N8 went with the 'Wounded Warriors' to Heidelberg and saw the castle there a few weeks ago on October 10th. The castle was huge. The wine cellar had a 250,000 gallon capacity. The following are some of the pictures N8 took while there:
Below is the hillside behind the castle. It looks like the trees are changing there. It is really pretty. N8 looks pretty good too!
In this picture below, the holes you see were put there by the French. They tended to destroy things whenever they were made to leave Germany. Kind of reminds N8 and I of angry people that are getting kicked out of their homes because of foreclosure and they wreck the place.
When the tour guide brought them over to this part of the tour, one of the chaplains was standing underneath that overhang. It was pretty funny when the tour guide explained that the overhanging that you see is actually a toilet. That is where people would just 'let it all out.' I guess people back then had to watch where they were standing. The chaplain most likely moved out from under there pretty fast.
The other day on my way into work, I felt a drop on my arm and thought it was starting to sprinkle. When I got inside, I looked down at my arm and shirt and saw that I had been a target of a fly-by bird-pooper. I'm sure that back in those days people didn't mistake getting pooped on with rain.
These next pictures are pretty interesting. The statue that N8 is standing by on the inside of the castle used to be on the outside of the castle where the other statue is now standing. They brought all the statues inside because they were getting so old and worn down. The statues on the outside of the castle are fairly new. They are about 50 years old. Notice how both statues are holding a sword and a compass. The statues are supposed to be of the same person and literally standing back to back where the new one is on the outside and directly inside behind him is the old one.
This is another picture of the castle from the city below. Looks like it was kind of a stormy day there.
So cool! I want to go somewhere fun like that. okay, i really just want to go somewhere, i dont really care where it is:)
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