In November, Tyler, Antje, and I took a day trip to Heidelberg.  This beautiful city is just an hour away from Wiesbaden.  Here, we are standing on the Alter Brücke, or Old Bridge, a pedestrian crossing over the Neckar river that runs through Heidelberg.  The second photo below is a view of the Heidelberg Castle from the bridge.  Old buildings such as these undergo restoration often, hence the scaffolding on the left side.

We then made our way to the Heiliggeistkirche, and paid a Euro each to walk to the top of the church’s tower.  Here is a view of the church from the second story as we made our way to the tower.

And here is the beautiful view we enjoyed from the tower.  Again, you can see the Old Bridge crossing over the river.  I love the warm, reddish-orange color of most rooftops in Germany.  The second shot below was taken from the other side of the tower.  The tall red building is the Hotel Ritter, which was built in 1592.

Next, we walked up the very steep hill to the castle.  Here is a shot of the castle from the courtyard.  Underneath that staircase to the right is a doorway, which leads to the Deutsches Apotheken Museum, or the German Pharmacy Museum.  It was neat to see all the old bottles, jars, and wooden drawers that were once used.

Here is the view of the historical city center from the castle.  The tall church below is the Heiliggeistkirche, and to the right is, of course, the Old Bridge!  The sun decided to peek through the clouds for a bit, which brightened the landscape.

I really enjoyed our day spent in Heidelberg, and will have to go back there with Jason.  In fact, I was so eager to go that I forgot to bring an extra battery for my camera.  To my dismay, the little screen on top of the camera showed that my poor battery could die at any moment.  This uncertainty had both a positive and negative effect for me that day.  Because I kept the camera off most of the time to conserve the battery, I know that there are photos I did not capture that I surely would have otherwise.  On the good side, I took each photo as if it was the very last I could take of Heidelberg.

Tyler, Antje, and I drove to Heidelberg today.  We enjoyed walking around the Altstadt, the historic center of the city, and exploring the Heidelberger Schloss,  or Heidelberg Castle.  We also climbed up the steeple of the Heiliggeistkirche, which gave us a beautiful 360˚ view of the city.  Here is one of the shots I took from up there.  I have many other photographs to share, but we’ll start with this one for day fifty seven.