圣诞节,我和老公说好,一起提前买想要的东西,不去加入乱糟糟的购物狂潮。我不浪漫,觉得如果一份惊喜不是自己想要的,是不是只惊不喜了?因为我,老公不得不放弃他经常汹涌澎湃的"浪漫情怀",我们的圣诞礼物总是有喜无惊。
但老公这次爱心决堤,偷偷给了我一个礼物,打开 travel reservation 时,我忍不住想:惊喜的感觉,原来不错的 :)
我们先到海德堡,一个唯一没有在二战中被轰炸过的德国城市,美国人喜欢这个依山傍水的小城,非但没炸,还把它作为了军事基地,所以海德堡的历史建筑都完好无损,因为美国基地,海德堡的人很多会说英文。
朋友惋惜地说很不巧,海德堡的冬天很丑,夏天才无比美丽。我觉得冬天的海德堡也美,那种勾兑了历史底蕴的美,一种美国没有的美丽。当然这‘有历史’的说法,老公很不愤。

刚到酒店,就知道朋友说的话是什么意思了:酒店的一层在重装,本来我们免费的早餐和晚上的各种酒水临时取消了,只剩了早餐,可是谁在乎早餐?德国啤酒才是最重要的!不过酒店服务超好,我最大的发现是房间隔音,睡早觉的时候另一个人在卫生间洗澡完全听不见,不像很多酒店,在卫生间放个P,睡房里都能听见 :)

放好行李,天还没亮,从窗户里拍了一下酒店外面:

睡了一觉起来,外面很漂亮,但是真冷!

沿着河边散步:

河对岸的小碉堡小城堡一样的房子据说是海德堡最贵的real estate:



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照片上半部份是著名的海德堡城堡(站在山脚下是照不到的,只好跑到远一点,在一个儿童溜冰场边拍),Heidelberg Castle, built in 1214 for the first part, added and rebuilt after wars, fires, lighting struck afterwards for many times. 可惜,因为冬天游人少,又在维修,所以没有去爬:

网上找来一张全貌图:

从街上又拍了一张,只有一个角:

其实和古堡差不多古老的建筑到处都是:

城门里的细节:




走了半个多小时,在这里停下来,转向old town:

看着很老:

海德堡旧城到处是这样窄窄的小巷,石头路,两边是色彩鲜明的就是楼房:

古旧的石板路上的走来的现代美女:

住在这样的一间房子了,一定很好!这里住着很多海德堡大学学生,学校就在旧城里:

步行街:

路人的最大特点就是高大漂亮,我的个子在中国在美国都是高的,在这里就行了,可能是邻近大学的缘故,帅哥美女到处都是,可惜特漂亮的经常是只顾看,忘了拍。


街心的一处很美,可是

转过身,看到楼角,这么美的地方竟然有graffiti! 不过这次我发现,最最脏的还不是一般的垃圾,而是口香糖!德国的石板路和红砖路很多,雪后特别是雨后,远看路上特别洁净,可是低头近看,石头和红砖上覆盖的都是斑斑点点,很多是口香糖的遗迹 :)

漂亮的橱窗:

看看这个店,很牛,一个德文或英文字都没有,不过海德堡确实有很多日本游客,我看到两个日本大旅游团:

进了小店来暖手,拍照不能带手套,手跟胡萝卜颜色差不多了。
欧洲房价和同等美国城镇比不算贵,可是物价购可以,这么个一人高的小圣诞树,新年都过了,还要卖200欧啊?

街头,这自行车的摆放,很熟悉,向10年前的国内,可是最近回国,好像没有这景色了
谢谢!