Home Sweet Home

Ah Heidelberg! It just feels like home. I could happily live there for the rest of my life...sigh... :-) We had a beautiful weekend to explore and have fun. The best part about Heidelberg has to be the shopping! I love the castle and the main street, but you can find those types of things in a lot of German towns. But shopping on the main street is THE best. The H&M sells plus sizes, up to 26! There is a shop devoted to Irish...stuff! The tea shops, the fake Hard Rock, not to mention the Doner Kebaps! Basically I spent too much money this weekend, but I can't regret it.


I found an awesome record shop where I bought the Soundtrack to Flash Gordon, all music by Queen. It was only 12 euro! I bought three shirts at H&M and the most expensive one was only $19.95 euro. I bought some tea because it's gonna get cold here pretty quick! I bought a sweet bag, that if I was really good I could have made myself...but I like that it's handmade. Anyway I had a wonderful time. We spent most of the day Saturday getting our hostel figured out and shopping because we knew that nothing would be open on Sunday except the tourist attractions.

Sunday was a great day. We went to the castle and the student jail before we skipped town. The student jail was nice, but I think the people I'm traveling with had built it up in their heads. I don't know but I feel like everyone I was with was a little disappointed with the city. They all had a good time, but it's not home to anybody else. Anyway, the castle was much more the thing. We actually made it to the tram that takes you up! I was sooooo happy not to do the 300+ stairs! Kelly was perfectly happy to take the stairs, she likes the feeling of accomplishment, but I wasn't having any of that. Sorry! Been there, done that, I'm NOT doing it again! :-) I think she understood. I love the Heidelberg Castle and I wanted to sing the whole time I was there! "I got locked in the Heidelberg Castle. The people all left and they shut the door!" So our trip was great, shopping on Saturday and site seeing on Sunday! But the train ride home gets it's own post later this week!