Day 27- Heidlburg

Today was our only full day day in Heidelberg. It was sad to say that this would be my last day in Germany for this trip since we spent so much time here and it was probably my favorite country. As a group we went into the city with our German bus driver Victor and he had no idea how to get to the castle where we needed to be. We wandered the city of Heidelberg for 1.5 hours before figuring out the way up the mountain to the castle. So after that adventure we made it to the castle and the castle was pretty cool. The view from the top was my favorite part of the castle and the walls around the castle were interesting as well. The castle had a moat option to it which was really funny because they would just pour tons of water into the grass and surround the castle. After pictures outside we went into the castle part which we were allowed to see. The funniest rooom that we saw was one of the largest wine kegs in the world. The keg was so large that it had its own dancefloor on the top of it and it could fit over 100 people on the top. After that there was not much to the castle so we had free time for the rest of the time and were able to explore the city and do some small shopping. It was sunday when we were there and we soon found out that you cannot purchase things that were not made in germany on sundays. We found out the hard way. Some of the girls who we dont normally hang out with as well as the normal group went into a store and half the wall was shoes on sale. Everyone went crazy and wanted to buy like 3 pairs each but the owner said that he was unable to sell the shoes to everyone because it was sunday. People started to get very creative in order to get there shoes. One person Erin bought her shoes and had to pretend that she was wearing them the entire time. Also Alyx bought a giant duffle bag and put around 7 pairs of shoes in the bag so everyone could buy shoes. It was a giant mess and very funny to watch. After that mess we just continued to walk around and go into random shops and one of the stops was a gummy bear place and they had all sorts of fun things and samples too. Ashley and I asked for the most sour candy and bought some and it was the right choice. They tasted so amazing. Then we decided to relax and have a drink but then jenny came up and told ashley that they were selling birkenstocks for a good price in a store only 5 min walk but it was close to drive to leave so ashley went quick and bought a pair. She returned with about 10 mins left. She came back and it was the wrong size. Guess who had to run back to the store and switch sizes. I had to do it and make it back in time to check the bus at 4. I sprinted across the square and there was a line in the store. Luckily the sizes where on display so I was able to exchange the shoes very quickly. It was now 4:05 and ashley could not stall the group any longer and they began to walk to the bus. At this point I was running back to check up with everyone and get on the bus. Soaking wet ashley and I were one of the last two on the bus. The change was done and I was beat. I slept the whole bus ride back and when we returned to the hotel we decided to get mexican and watch the game. The food was okay for being where we were and we only stayed for half the game because there was no a/c at this bar/restaurant so we went back and watched the second half from the room. After that all of us just hung out in Joy's room and relaxed and watched the game and talked. The next day was Amsterdam and we had to get up by 6am so everyone decided to just got to bed early and call it a night.