Destination: Heidelberg!

More cold drizzle in Germany. Thankfully we had a great day in
Heidelberg. We parked at the top of the hill and rode the tram
staight down into town. We arrived there about lunch time and found a
little pub, which was serving schnitzel. We'd been wondering what
the draw was, so we tried it. It was fine, but not our favorite. (It's
thinly sliced pork- breaded.) While we were sitting there, I was
lamenting being SO cold. I said that one thing I really missed from
home was being able to carry a 16 (or 20) ounce hot latte around,
especially when I was so cold. We were talking about how much $$ a
little coffee/wifi shop would do in a tourist town like Heidelberg. A
bit later we were walking around and noticed people with coffee in
paper cups! Like paper latte cups!! We were determined to find the
source, and THEN we saw people with Starbucks cups!!!!! Can you
imagine? I haven't had a Starbucks for 4 weeks. That's 28 days!!!! I
was one happy camper when we found it and I had my 16 oz Vanilla Latte
in hand. The funniest thing was that the kids and J were so excited
for me. So sweet.
Later we walked over the old bridge which was half covered in
scaffolding so we could hardly enjoy it. From the bridge, however, we
had a gorgeous view of the city.
Next we rode the tram half way up the hill and toured the Heidelberg
castle which is partly in ruins. It was simply gorgeous and I had a
lot of fun playing with my camera.
After walking around the castle, we were sufficiently frozen and rode
the tram the rest of the way up to the car. Heidelberg is a gorgeous
town and we'd love to visit again someday!

Auf Wiedersehen!