To start off our trip and our year we decided to head to Heidelberg for a couple days. The adventure began by our alarms not going off (win) and getting lost on the trains but have no fear we had a more than fabulous time. Let's just say that siri is absolutely no help when it comes to directions in Germany...just happened to learn that the hard way. We ended up walking about ten miles around the new city and finally realizing where we needed to go to get to old town. From now on we will be relying fully on maps and not our lovely phone friend.
Old town was one of the cutest places we have ever been. Not only was the hotel cozy but everyone was so friendly and helpful! We headed straight to the Heidelberg castle when we (finally) arrived and we were definitely in for a treat when we saw the hill/stairs we had to walk up to get there. After huffing and puffing some of (all of) the way we now know why Americans get their out of shape reputation. We were able to roam around the castle and get to the old bridge before it got too dark then we obviously headed back down to find brats and beer! There was a little Christmas section square set up, fully equipped with ice skating, food and drinks. We somehow managed to make it here twice before the fireworks...aka two brats were involved but who's counting right?
When it comes to the Germans and their firework laws, we're going to go ahead and speculate that there probably aren't any. Not only did we see a guys skin melted off his finger (you're welcome for the visual) but we pretty much couldn't walk anywhere after midnight without almost getting hit...so there's that. Once we did make it out and back to the room we were able to dance around to a timber a few times while trying not to get shot by a firework through our bedroom window!
As for our first day of the new year, we managed to get ourselves into a hike all the way up the opposite mountain from the castle. How that happened, we honestly don't know. We saw a cute little trail and thought it'd be a good idea to start walking and when we got about halfway up we realized we had no water and there was a road to drive to the top of the mountain...smooth we know. Regardless, the view was beautiful and the fort at the top was from 1094?! You can actually see the opening in the mountain in the picture above. Overall, we had a fabulous time and if every trip we take is as awesome as the first we are more than ready!
Old town was one of the cutest places we have ever been. Not only was the hotel cozy but everyone was so friendly and helpful! We headed straight to the Heidelberg castle when we (finally) arrived and we were definitely in for a treat when we saw the hill/stairs we had to walk up to get there. After huffing and puffing some of (all of) the way we now know why Americans get their out of shape reputation. We were able to roam around the castle and get to the old bridge before it got too dark then we obviously headed back down to find brats and beer! There was a little Christmas section square set up, fully equipped with ice skating, food and drinks. We somehow managed to make it here twice before the fireworks...aka two brats were involved but who's counting right?
When it comes to the Germans and their firework laws, we're going to go ahead and speculate that there probably aren't any. Not only did we see a guys skin melted off his finger (you're welcome for the visual) but we pretty much couldn't walk anywhere after midnight without almost getting hit...so there's that. Once we did make it out and back to the room we were able to dance around to a timber a few times while trying not to get shot by a firework through our bedroom window!
As for our first day of the new year, we managed to get ourselves into a hike all the way up the opposite mountain from the castle. How that happened, we honestly don't know. We saw a cute little trail and thought it'd be a good idea to start walking and when we got about halfway up we realized we had no water and there was a road to drive to the top of the mountain...smooth we know. Regardless, the view was beautiful and the fort at the top was from 1094?! You can actually see the opening in the mountain in the picture above. Overall, we had a fabulous time and if every trip we take is as awesome as the first we are more than ready!
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