Hirschhorn

I took my bike along the Neckar to the East today, 30km to the historic town of Hirschhorn, first mentioned in 773 AD and visited by Mark Twain on August 9, 1878. The paths were quite a lot along busy roads, but there were also beautiful stretches along the river. The wind was cold, but no rain today. A nice Greek lunch warmed me up, but then it was another 30km to come back.

Neckar with bear

I took a bike ride along the Neckar this morning and came across some bears (behind glas, in the zoo). Almost like being back in Canada.

Visitors

Tim and Liz are visiting us, and the weather is great. We went out into town last night and are going on a hike today with Liz. Tim has work meetings at the university.

New kitchen

Our new kitchen is almost complete, and we can use it again. That also allowed us to unpack most of the remaining boxes from the move. I cooked lunch today, of course white asparagus with fresh strawberries for desert.

Asparagus season has started

This week the white asparagus season started in our region, and all locals are convinced we have some of the best asparagus here from all of Europe. I love this vegetable and usually eat it with salmon, but today I had schnitzel with it. Sheila has ordered a new kitchen, the old one has been taken away, and we need to go out for our main meals this week, tough.

Back in Germany

We had a great time in Manchester and all came back to Germany. Jessica and the kids are staying in Siegelbach with my parents, though the kids take turns visiting us in Heidelberg. Today we went on a successful Easter egg hunt.

Weisser Stein

The weather was sunny and warm today, so I took my e bike up to the Weissen Stein, a hill behind Handschuhsheim. Despite using up a lot of my battery, it was still a strenuous 1 hour ride. There is a pub on top so I had a nice lunch and an easy, quick ride back.

Winter again

The weather has been quite cool and wet in Heidelberg last week, we spent it mostly visiting with friends. We have enough furniture now that our place is quite comfortable. This morning there was snow outside, but this week it is supposed to get warmer.

Andrea is visiting us (and her friend from primary school around the corner), but unfortunately hurt her knee in a skiing accident and is limping a bit.

Nice days in Heidelberg

The weather has been great the last 10 days, sunshine during the day with the top temperature up to 12 degrees (14 on our South balcony). The nights are chilly with some frost, but the afternoons are great for walking in the woods behind Handschuhsheim. Today I walked 10km, up the Mühlbach (past the Buchbrunnen from 1701), through the woods above Dossenheim and back.

Back in Heidelberg

We enjoyed our time with the grandkids and got to stay an extra three days in Tenerife because of a strike at the Frankfurt airport. Last night we came back to Heidelberg. The weather is nice and sunny, but not quite as warm as Adeje.