Tripping - Heidelberg

On the morning of day five we headed to Heidelberg. We decided to take the less traveled route through the Bavarian country side. This come without its challenges as we encountered several detours on the secondary highways, however, Freda coached us in the right direction. This is very beautiful country and well worth not rushing through it.

 

 

Heidelberg is in the forest, and even with the heat it seemed a little more tolerable. Our hotel, Hotel zum Nerkartal, was humble but very clean and quiet. No air conditioning was countered by patio doors accessed from our room. 

Heidelburg is a busy tourist town. Everything is open everyday. We arrived around 3:00 p. m., spending the remainder of the day getting acquainted with the old town area. 

The big attractions are Heidelberg castle and the higher up Konigstahl (King Throne) panoramic views of the city and surrounding countryside. We reached both by a "straight up the hill" tram. We spent the majority of our second day touring both. 

A funny story... This was not before we lost our way into town that morning, missing our turnoff to the underground parking garage. We neglected to plug in Freda, so we were on our own!!!!! We were shocked to discover we were driving down the main street in the centrum, where the evening before, we had had witnessed hundreds of tourists wandering in every direction. Thankfully most of the tourists were still snug in their hotels that morning :) This was one of those "deer in the headlights" moments.