Fulda and Heidelberg

Revelations occur when you do what you didn't intend to do. The idea was to go from Nuremberg to Heidelberg by train. Somehow I managed to buy a ticket to Fulda only. The rest of the trajectory was supposed to be on a competing train line. So I got the Fulda and had about an hour layover to catch the next train to Heidelberg. The nice thing about traveling by train is that you can walk right out of the station into the center of town. I got a nice little walk in and saw their Christmas market and significant historical buildings. Even though I lived two years in Germany I never heard of Fulda. Nice surprise, this town is an off the beaten path small regional City with a lot of life to offer.

As a birthday treat I had taken a first class ticket and now I'm back in second class and the seats in second class are way more comfortable. Isn't that funny.

In Heidelberg I went to my old apartment which is now derelict, went by my old school building which is now an office and found that the Christmas markets here are nicer than in Nuremberg.

After flamkuchen and special rum flambee gluhwein I walked towards the restaurant where I used to work and ran into a small theater that was having a play so I got a great birthday treat to watch this excellent play performed by three professional actors.Läs mer