Playing tour guide for friends and some autumn colours

As if there wasn't anything else on the menu all our visitors have only one request: Let's go see Heidelberg. The weather played along nicely, and we complied... it is a lovely city after all.

We noticed lots of folks celebrating German Unity Day... or maybe they were here for the wine fest? Anyway, the pedestrian zone had been packed with people.

        

     

It's about time to consider mulled wine the billboard is suggesting.

After crossing the restored old bridge with the old towers over the river Neckar we had to visit the main attraction Heidelberg castle, which is almost fully restored now. We noticed a single scaffolding left around one of the towers. Great work!

An evening walk led to hunting for some fall foliage. We do not get the spectacular colours you might see in the US or Canada but our trees are doing a pretty good job this year. 

April weather: rain, snow and sunshine all together - Heidelberg edition

Yesterday had us sun bathing, today we got snow, hail and rain. Yet our visitors still wanted to visit Heidelberg (who wouldn't want to?). So we spent the day in town, visited the old city core, admired the restored old bridge and the famous castle which presents itself completely without scaffolding for the very first time in decades. Despite adverse weather conditions and temperatures around freezing point it was well worth the visit, and bonus: fewer tourists.

Since we had some time left in the day we moved on to castle Schwetzingen with  its huge garden. No surprise we had it all to ourselves. It had started drizzling, and we craved a hot cuppa or two by the time we got home.