more heidelberg + stuttgart

Before heading back to the train station, we ascended the surrounding mountain via tramcar to the Schloss (castle!). I thought the view it offered was more interesting than the inside. A lot was in ruins, and the gardens used to be a lot more built up but now it's just grass. ~my first castle~

It was Dad's birthday.

Inside, there was an apothecary museum. The English signs were not translated very eloquently so it got annoying to read, but apparently someone discovered morphine there. Also we saw the world's largest wine cask (Große Haß!). It was…large. 228,000 liters of wine can fit in there.

Okay, as I'm typing this it is Friday afternoon. I just realized that the above happened yesterday morning, but it feels like at least two days ago. It's because we've been in at least one different city every day for the last seven days, and we get up early and do stuff all day every day. It's going to be a relief to get a routine going in Vienna, in some ways.

About an hour of train travel from Heidelberg to Stuttgart.

We immediately headed out to make my brother's dreams come true via the Porsche Museum. I don't care about cars, but the museum itself was really slick. I do appreciate Porsche more because of it. They had these pads you could stand on which would vibrate and make noises to emulate the feel of sitting in different Porsche vehicles, which I thought was smart. Good design helps everything!

 

Later I ate some very delicious risotto and then apricot chocolate mousse. I did not really like Stuttgart – it is a lot more generic than these other cities, a lot more modern in less nice ways. Although I can't really complain about it, because Stuttgart was one of the cities that got really damaged by bombing in WWII…sorry guys.

another day, another city.