I woke up probably earlier than I should have, but sometimes you can't help it after a few 8am classes. Most of the morning was spent killing time and waiting. Leif and I had decided to meet up, hang out and go to Heidelberg. Something kind of fun, and nicer looking than Mannheim. He said he would leave at 10 something and it would take a little over two hours, but with how everything worked out, we didn't see each other until a little after two. Wasn't a big deal, but it was some of the most boring three or so hours of my life because I was afraid to get too in depth into anything. It also had me wondering a lot about how the whole experience would go since I am really bad at talking to people I haven't talked to in a long time. I'd imagine it could be worse with him specifically because we had once dated. [For those of you who don't know him, we dated for a little over a year and a half and we haven't really spoken much for the past two years since then. He joined the army about 6+ months ago and was stationed in Germany about a month ago.]
Anyhow, we met up, which was no where near as awkward as my mind anticipated it to be, and hopped in his car to go to Heidelberg. As we were driving there, we got a little lost and it began to drizzle. We eventually got ourselves up to the castle area, parked and walked down to it. I showed him around a little and then we decided to actually go inside the castle, which I hadn't done before. It was a pretty nice place, they had lots of wine (barrels) and an apothecary museum. I think I heard somewhere that the larger barrel pictured, is one of the largest, if not the largest wine barrel still used today. I also found the Apothecary museum interesting because they attempted to use anything and everything to cure just as many things. Looking back, I almost felt like it was your classic "witch's house" with all the lizards and other random herbs and things. The only difference was the "high-tech" distillery objects and laboratory feel.
After our tour around the place, we decided to go wander around Altstadt (old town) a little bit. On our way down, I was able to snap a picture of [what I thought was] a very amusing sign. ACHTUNG! Froesche! Whilst wandering, we both were pretty hungry and decided to get some food. We ended up going to a good size cafe and he ordered Pasta Arrabiata [mm jalepen~os!]and I ordered a Ham and Cheese Flammkuchen. I figured his would be some sort of spicy pasta, but I had no idea what a Flammkuchen was. It turns out it's just a flat-bread pizza with creme fraiche instead of sauce. Today I learned.
After we exhausted most of things to see on this side of Heidelberg, we drove back to Mannheim trying to figure out what to do next. We probably chatted for half an hour until around 7, at which time we split and I either studied some for my Lineare Algebra Test or played some more Diablo III, both are possible.
(ACHTUNG! FROESHE!)
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