Heidelberg, Germany

We are here. Ellie and I. We got here yesterday Fri 10:00am Germany time 2:00am Utah time. My parents were so excited to see Ellie. My mom could hardly put her down. We got to there apartment and walked immediately to their office right in front of there building. She had to show off her grand baby! One lady Lucia wanted to hold Ellie and rocked her to sleep and would not give her back.




Heidelberg Castle, Germany

View of Heidelberg from the castle
Ellie and I in the square with the castle in the back.

Today Saturday we went to Heidelberg about an hour away. It's a very old town. We went to the town square and to the castle that has all different periods starting from the 1300's-1700's. Each area of the castle has been added on through different time periods so there are all different styles to the castle. We are waiting for Cory, Addie and the boys to get here so that we can take them to Frankenstein's Castle which is about 30 mins away. So, we will post as we go along!



The castle moat, with some of the oldest part of the castle falling apart.

*Also very interesting. The Heidelberg Castle has
an extremely large wine vat in the cellars. This is one of the largest in the world it has a capacity of about 58,100 gallons and was made in 1751. One hundred and thirty oak trees were used in building it.

its a bit dark but you can see how small the people are against it.