Going for Golden 2022: Guten Morgen, Heidelberg!

A new day, a new castle! This one, while now in ruins, features all the things you want in a really great castle: there are walls thick enough to withstand siege, a too-young regent (14!), his love match to a beautiful queen, their happy marriage, their exile, his early death, her battle to re-throne her eldest son…. I often think I’d like to swan about a castle, wearing crowns and demanding snacks and so forth, but royal lives often seem awfully drama-filled, yeah?

And then lunch! We were on our own for lunch, which is a lovely part of adventuring overseas, and when in Germany, one finds weinerschnitzel, obviously, with a side of fries, and enjoys the flavors of places new and delightful.

Shopping! I finally found an artist who was painting the local scenery—these artists are so easy to find in France, Spain, and Italy, I assumed I’d find the same thing here, but they are elusive. I’ll be coming home with a watercolor of Heidelberg and looking for the same in Strasberg if we have time.

We pecked at dinner tonight, much to the dismay of the waiters, but once you’ve made your way through a giant weinerschnitzel, there just isn’t much room left (apologies to our waiter and the chef). We went exploring a little bit tonight, discovering a little lounge that has cookies and tea and coffee and books you can take if you leave the one you finished and games you can play IF you’re bored. It was a fun discovery, but never have I ever been bored here…. I found my dad up on the sky deck, and the temps tonight were so perfect; sometimes there’s a nip in the air on the water, but tonight, after a really hot day, it was just fresh and pleasant. No humidity… no heat wave… I’m crossing my fingers that the A/C holds out at my house while all of that is going on at home.

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