Heidelberg; Tuesday, 26 July, 2011

A quick breakfast and then it was out to the funicular railway that runs up past the castle. I took the two trains all the way to the very top station for some stunning views over the city, before coming back down to the station for the castle and going to have a look around.

In addition to looking around the outside of the castle, I also took one of the guided tours of the inside, and then went for a wander through the castle gardens.

With a late lunch inside me I headed down into town and over the river to the hills on the other side.

I went for a very long walk up to the top of the Heiligenberg which has several sights at the top, not least of all the view over the castle.

I had to spend a bit of time hiding in a beer-Keller towards the top as the weather decided to choose that point to break into a spectacular thunder storm.

Having survived the storm and finished off taking in the sights I descended back down to the Old town and stopped for a bite to eat, before wandering back over the river to take some pictures of the castle and the old town at night.

Exhausted I headed back to the hotel for a well-earned rest.