We woke on the 27th in Heidelberg and at 8:45 we went down for our breakfast of a croissant and coffee. The Heidelberger Schloss, or castle, was our first adventure of the day.
The views of the city were amazing from the hill the castle sat:
We explored the rest of the city on foot while stopping for lunch to have a chicken doner.Moving to our next destinations, we drove to our hotel in Bottingen, a countryside village just outside of Freiburg. Once settled, the decision was made to go into Freiburg for more touring.
One of the attractions I led Grandma & Matt on is best told in Grandma's words.
"Sarah wanted to show us a very high hill that she had been to
before; one where you could seeFrance from the top. Sarah talked us into taking the path all the way to the top. When we got 1/2 way up - she said that was all the further she had been before and pointed in the direction of France. She still insisted we keep going all the way to the top this time. I am huffing and puffing but made it to the top and found out our 'travel agent' had showed us France in the completely wrong direction. Oh well, but at least it was easier going down then up."
We finished our day with a very traditional German dinner, served at our at our guesthouse restaurant and all three of us shared a bottle of wine in our room afterwards.
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