ski trip this morning). Mike then took us to a 
Greek restaurant that he apparently frequents because everyone there knew him pretty well. He even has a special dish they make for him that isn't on the menu. They make it the way his mother used to make it (his family is Greek). It was really good food. Also, in the restaurant was a huge fish tank and a small pond. There were several turtles of all different sizes in the pond and some good size fish. It was very cool. Mike taught us a couple of Greek traditions (he read Meg's future with his coffee cup after he drank the coffee). We then came back to the house and figured out a rough plan for tomorrow. Tomorrow night we will be in Munich (hopefully).
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