It wasn't hard meeting other international students thanks
to organizations like AEGEE and ESN Heidelberg which plan events for foreign
exchange students. During our first week there was something planned every
night. The best of which was an icebreaking pub crawl. On Wednesday the 9th we
decided to go see the Heidelberg Schloss (Castle) which is slightly higher up
the Königstuhl than Altstadt. It was highly recommended that we make the hike at dawn
to see the sunset from up there. Walking through Kornmarkt (corn market square), one clearly notices how dominating the Schloss is in the field of vision.
There are many ways to get to the
Schloss, including a stairway path, a funicular, and a steep cobblestone road,
which is by far the least comfortable way up. Us being new to the area and
having no idea which is the best way up there you can guess which path we took.
Piece of
advice, if you are going to take the cobblestone path, you wanna avoid wearing
thin soled shoes like Sperrys or Toms, because the path is as flat as a game of
tetris. So don't do it. Nonetheless, you'll be too distracted by the castle wall and tower to your right and the small glimpses of the city peeking through the tree leaves to your left to pay attention to your foot pain. You'll probably be out of breath as well because it is a pretty steep road, which can be seen on the bottom left corner of the picture.
Once you
make it to the castle courtyard and catch your breath, the view of Altstadt will take it away again.
And after you take your mandatory selfie....
you'll notice this monster staring at you, the main building of the castle.
If you leave from the uphill exit and walk past the
garden to the stone wall cliff (whose name and function I do not know) then you can see Altstadt as well as the castle in what is sure to be one of the most picturesque sunsets.
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