Yesterday the fams and I went to Heidelberg.
I woke up with my phone ringing at 8:50 am…I was sleeping rather soundly and when I was jarred awake by my phone I promptly jumped out of bed and upon landing I figured out that my right leg was asleep and fell over. I had to crawl to my phone, but I did answer it.
I had 10 missed calls…huh?????
I also had a black coat that I took from the pub last night cuz I thought it was Matt’s and he forgot it…turns out that it wasn’t Matt’s and he did not forget it…I guess that means I accidentally stole a coat…I’ll have to take it back. OOPS!
So anyways during my wake up call Matt, Kat, and I agreed to meet at 9:45 to catch the train to Heidelberg and spend the day being tourists.
At 9:45 I call Matt because I’m the only one at the prescribed meeting point…Matt is sleeping….He’ll be there in half an hour
Kat arrived at meeting point and we went to Starbucks since Matt was not with us.
Matt arrives and we catch train to Hauptbanhof (main train station). First quote for tickets from the nice ticket man is 140€. Which is much higher than quote on website…Kat asks again and if we decide not to take the ICE (high speed train) its only 35€ for 3 people…which is magically cheaper than the quote on the website…Pleasant surprise.
Breakfast at McDonalds in the Hauptbanhof. Highlight was some weird girl wearing cat ears and a long tail…Lots of cool people at the main station.
We arrived in Heidelberg on train trip in which Kat’s inner monologue was not working…actually it wasn’t working at any point yesterday…
I especially liked when we were trying to talk about people who are 2 feet away, but we’re using the opportunity to practice our German…”die frau in de Rhote um Weiss ist…whatever”…
maybe speaking bad German is actually safer than speaking English. They’re less likely to understand us.
Walk to castle….Nice castle…large parts of it are off limits unless you buy the guided tour…they do not tell us this at the ticket booth…jerks!!!
There are too many americans there…Why is the US military in Germany?
Leave castle….walking up and down to and from castles is always stressful on knees/legs. Cobble stones streets that slope at a 45 degree angle for a 2 mile hike are not so great….alternative is stairs, but that’s hard too. What kind of idiot would put a castle on top of a hill….STUPID!!!
(I’m pretty sure my mom will think that was a serious question and attempt to send me information on why it’s better to put a castle on top of a hill).
walk to tourist area.
I’ts like a mini Zeil (ffm Shopping area). We’re trying to figure out if we’re hungry…walk by a burrito restaurant…I was very excited…we don’t have anything like that near me in Frankfurt. I was vetoed so we keep walking…We see mini-calzone place…I was very excited…I was vetoed…We see Irish pub….HOLY SMOKES!!! Without much discussion we walk in…Good decision…No question the best music selection I’ve ever heard in an Irish pub…Most Irish pubs here in ffm don’t even play Irish music.
We watch little timmy crouch score about 5 goals for Liverpool (Little timmy crouch is the man!!!)
Luckily for Matt Ma’amchester is coming on next, so of course we have to watch that game…Every 5 minutes we laugh because we came to do some sightseeing or something and just sat in an Irish pub and watched football…classy…
After game we walk around and try to find where the students hang out and stuff.
Ask local where to go…after 5 minutes of talking she remembers where we should go and gives us the info we need. She says we can walk there, but of course I’ve already walked today so I want a cab….We catch a cab and after driving for half an hour we arrive…I’ve learned to beware when a German says something is within walking distance….be very skeptical…
Arrive at a nice area…hit 4 or 5 pubs…
Strangest one seemed a bit like a nazi bar??? I’m basing this statement on the clientelle. Normally when you see a shaved head in Germany you’re pretty sure it’s a commonwealth country citizen or an american. This place was filled with shaved German heads, Suspenders and boots. Did not really realize this until drinks were ordered…I’m sure noone would have bothered me, but Kat’s Korean so it was a bit strange. Matt and kat were discussing American History X. Excellent…
Noone gave us any look when we went it, so probably an overreaction, but one never knows…we hurried through drinks and moved on.
Last place we went to was a Piano bar…I love Piano bars…I guess there’s one in Sachsenhausen, but I’ve never gone.
A special thank for our taxi driver in Heidelberg – Michael Schumacher…who claimed at first not to speak english, but eventually did start bantering with us as he was tearing up the streets and possibly excessive speeds. He was cool.
