Today we rendezvoused with our dear friend from back home, Danielle, and her lifelong German friend (more like family), Sigi. For the past two weeks, Danielle has been staying with Sigi, who lives not far from Heidelberg in the town of Plankstadt. Sigi, who celebrated her 78th birthday on Easter, graciously offered to drive the three of us to the nearby town of Neckargemünd to visit Bergfeste Dilsburg, the ruins of a fortress dating back to the 12th-century. It was but a short drive from Heidelberg before we reached our destination, where Sigi dropped us off to return later in the afternoon. The Dilsberg fortress ruins (Burgfeste Dilsberg) occupy a prominent position on a hilltop overlooking the Neckar river valley, near the picturesque former imperial city of Neckargemünd. Built around 1150 by the counts of Lauffen,
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