The Schloss, or castle in English, was very neat, though the walk up there wasn't. Upon arriving at the Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof (main train station), we decided to walk the 1.5-2 mile trip to the castle. No big deal. Dev brought his GPS from back home that had European maps on it. "Score. This should be easy."
Well, it was easy until we decided to go against the GPS for what we may have thought was a "shortcut". Our path instead lead us to a shortness of breathe as we essentially hike a half mile uphill out of the way. Being used to Indiana, we apparently thought that the hill we were on would lead us to the castle. I mean, a city with numerous hills? Preposterous!
After realizing that we turned off the correct route at the most inopportune time, we headed back and continued on the right path to the castle. Much of the castle was in ruin, but the view that it provided over the city was spectacular. See below.
Heidelberg
After spending a decent amount of time walking around the outside of the castle, our group split ways as some people wanted to go inside, others wanted to take pictures, etc. Zach, Wei, Steve, and I went down from the Schloss to the Kornplatz and the city center. We ate a doner and went to the Alte Bruecke (Old Bridge).
Statue in the Kornplatz
We waited on the bridge for a while for the other group, but they apparently went to the slowest restaurant in the Neckar Valley as it took an hour for them to get their food. We used the time to rest and snap a few pictures (see album). I am almost certain that a group of college-aged girls took a picture of our group on the bridge as the camera was pointed completely in our direction with nothing of interest (maybe a hill) behind us. Even if they didn't, it won't stop me from telling people they did.
After waiting for what seemed longer than it probably took to build the bridge, we decided to go ahead to the Philosophenweg. The "Philosopher's Walk" is a path high up on a hill overlooking the city. The leg-straining climb to the path was worth it as the views were great. We finished the path and decided to catch a train back to Karlsruhe.
Today was my first day of class. It consisted of about 4.5 hours straight of class, though one of those classes is a class that I probably won't take. My thermo professor seems like a good guy. We'll see, though. I may pick up another class, but we shall see. I don't need to as I only have 14 and 12 credit hours for my last two semesters, but it may not be a bad idea. Maybe I could take bowling or something.
Until next time, Alles Gutes.
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