I’m still in Germany – w00t!
May 28th, 2005 by Mark
This is post number 2 from Germany. I went to Heidelberg yesterday. They have this big castle there which is conveniently placed at the top of a pretty high hill. The walk up to the castle was pretty brutal. I took a bunch of pictures from the top of the castle that came out pretty nice. I’ll try and post pictures tomorrow when I have access from my laptop. Heidelberg is much more touristy than Stuttgart. They have all these little tourist shops and restaurants. I also walked along the ‘Philosopher’s Walk’ which was pretty nice. It also suffered from being at the top of a steep hill. Well, I guess I was the one who suffered. It’s called the ‘Philospher’s Walk’ because Hegel used to walk along it or something like that. I was cursing him as I was climbing up the thing. I took pictures from there also. There’s a really nice view of the castle from there.
I’m writing this entry from an iMac that is in the internet cafe here. That would normally be fine, except this one has a German keyboard or something. It’s mostlty the same except the ‘Y’ and ‘Z’ keys have switched places. Oh, and there are a few more keys: öä€ß§°. :o)
It hit 38° C in Heidelberg yesterday. That’s like 98° F. In similar news, I’m having a little bit of trouble keeping myself hydrated. I’m drinking a bunch of water, but it took me a little while to figure out that that was the problem.
Stuttgart is so alive with people. There is this main pedestrian-only street called Königstraße which is just bustling with people. There always seems to be some kind of fair going on. I spent a bunch of time in the Schlossgarten (a park similar to Central Park) and there are always people there. On a Thursday afternoon the place was packed with people. Awesome.
Alright, I’m going to head over to where the conference is to catch the bus to Esslingen for a little medieval town action. Hopefully I’ll be able to post some pictures tomorrow.
