Dan went to church this morning at a Lutheran congregation on the University of Heidelberg. It is the oldest church in Heidelberg, dating from 12th century. Beautiful inside, as you'll see in the photo album. The worship was all in German of course, yet I was able to follow along quite well, and even recognized the Gospel reading from the German I heard. The music was wonderful; not only an incredible organ and organist, but also a brass group playing prelude, special music, and along with hymns.
After worship I found the "funicular"... the cable car going straight up the side of the mountain to the old castle. Weird.. very futuristic transportation taking us to see a castle from the 1300's. It was interesting, has an incredible pharmacy museum and fantastic views over the old part of the city and far beyond. Wasn't much fun doing it alone.
Then headed off to the hospital... missed the bus, so walked to Bismarckplaz, thinking I'd grab a cup of coffee and pastry at one of the bakeries along the way... wrong... pretty much everything except the restaurants is closed on Sunday. Did find one "take-away" shop open, and had a shrimp and egg salad sandwich. It was delicious of course. Transportation is also an issue on Sunday-- trams running only on half hours, and of course, to connections didn't mesh to my benefit, so long waiting times... was glad to arrive and get/give a hug. Kathy doing well on Sunday, although her arm hurts from the blood loss during the cath. We walked around in hospital (still very hot outside), and played cribbage in the cafeteria. I even had a beer there!!! (It was non-alcoholic.) Also have noticed wine and beer "cafe" in a large department store... mostly men sitting in there of course :)
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