Today [Saturday]we woke up in Germany to a beautiful sunshine. Unfortunately this weather did not stick with us and turned into the weather we were experiencing in Amsterdam. The view from Azure's aunt's house is quite amazing; I really never realized that Germany had such amazing landscape. I guess because there are no beaches no one in Minnesota really talks about the amazing hills and forests. Due to the massive amounts of rain this area has received this spring everything is very lush and green.
This afternoon we took about a 20 minute bus ride to Heidelberg and went to lunch at a restaurant. We had no choice but to sit outside under a little archway to be protected from the rain because the inside was full. We waited at least 20 minutes until our server showed up to take our order. I found this to be a bit frustrating because I thought we had bad service in Amsterdam but this was much worse. Apparently normally the service is not that bad; I think it may have had to do with the fact it was four 20-something women and not older adults waiting for service. After our 2 hour lunch we walked about in the main shopping area of Heidelberg and found that everything was starting to close because it was already 6:00. This city is much more mellow than Amsterdam; one thing that slows everything down is that there are not very many bikes. I think that is because it is so hilly here it would almost be impossible to navigate.
In the shopping area there were mostly Caucasians; not very many different races like in Amsterdam. There were a significantly fewer tourists than in Amsterdam, which was nice because you can get a better feel for the culture here and not the tourist culture. Germany is a very beautiful country and I recommend visiting to anyone that wants some relaxation time.
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