Evening Along the Neckar

Saturday, July 11, 2009 - we headed into Heidelberg to spend the evening along the Neckar River. Heidelberg lights up the castle and lets off fireworks three times during the summer months. Tonight was one of those times. So we came into Heidelberg early (to actually find parking) and walked along the Neckar into the Altstadt for some supper. Since the Old Bridge was shut down for the fireworks - we had to walk over the bridge by the locks. (Bec and Joel this reminded me a lot of the pictures of your recent trip). After we had supper we walked down the Hauptstrasse and back to the Neckar to find a place along the river to hang out and wait for the fireworks.

Walking along the Neckar, stopping for some annual pictures with the castle in the background.

The girls - and the boys.

Walking over the locks.

Hanging out along the Neckar...the sun came out and lit up the castle.

Playing some American football...

Just hanging out...

We finally got to see a glimpse of the fireworks. Unfortunately they did not meet our expectations. We had expected to see them high up in the air over the castle - however they were more low and only over the Old Bridge (of which we couldn't see from where we were sitting). We were also expecting them to be loud and lots and lots of them. We were sadly disapointed. But we were near our parking spot - and got out of Heidelberg before a mad rush of traffic. The kids were all very tired and fell asleep on the way home. It was still a fun evening spent together as a family.