Most of the shops were closed because it was a holiday (All Saints Day, November 1).
There were lots of houses with dates and quotes on them (except I could not read them because they were in German).
There were some houses that were older than Columbus!
It took us quite a while to find the way up to the castle because it got closed off.
Once we found our way up, we had a really good view of the vineyards on the opposite mountains.
They were turning gold and red. The castle is on a mountain and then there is a valley and a mountain on the other side. If you looked down the valley there was this little classically German town.
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| Bacharach, the view out the window of our room |
The castle was amazing.
The German youth hostel organization had converted it into a hotel. Our room was on the very top across from the tower.
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| Sunrise over the Rhein, the view out our room window. |
We ate at the castle and the food was good. Staying in the castle was cool. It was warmer than I expected and smaller too. The tower was my favorite part. I went partway up the tower.
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| The castle tower from out our window. |
We had a really good view of the river and the town from our rooms. It felt very normal; it did not feel like a castle inside. I expected rough stones or really fancy paintings and accommodations (like at Hohenzollern) but it just felt like a normal hotel room without a carpet and bunk beds.
The Heidelberg castle is huge but this did not feel as big inside. I think it looked more impressive on the outside and seemed more maze-like and confusing on the inside. There was a weird bathroom where you went in a door and then down a hall and at the end there was a little toilet and a sink.
If I went back I would like to walk around the city wall.
I would like to stay in a castle again.
--Sydney
John, did we stay there when we went with Juliana? It looks familiar.
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