Sorry that it has been a while since I’ve updated this blog. By the time I post this I will be in Innsbruck, Austria. The past week and a half has been busy with corporate visits classes and exploring the cities.
Heidelberg was our first stop after we returned from Russia. It has also been my favorite stop until this point. I am not sure whether to call it a city or a town, but it is a kind of place that I could see myself living in someday. Its home to Germany’s most reputable university. The 5 days that we spent there were just about enough to enjoy everything about this quaint city. I probably logged about 10 miles of walking a day. Our hotel was a few blocks away from the city center. There was a mile long main street that had shops all up and down it. I probably walked this about 4 times a day. As you can perhaps make out in my pictures, the town is surrounded by hills and has a river running through it. Just across the river there is a beautiful path that we hiked up where we could see out over the whole city. A few of us did this at night so that we could watch a fireworks show from above the city. Fireworks shot out of the castle and the bridge—probably the most spectacular fireworks show that I've seen. The day after fireworks, we went to church and then the castle. This great time in Heidelberg does not exclude the great corporate visits we had in Germany. I’ll highlight some of the corporate visits in my next blog tomorrow. (I intend on posting a new post for the next three days. That should make up for the week and a half of nothing).
Prague is another city with a great view from the top. Out hotel was above the main part of town about 30 minutes outside the city center. The walk down into the city is amazing. I did it a couple times on a couple beautiful days. One observation about the service and the people in Prague: I found that at restaurants and stores the people where a bit surly and not helpful. I had a couple bad experiences with unexpected added charges on our bill. Prague was similar to Russia in this way. I've wondered if the lack of good service is a repercussion of a communist past. (BTW note about restaurants in Europe: I'll be happy to get back to the states where water, refills on drinks, and all restrooms are free.)
Tomorrow, I'll update you on my corporate visits and the next day I'll show you some funny pics from the people, after that I'll let you know what is going on here in Austria. Thanks for reading. Here are some pics.
Heidelberg: Near the river
Heidelberg: Our tour guide pointing a stick at a model of the castle
Heidelberg: view of the city from the castle.
Prague: View as we walked into the city.
Prague: me in Prague!
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