The Heidelberg Castle (from below)

This was taken after we had returned to the Hauptstrasse and were back at river level. I don't see these trees in bloom very often, so I thought it would be nice to have a photo of the Heidelberg Castle from this angle.

A Windy Koenigstuhl

August 27th 2006
Seth, Kalju, and I made a last minute decision to visit the Königstuhl when the clouds looked slightly less ominous than usual. We drove downtown to the Kornmarkt on the Hauptstrasse where we caught the Burgbahn. From this point in downtown Heidelberg, we board a railway car that takes about half way up the Königstuhl, or “King’s Throne,” the second highest hill in the Oldenwald Range at ... read more

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