Last day in HD :( but in the moment

Post for NOVEMBER 14th:
Caro on our regular river run "I whip my hair back and forth, I whip my hair back and forth" :)

Awesome view of the Heidelberg Castle and Old Bridge as we run on the trail

Sunset from the Old Bridge Crossing and entering the main area of the city from the Old bridge

One of the busy downtown streets, good thing there was a Staff person there to manage the crowd ;)

From the Castle grounds at night, over looking the city

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Leave tossing on the castle grounds....me, nadine and caro

Caro and I on the castle night

The crew going to the castle on last night....me, nadine, michi, and caro

SchafsKaese cooking for dinner

Saturday night, We ended up staying at Suse and Christoff’s house in Karlsruhe, so had to get up and take the train back to Heidelberg. We actually dropped off in Leimen to pick up Caro’s mom’s car for our trip to the airport the next morning. When I say we dropped off, I mean we hopped off at the closest train station and made our 30 minute “walk of shame” in our (well me anyway) last night’s clothes, through the streets, a little mud, trails and drive ways to the house. At least the weather was AMAZING! The sun was shining and the climate was t-shirt and short weather. (Tight jeans, an accessory scarf, and calf-high boots wasn’t really what I planned enjoying the walk in but the company was good and the fresh air refreshing.) We made it in time for another one of my favorite most memorable German times. We sat at the table and visited with her parents over a breakfast of fruit, bread, jam, honey, egg, and tea. One tradition I love that will never die is actually sitting around the table with family and friends for meals. This time it reminded me of the many times that we did this same thing when I first moved to Heidelberg last year. After breakfast, we made our way back into Heidelberg and threw on our running clothes to enjoy the weather. We did a little run walk by the river and through the main street. I brought my camera this time so I could capture it all. If only pictures could capture ambiance, real views, and heartfelt feelings. Time in the moment……which again would not have been the same without stopping at Caro’s Gelato place for a scoop of ice cream. By the way she knows the entire staff and all there is to know of the place, you would think she knew them forever but NO, it just opened this last year and she just may have been there a few times ;) Great stuff! After our run/walk around the city, I made another batch of Caro’s fave pumpkin bars so she would have some after I left and we showered and got ready while waiting for Nadine to stop by. We had coffee and pumpkin bars before taking a night trip up to the Heidelberg castle. I hadn’t been up there on this trip yet so it had to be done. We picked up another friend, Michi, and drove up a familiar running hill to the side of the mountain where the castle stood. The International Film Festival was going on up there so we had some fun taking crazy pics in front of the lit up signs. The view of the city from up there is beautiful and it was a great time of pictures, walking around the castle grounds, and enjoying the warm fall evening. After the photo shoot, we made SchafsKaese (sheep cheese, another familiar food of mine there) and sat and visited over dinner. After dinner Caro and I spent one last moment chilling out, looking at pictures from all that we did in the last week, and visiting before we had to say goodbye in the morning. 4:30am was coming way too soon :(