I had a meeting with the German group Merck on my birthday – the 18th of August. We decided that all the family should travel out and after the meetings in Darmstadt, we continued to Heidelberg to celebrate and have a nice family weekend.
Heidelberg is a famous university city and very well preserved from medieval times. It is based at the river Neckar and behind the city is the mountain, Königsstuhl (The King’s Chair) with the Heidelberg castle clinging to the mountain.
We spent a couple of days walking around the city and enjoying its food and atmosphere and the views from the top of the mountains surrounding Heidelberg.
In August we visited Heidelberg to celebrate my birthday
Below it is the river Neckar and above it towers the Schloss
It is a beautifully preserved medieval town with a famous university
Lindt chocolate was founded nearly 200 years ago in Bern in Switzerland, but it had a prominent place at the square of heidelberg
The family inside the shop
At the castle, where we also had dinner at the Michelin starred restaurant
The castel, partly in ruins
Overview of the medieval town with its old defended bridge over the river neckar
Another view from the hills above Heidelberg
We took the Bergbahn up to Königsstuhl, the mountain above the city
