Two
weekends ago I went on a day trip to a German town called Heidelberg and on a tour of the region! One of the good
things about Vallendar is that it is only a short train ride away from lots of
cool “day trip” type locations in Germany. On Friday, a group of us visited a
historic town called Heidelberg and on Saturday, the WHU International Relations
Office sponsored a regional tour to visit a castle, a brewery and a local German
restaurant. After that, we had the
quietschie (which means freshmen) party on campus themed “WHUps I Did it Again”
or 90’s, though they did not play any Britney Spears music to the most people’s
disappointment.
Heidelberg:
Since I am behind on blogging, I’ll
just hit the highlights of each trip. Heidelberg is one of my favorite towns that I’ve been to in Germany so far. It has a partially destroyed castle that’s on a hill, which
gives a great view of the historic city. It is right on the river so there are
some beautiful bridges there. Heidelberg also has the longest pedestrian shopping
street in Germany (maybe Europe, but don't quote me) where we stopped for some
traditional German food and desserts (Pictured Below). As in every German town, there are some
beautiful churches in the area as well.
The group that went to Heidelberg
My friend Cynthia and Me on the very cool train to the castle (actually was lame)
Pics from the Castle that we never figured out the name of
Shopping Street
Food
Some unique stained glass
Me and My Schneeball (Snowball), a German pastry
The Regional Tour:
For the regional tour, which was
sponsored by the International Relations Office, we visited the Marksburg
Castle, the Lahnstein Brewery and had a traditional German dinner at a
restaurant called Maximilians. The Marksburg Castle is unique because it is one
of the only castles in the area that is still intact post World War II. One
thing that’s interesting about Germany is that many of the landmarks and
attractions (or even full cities) have been restored from damage sustained
during World War II. At the brewery, we had a tour from a very interesting guy
nick named “Ozzy” after Ozzy Osbourne followed by my first ever beer tasting!
Surprisingly, I didn’t hate all of the beers that we sampled. The last event of the day was dinner.
We were all so hungry that we mistook a hot stone, which was set out to warm
our platter, as bread and even tried to cut it. When the food came out it was
great! We shared a platter of schnitzel, steak, potatoes, pork, noodles, corn,
fried peaches and much more amongst our table and were almost able to finish
it! After dinner we finished the
night at the WHUps I did it Again Party which was very fun!
Marksburg Castle
This was a punishment device used for women that talked to much. They would have to stand in the square with this on and if they talked, people would throw tomatoes at them.
Lahnstein Brewery
"Ozzy"
Beer Tasting
Maximilians!
WHUps... I did it again!
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