Castles, castles, and more castles!! It really is true here in Germany, there are so many huge castles everywhere…you start to almost get a little jaded…”Oh look a giant castle….look over there another castle…. hey kids, look out your car window another castle”….. ! But seriously, each time you see a new one or better yet you get to explore inside one, it is still awe inspiring. We decided to take a day trip and go to Heidelberg and see the castle and the gardens and explore the town. Heidelberg is about an hour from our house and it is a really pretty drive over there. We drove into the town and headed up the largest mountain where you could see the castle perched over the river below. We parked and had lunch and a quaint little biergarten beside the castle and then took a tour. The castle itself is huge and the setting is like something out of a movie. The vines growing up the walls, the moat, the river, the statues and gardens… After our tour we just wandered around the grounds and enjoyed the day and then walked down a hiking path into the village below the castle. We shopped in the local stores and then had dinner at a cute little Thai cafe and people watched as the sun was setting. It was magical.
my beautiful Circus 