Saturday. Ben (our AC) advised us a few places we could visit over the weekend and we followed his advice. This was going to be my fist time on a European train: they are cleaner and faster. So, we took a morning train to Heidelberg. All that we knew about the place was that there is a castle that we were going to visit. I guess that much was enough to get us going. It had just rained when we got there and the weather was cloudy, with everything around us washed and fresh. We walked into a tourist info centre where the lady was very jovial. She was very glad to explain everything about Heidelberg and handed us a map marking the places we would want to visit, and the buses we could take to get there and get back. Then she commented that on our way back we will cross a street which is dangerous because it has shoe shops. As expected, Ankit and I looked puzzled. She explained that ladies love shoe shopping so it is going to be dangerous for Ankit's credit card. :) She must have wanted to make a subtle joke. Probably everywhere in the world people just assume that a girl and a boy together must be a couple.
Well, anyways, we started our journey, hopped on a bus, got to the foot of the mountain on top of which stands the Heidelberg castle. The view was beautiful, the weather was awesome, it was cold, about 3-4 degrees C, mild breeze, cloudy and a little damp. The audio guide was a good addition for understanding the experience of being in an ancient European castle. It is autumn right now in Europe, so the trees were all spared of the leaves, but the terrain was beautiful. A river, Neccar, flows bisecting the town adding to the beauty. For lunch, I had Swiss cheese soup, which was kind of nice, German cheese noodles.
After the sumptuous lunch, we headed out for a trail for walking, proudly called 'philosophy walk'. I had eaten too much cheese, although I also walked a lot so it was sort of compensatory.
The highlight if the trip had been the lovely weather and the old city of Heidelberg. Getting to see an old European city for the first time can be pretty exciting, as it was for me. This was the only city that was not destroyed during World war 2.
Not being very hungry, we ate at Mc Donalds, where we had just one option for a veggie burger, but it was delicious.
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