I need me some more Heidelberg!

Heidelberg is on my top list of the best places I have visited since coming to Europe.  Small, clean town not too crowded even though our tour guide informed us that there are 140,000 Heidelbergers, on top the three million visitors per year, was vibrant with life!  The cobblestone roads and narrow pathways were very clean, something I have not been used to seeing in Europe, and the vendors in the Christmas markets were very friendly and surprisingly, they spoke English as a matter of fact.  Other than the knickknacks in the markets, I did not feel like a stranger at all.  Sherell, Macy, Tyler C and myself decided to have lunch at the Subway, I was in line when the person behind me asked me where we were from, to my surprise he was from the State of Washington, and he too was visiting Heidelberg, the employees at the Subway spoke English too, we really felt like we were home, then later we went to Starbucks, now seriously, for a minute I forgot I was in Europe. 

Finally we took the cable car and up we went to the ruins of the 15th Century Castle.  Sadly we were not in the company of a tour guide, so we could not see the actual rooms of the castle, but we visited the museum and read quite a bit on the history of pharmaceutical engineering.  Looking at the many gadgets that the pharmacists of a long time ago used to use in creation of medicament's, it is unbelievable how far this industry has come.  Looking just at the structure of the castle, the blocks of stones that were used to build it, I concur with the tour guide's information that Heidelberg was completely burned down during the war, the only remaining thing was the castle.

If I was asked where in Europe I would like to return for a personal trip, definitely without a doubt, it would be Heidelberg.  The street adjacent to the river by itself is enough attraction to just stand and watch the boats moving slowly on the waters, and the bridge across the river gives one a whole view of the city of Heidelberg, even though the tour guide said the houses and apartments across the river "the sunshine place" are very expensive, I would wish to live on that side of Heidelberg, if ever I decided to come back to Heidelberg.

All in all our visit was very enjoyable and very fulfilling. - Caroline