Thursday, May 23, 2013
We spent the cold, windy morning (are you sensing a recurring theme here?) in Speyer, which frankly was not that interesting for us.
We made up for it in the afternoon though, because we went to Heidelberg, which was something I really wanted to see. Unfortunately it poured rain the entire time we were there- but we enjoyed it anyway. The castle at Heidelberg is partially in ruins while some parts are still intact. The terrace is intact and overlooks the Neckar River and there is an old arched bridge, the Alta Brucke, that spans the river below the castle. The carvings on the colonnades are amazing, and the portcullis is still intact! The portcullis is the spiky metal gate that the castle inhabitants would drop down to close off the entrance to invaders. The wine cellar has a wine barrel that holds over 50,000 gallons of wine, the thing is huge! We had a little free time in town, but nearly enough. They have a university there and the town is seems to be a goid mix of young and old. We put Heidelberg on our list of places we'd like to see again.
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