Back in Germany

25 & 26 June

We are back in Germany! You know what that means people... it's almost time to come home.

After a loooong drive to Heidelberg, we decided to  just hang out and sleep in that next morning. When I say sleep in, I mean we were all still up and at breakfast by 9. I guess early risers must be a genetic thing. We started walking towards the castle. On the way we stopped by a few stores and found a few neat things to buy. This one store we stopped in was full of neat house products, everything was so neat and clever we ended up spending an hour in there. We headed up to the castle and after a steep hike, we were rewarded with amazing views of Heidelberg. The castle is also host to the most giant wine barrel EVER. There's a dance floor built on top of it, that's how humongous this thing is. We walked back down into old town and started heading back to our hotel. After a quick nap, we headed to dinner, then went to bed.

Sunday morning, we got up and headed down to Sinsheim. For those of you who are confused, dad and Michelle got tickets to watch France vs. Nigeria in the FIFA Women's World Cup. Sinsheim had a football stadium that fits 25,000 people. After getting our bearings and checking out the stadium, we headed into down to downtown Sinsheim. We found the town square where they have a huge stage set up with tables and booths. They were selling food and beer, and all the booths had either information about the tournament, or activities for kids to do. We hung out in the square for a bit and then took dad and Michelle up to the stadium so they could walk around and watch warm-ups before the game.

Mom and I returned downtown and walked around. We found that through most of downtown Sinsheim, they had games and activities set up for kids and families. It was really neat to see how they geared this entire tournament towards kids and families instead of focusing on the drinking/partying aspect of it. Mom and I found a bar that was showing the game on TV and we sat down and ate and had a beer. Even though we had hardly any clue what we were ordering, it ended up being one of the best meals I've eaten on this trip.

We finished lunch, and after grabbing some dessert, we headed back to the main square. The stage had a screen on the back of it that they were showing the game on, and the square was packed with people watching. We think that since the Germany vs Canada game was that night, most people were claiming their spots early. We also ran into the mascot for the tournament, and after he tried to get handsy with me, I finally got a picture with him.

After that (yes, the match still wasn't over) we heade up to the Auto and Technik museum. This museum is awesome. I cannot stress this enough! Firstly, it's huge. Secondly, it's any engineer's dream. IT's full of cars and airplanes. They have a concord that you get to walk up into. Although, I would not reccomment it if you are clausterphobic. Dad and Michelle were done with the match, so we didn't get to spend as much time in there as I wanted, but I could have also spent all day in there without realizing it. We are staying the night in Augsberg, then driving to Munich tomorrow to catch our flight on Tuesday morning. The past three weeks have flown by, and it's crazy to think that I have to go home and face real life in two days is daunting. I will have either MIchelle or dad do a guest post on the game and will have it posted soon.