http://www.travelblog.org/Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/ Travel adventures in journals and photos from Europe , Germany , Baden W rttemberg , Heidelberg en-us Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:05:47 UTC Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:05:47 UTC It was a bit of culture shock when I arrived at Heidelberg. BadenBaden was elegant and clean. Heidelberg was chaotic not so elegant and not so clean. Nevertheless it definitely has its charm and beauty that attract so many visitors yearly. Heidelberg Schloss landmark of Heidelberg sits on a hill overlooking the Neckar river. I was fascinated by this majestic ruin and its eventful history http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-340062.html Today we finally arrived in Heidelberg to a nice camping spot near the Rhine. We drove down the Rhine from our previous camping ground and stopped at a town called Rodesheim. Along the way we saw some really nice scenery and heaps of castles it seems there was a castle for every village. We stopped at Rodesheim as it looked like a nice town. We went to a castle there which had been converted int http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-310797.html My final days in this beautiful country are filled with packing and errands cleaning and shipping and selling vehicles taking the cat to the vet packing some more cleaning the house and cleaning it again... nothing spectacularly interesting except that I can't help stealing a few moments here and there to revisit some favorite places and take some photographs to ensure my memories stay clear. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-306706.html We had an excellent day from start to finish in Heidelberg starting with a funicular train ride up the hill to Heidelberg castle and a stroll along the grounds. The castle is crumbling a little but it was still a sight and the view from the courtyard was nice Heidelberg is so quaint and peaceful. After the rather steep decent back to town me and Laura were feeling hungry and the craving for http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-301734.html After weeks of solo travel I finally have my travel companion as my sister arrived this morning. Her flight was delayed two hours for weather so I had a nice morning sitting in the airport reading and anxiously waiting to see not only a familiar face but a deeply loved family member I don't get to see nearly enough of. Now I am sitting in the bar area of the small hostel in Heidelberg after t http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-299689.html Friday I'm off to see my other half together in Munich two years ago we survived the chaos and stupid girl politics by combining our forces and coming out on top. The trip to Heidelberg was wonderfully uneventful. Managed to make both trains and their connections. People watching in Vienna before departure was fabulous I lost count of the number of people wandering around the station with http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-295101.html Travel Blog Day 7 HeidelbergBack on the train heading at high speeds and blogging to pass the time ah the strangeness of Europe. In America Irsquod drive and driving and blogging would be a pretty terrible idea so we just listen to musichellip this allows you to be more productive but the cost is more than driving is well I donrsquot know what gas prices have done in 7 days. We are http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-293966.html Travel Blog Day 6 Heidelberg Welcome back to the world that keeps spinning. We are now in the old town of Heidelberg. This is a pretty old city and very different from either Frankfurt or Cologne. I have now been to 3 different cities and none of them have looked anything alike its like you are in 3 different countries but they are only about an hour on the train apart. Things got off to a http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-289293.html HeidelbergPictures from HeidelbergFotos de Heidelberg http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-285892.html Today we went to Heidelberg which is the most popular place in all of Germany for American tourists. After stopping by the Jesuit church we went to the castle. You'll see my picture in front of the largest wine barrel in the world. After seeing sheep on the way down from the castle we stopped by a wellknown beer garden before going to Schwetzingen to see the gorgeous gardens there.Supper to http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-285249.html Heidelberg is SO beautiful Cobble stone streets old buildings nice people patios everywhere Alice and I went up to the Castle and walked the famous Philosophers Walk. We stayed with a couchsurfer great projectlook it up in his single room apartment and it was AWESOME He was such a great host and so eager to show us around the little town. Unforgettable http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-278242.html I am in Germany safe and sound. I hate to say it but the following entry will probably have a lot of typos. Like more than the various number I often have. On German keyboards the y and the z are in different places. I spent 10 minutes trying to find the symbol and I have to do a bunch of complicated manoevers to get it. I have no idea where the question mark is or a few other punctuation key http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-273543.html Irsquove done blogs on Heidelberg beforehellip but itrsquos a beautiful city and its castle is especially mesmerizing. This was a sunny day in November when all the trees were still ripe with color and I spent the afternoon photographing the castle grounds. If yoursquod like to know some history on the castle please see my ldquoSnowy Downtown Heidelbergrdquo blog by clicking Here http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-270845.html March 28 2008While I went to Italy for eight days of break I still had over a week left until my other classmates got back. The two girls I traveled with then haven't been very interested in travel so I only went on one trip with them. On that trip with them I experienced a bit of Switzerland on a day trip to Zurich. Switzerland has so much to offer but at least a seeing a little slic http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-264082.html We were very lucky with weather last weekend which was an enjoyable change but almost too nice because now we are wishing it was spring. Megan my friend from Australia that I met in Hamburg flew down for a beautiful sunny weekend in Southern Germany. We had a quiet evening on Friday night as we were both tired from work but Saturday we were up and adam and off to Heidelberg for the day.I ha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-252018.html On Monday Mark and I took the train to Heidelburg where I would eventually meet up with my friends from Marseille where we would drive to Munich. Mark and I walked around town and along the river. We also were able to explore the famous castle for a few hours which was amazing. http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-250051.html Friday 21 DecemberWouldn't you believe it after the wonderful time we've had Judy now has a chesty cough We heard people coughing early in the cruise and have heard some were sick when they began the trip and now they've passed it on to one of us as well as many others we can hear coughing. So Judy didn't want to get out of bed this morning but we did and were at breakfast before 7.30. After the http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-229582.html Hi allSunday morning Jessie and I got up early to head north to Heidelberg in the state region of BadenWurttemberg. Its about 45 minute drive from Frankfurt when you are going 100 mph on the autobahn that is Several cars were smoking past us probably hitting 140 or 150 on the speedometer. Dont even realize how fast you are going though because you are just sticking with the flow of tra http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-221205.html We stopped for a few hours between the Rhine Valley and the Black Forest in Heidelberg. What we noticed in Heidelberg other than that the castle was very cool was how many Americans were there. Between tourists students studying abroad there and the nearby American military base it seemed like one out of every three people were heard talking was speaking English. We spent some time browsin http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-218038.html Gueten tag Yay back to a country where i know a few phrases HALLO Got into this great small size of GB town last night on the recommendation of miss Aly So far I'm loving it I'm in old town which is mostly a pedestrian shoppingcafe's street running parallel with the beautiful river that goes through town At the top of the hill there is an awesome huge castle looking down on http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-204250.html Cesi drank an entire swimming pool in Heidelberg and was sick from all the chlorinealcohol we had the biggest cocktails of our life and because it was montag they were only 4 euros i had the best long island ice tea ever where the alcohol is separated you can tell heidelberg is a university town but it was really quiet when out of term.We visited the castle and walked around the river its all http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-203568.html The trip from Luxemburg to Heidelberg was our most complex train journey so far. There was no direct train service between the two cities so Kerrie had to search our rail timetable to find what she thought was three connecting trains but turned out to be four in order to get to Heidelberg on time.First it was a train that went briefly into France to a place called Metz. Then it was a train fro http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-191066.html Soooo Freunde bald ists soweit. Die letzte Woche in Bad Honnef ist angebrochen und dann stehen noch zwei Wochen Urlaub ins Haus. Spedition und organisatorisches ist auch alles klar jetzt kanns losgehen.Die Kurse waren bis auf ein paar Ausnahmen seeehr interessant und wichtig http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-188429.html Wednesday evening we all caught the train for Heidelberg an easy trip. Got a cab to our hotel not expensive a short trip formula one driver. I guess this hotel is alongside a busy road as in spite of double glazed windows and roller shutters we each have a pair of earplugs beside the bed... We have arrived in time to find a Pizzeria near the hotel that opens until 11pm Jo hit it off wi http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-178011.html Heidelberg my Heidelberg. Many great poets have penned many fine words about this romantic city. Heidelberg has been our home these past two years but I have done very few blogs for it. This however is not an allencompassing blog and is mostly a focus on the photographs which I took on one trip downtown. When I awoke this morning I saw snow outside the window and instantly decided it was http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-169944.html After a week in Ireland with my parents and my aunt I flew along with my parents to Switzerland. Switzerland was as beautiful as ever and I had a great time exploring a new bit of it as well as visiting with relatives and paragliding which I have wanted to do since the last time I was there. By the way it was totally worth it absolutely amazing. From there we drove to Heidelberg where I http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-168171.html I really loved Germany I will have to plan my own trip later and come back just to travel around Germany We arrived in Heidelberg and walked around for a few minutes and then we hiked up to the hilltop schloss this big cool looking castle. It was neat. We only had about an hour and then we walked back down to the city and crossed over the river to hike up philosophers trail. That was not th http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-163631.html Hallo Today we made a trip to Heidelberg with a vivid group of exchange students IDEA a group taking care of exchange students in Darmastadt was our excursion host and our guide of the day Markus showed us around Heidelberg the old university city. It takes about an hours by train from Darmstadt to Heidelberg. We walked around the town for a couple of hours and had a nice picnic in the afte http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-162065.html Heidelberg GermanynbspEurope raquonbspGermany raquonbspHeidelberg By JAkpanMay 23rd 2007Jessica Akpan Heidelberg's only 45 minutes from Frankfurt although if you have a talent for getting lost like I do it can be more like an hour and a half But despite the fact that I doubled the travel time on the way down and er on the way back I was glad I went. I have a college friend tha http://www.travelblog.org//Europe/Germany/Baden-W-rttemberg/Heidelberg/blog-161412.html