Germany

This past weekend I went to Germany with Ashley and one of our other roommates, Erica. We were able to find cheap tickets to Frankfurt, so that's where our adventure began. When we arrived Friday afternoon, we were starving. Our hostel was great with really nice staff who directed us across the river to a very traditional German restaurant. We all tried apfelwein which is the drink of Frankfurt. As the name suggests, its an apple wine. However, it was more "beer-y" tasting and kind of sour. We ordered schnitzel Frankfurt style which meant there was a 7 herb green sauce and also a fried fish filet.

We toured a Jewish museum, napped, and explored the old town that night.

On Saturday, we took a day trip to Heidelberg, which was about a 1.5 hour train ride away from Frankfurt. Heidelberg was definitely the highlight of my trip to Germany. While I'm happy I got to see a big city like Frankfurt, Heidelberg is a quaint town. Its what I would picture in my head as a typical, older German town. We toured the Heidelberg castle. It was beautiful and once again I find myself at a loss for words to accurately describe things. I know I won't do it any justice, hopefully the pictures will help. The castle is tucked into the mountains and overlooks the town. The view was breath-taking even though it was a little hazy. It was chilly, but not cold, and there were still a few patches of snow on the ground. The castle is beautiful even though some of it is in ruins due to cannons in the 1600s. There were walls covered with ivy surrounding it, long paths of grass going in every direction, and what used to be the old moat. During our tour, we were able to go inside and to different patios that were not accessible with the general ticket. Our tour ended in the wine cellar where they have the largest wine barrle thing in europe. The castle was the perfect place to imagine being a princess! I can only imagine what it would look like in the spring with the gardens in full bloom.

After the castle we had a German lunch at a small restaurant in the center. I had bratwurst and sauerkraut. yum! We strolled around, did some tourist shopping, and ventured to the other side of the river. The view from across the river looking across to the town and up at the castle was awesome.

Saturday night we went on a hunt for frankfurters because we desperately wanted to have frankfurters in frankfurt! But, we failed. We asked the staff at the hostel and they suggested a place for sunday afternoon. On Sunday, the place was closed, but 10 minutes later, it opened! It was a gift from God! The frankfurters were great, and even better since we were in frankfurt. The trip back to Spain on Sunday was of course a long one, but completely worth it.

Our German feast for lunch. The green sauce is the Frankfurt sauce.