We were up a reasonable hour and took off to the airport to pick up the car. We caught the S-Bahn and got to the airport. Here my Dad picked up his new Autobahn rocket, a Mercedes Benz E series (unfortunately a station wagon).
We got in the car, tuned in the GPS, turned up the AC, reclined the seats and pumped the German radio; we were off! On the Autobahn my Dad got his first taste of road legal 210km/h driving, it was nice.
We were in Heidelberg in no time. We parked the car and went in to explore the city. Heidelberg has awesome red brick buildings skirting the Rhein with a huge castle tucked majestically into the green hillside. We got some eats and hiked up to the castle. Here there were great views of the river from the former gardens of the king. I could not believe how nice it was out; at this point it was pushing 25 degrees.
We got back to the car, checked into another hotel (not a hostel!) and went out for some eats in the Altstat (old town). On the way back we pulled a Tom and got nice and lost; we had taken the wrong tram. I quickly figured out where we should be and we were back in the hotel and ready for bed in no time.
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