Germany Trip - May 24th, 2002

Tuesday October 04, 2005

This was the day that Sandra, Rafa & Alex returned to Spain to spend some more time with Rafa's family.  We drove to Frankfurt to drop them off at the airport and made a few stops along the way.  We visited a church where some of Bryan's ancestors were baptized and stopped again for lunch.  On the way back from Frankfurt, we toured the beautiful town of Heidelberg.  We hiked up a steep cobblestone road to the castle ruins, walked along the river Neckar, drank beer in the town square and ate dinner at a nice Italian restaurant. 

Here's a quick menu to the various picture sets:

The Drive to Frankfurt

Some of Bryan's ancestors were baptized at this church.

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Heidelberg

Situated on the banks of the river Neckar, Heidelberg is one of Germany's most beautiful towns.  Towering over the town, the majestic castle is really a vast residential complex that was built and repeatedly extended between the 13th and 17th centuries.  Originally an extremely well-fortified Gothic castle, but now mostly in ruins, this was the seat of the Wittelsbach palatines.

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Needless to say, LOTS of people ride bikes in this town!	A view across the river Neckar.
Castle in the background.
		Peek-a-boo!
On top of the castle.
Castle ruins.
Lounging by the fountain...	Pretty flowers
	In the town square.	It was time for Brandon's dinner!
Watching the birds??	Uncle Bernd was approached by the local radio station in the town square.	Are those golden arches on the left??
The river Neckar is behind us.	Christie's next car? There are tons of these tiny cars in Germany!	At dinner...check out the mural of the dog peeing behind us!
	Heidelberg at night...the castle is lit up.

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