It is almost Christmas time. That means Christmas songs, Christmas movies and Christmas decorations. All very lovely. Last weekend I has two Christmas dinners and 2 concerts with my choir. Also very (very!) lovely. Of course the Christmas markets cannot miss from this list. I have seen the one in my city about five times already, so now it was time for something new.
So to make that happen, I went to Heidelberg last weekend. The bus was picking us up at a time that should be forbidden as a meeting time for the weekend. But since we went with a tour we did not have much of a choice. I was impressed by myself for even making it to the meeting point early (taking the first bus of the day). Luckily I was together with friends so the three hour trip went by fast.
See here a small impression of the Christmas markets (yes, they have several small ones) of Heidelberg:
Of course I sampled some of the food at the market. They had some interesting things there, some of which I had never seem before like roasted almonds with cappuccino flavour (eating those now) and crepes with nougat cream. Unfortunately there was no way to try all.
Next to a whole bunch of Christmas markets, Heidelberg has a beautiful castle. We went up there by funicular (the price is included in the entrance ticket for the castle, which is 6 euros). Some pictures of the surrounding of the castle:
At the courtyard of the caste, there was also a pharmacy museum. The museum is not very big, but the collection is very nice. You can a lot of herbs and dried plants and hundreds of little jars.
Moving on to another building, you can find some giant wine barrels. You can climb the stars and walk on top of the barrel even (photo on the right). I read somewhere that this barrel can contain 27000 litres of wine. That's a lot of very good parties!
Since the castle is on a hill, the view is amazing. Have a look:
The houses we passed on our walk back from the castle to the city centre were also lovely. Some really looked like little castles. All had a different design and building style. There was also one completely covered in plants for example. Really cool!
After our castle visit I met up with some friends from France who happened to be close to Heidelberg that weekend, so I was too busy talking to take any more pictures. But it was great nevertheless! All in all it has been a very good day.
The random monkey of Heidelberg greets you!
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