Visiting Heidelberg, what to do?

Re: Visiting Heidelberg, what to do?

Andrew F in Australia

>Hi Roy,

I used to travel internationally with work often.

Go to the hotel concierge.

(1) ask for suggestions for local sites worth visiting.

(2) then ask where the locals go where the tourists don't, as you would like to see what things are really like.

You'll get a smile of genuine appreciation and a tip on a fantastic day.

Having said that, the castle at Heidelburg is well worth going through once - especially looking at the walls that had to be breached - 20 feet thick or so.

Cheers,

Andrew

Re: Visiting Heidelberg, what to do?

Adam Cherubini

>I'm not sure about woodworking sites aside from the woodwork you will see in your travels.

My advice is to leave Heidelberg and go to Bad Wimpfen. There is an abbey on a hill South of there that brews a pretty mean Heffe Weizen. I think they call it Kloster, which is a pretty generic name (in this case, abbey), but all the local pubs carry it as I recall.

Berg Guttenberg has a castle atop it (like every other berg along the Neckar). Pretty sure it is known for its kinky torture chamber tour. I had zero interest in that, but instead appreciated a pretty cool demonstration of medieval falconry.

If you have time, get a car and head south along the Neckar. Anywhere you stop will be really cool. I have family in Heilbronn which is further south. Heilbronn is known for its fine vineyards.

The one trick of the Neckar valley is that although the region relies on tourism, I'm not convinced it receives a great deal of non-german speaking tourism outside of Heidelberg proper. The castles are not tour bus friendly, so I think that has suppressed some amount of access by foreign tours. Consequently, you may not find English subtitles. I hope this doesn't dissaude you from touring outside of Heidelberg, however. I love this region of Europe and I'm certain you will too.

Have a nice trip,

Adam

Re: Visiting Heidelberg, what to do?

Andreas Winkler

>Hi Roy,

Heidelberg is a beautiful city !

Absolutely you have to vist the castle (Heidelberger Schlo�) and the old bridge (Alte Br�cke) over the river Neckar. Both sites are very impressive. Sitting at the Neckar and drinking a glass of local wine or beer is also a kind of must to do.

Heidelberg seems to be very experienced with tourists. I do not think that you will have any problems finding and vistiting places of interest. As far as you will bring enough time to Heidelberg. ;-)

http://www.cvb-heidelberg.de/index_eng.html

For the woodworking theme, about 30 kilometres east of Heidelberg there ist the city of Eberbach. Eberbach has a cooperage museum (K�fereimuseum), showing a complete cooper�s workshop, tools and how a barrel was made in former times. Maybe that is interesting for you.

http://www.eberbach.de/seite3a11.htm

Greetings from Germany, Andreas

Re: Visiting Heidelberg, what to do?

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

>Can't think of anything WW'n related, but if your into walking there's a great walk on the other side of the river from the castle.

To carry the line above, IF you're into beer drive north to Phungstadt. They HAD the worlds largest beer story there. 934 different beers, and it was between work and home when I was stationed there.

If you're into Craving and have the ability to travel, Oberammergau, just north of Garmisch, is a heaven for cravers.

Hey Kevin, what's Craving?

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

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Re: Hey Kevin, what's Craving?

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

>We in New England reverse our 'a's and 'r's. Ever is pronounced eve'a, Pizza is Pizz'r. Cut me some slack here.

Hey Scott, I just picked up my second fiberglass canoe of the year form the dump, so it don't matt'a.

Re:OH ya, Scott

Kevin French, Antrim, NH

>I'll be in all three of the above mentioned places this fall. Three weeks in Central Europe, from Amsterdam down to Veince and back. You'll see the WC hat at a lot of locations.

;^)

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

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I�m jealous�

Scott Burr in Ben Lomond CA

>I�d love to get back to Europe, but the way the dollar and euro look right now it won�t be for a while�

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Kevin French, Antrim, NH

>We paid for all the big stuff last fall.

Re: Visiting Heidelberg, what to do?

Norman (Ottawa, Ont.)

>Of my 2 visits to Germany, Heidelber definitely stands out.

It is a quaint university town with nice pedestrian walkways in and

around the castle.

One thing I remember clearly is that there are palm trees there. It is a micro-climate within Germany, probably low in a valley. In any case, you'll be pleasantly surprised to find palm trees grow there.

Norman