Day 168 - Another train trip (about 4 hours), we had paid extra for reserved seats only to find that there were people already sitting there. After some rearrangement we managed to sit down, but at a later stop someone else had exactly the same problem. Lesson learned - we won't be booking seats unless we have to.For a change the tourist information office in Heidelberg was really helpful, they told us how to get the tram (yes, more trams) to our hotel.
Heidelberg is really pretty, it's on the river with hills around and is quintessentially German - well to our Aussie eyes anyway. In the evening we trammed into town, then walked through the Altstadt and along the river, noting points of interest to revisit tomorrow.
Day 169 - From Heidelberg we are planning to drive, so first task of the day was arranging a hire car for pickup the next day. We then took the funicular up to to Heidelberg Castle (yep another castle). The view from the castle was very pretty, and the castle itself had some interesting sections, including giant wine casks, a pharmacy museum, and a very nice garden area nearby.After lunch we crossed the river and did the Philosopher's Walk, with more nice views of the river, city and castle. Midway through it started raining, we managed to stay dry by taking cover along the way, but as it turned out we ended up getting drenched later on when we had to get from the tram stop to our hotel!
Overall we have enjoyed Heidelberg, and its easy to see why it's known as "everyone's favourite German city".
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