Heidelberg

This past weekend we attended a USO trip to Heidelberg.  Normally we can find a cheaper way to get to these places on our own then paying the price the USO charges, but this trip was a nice cheap day trip so we went.  It was nice to support the USO and not really have to plan anything.  Heidelberg, was a nice German town.  A very German town.  It was not bombed during WWII so the buildings were very beautiful.  Where we live suffered a lot of bombings during WWII so it was nice to see what "Old Germany" looked like.  


We went up to the lookout point up on the mountain by tram and got to see the city from above.  We then went down to the castle which was only two stops down on the tram.  We didn't get to go into the castle which was a little disappointing, but we did get to see a wedding.  How neat... getting married in a castle!  

We also went and toured the old bridge which is another famous destination in Heidelberg.  We got to walk across and look back up at the castle on the hill.  My favorite part of the bridge was a tradition they have started.  By engraving locks and placing them on the bridge.