Monday 20 June
Quite an easy drive again today to Heidelberg. We used the same plan as we did in Colmar, ie drive as close as we can easily get to the hotel and then park the car and find the hotel on foot.
We found the hotel without too much trouble, although the weather was still not being kind, checked in and then went back to move the car to another car park as we could get a cheaper rate as we were staying in a hotel in town.
Heidelberg is on the river Neckar and has a wonderful old castle on the hill overlooking the town and also has a large university at one end of the old part of town so visitors to the town are from all ove the world. I have heard more American accents in Heidelberg than I have anywhere else on our trip.
We spent part of the afternoon checking out the shops up and down the main street and the one I especially liked was the Christmas shop. It was on two levels and filled with all sorts of Christmas tree decorations in so many designs and colours plus clockwork scenes and all the table linen and napery you could imagine. I had a lovely time pottering about and walked out with a few things to bring home but not unfortunately, the windmill below.
It is STILL raining so back to the hotel to change as we are having dinner in the hotel restaurant tonight.
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Quite an easy drive again today to Heidelberg. We used the same plan as we did in Colmar, ie drive as close as we can easily get to the hotel and then park the car and find the hotel on foot.
We found the hotel without too much trouble, although the weather was still not being kind, checked in and then went back to move the car to another car park as we could get a cheaper rate as we were staying in a hotel in town.
Heidelberg is on the river Neckar and has a wonderful old castle on the hill overlooking the town and also has a large university at one end of the old part of town so visitors to the town are from all ove the world. I have heard more American accents in Heidelberg than I have anywhere else on our trip.
We spent part of the afternoon checking out the shops up and down the main street and the one I especially liked was the Christmas shop. It was on two levels and filled with all sorts of Christmas tree decorations in so many designs and colours plus clockwork scenes and all the table linen and napery you could imagine. I had a lovely time pottering about and walked out with a few things to bring home but not unfortunately, the windmill below.
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| Christmas windmill |
It is STILL raining so back to the hotel to change as we are having dinner in the hotel restaurant tonight.
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