Last day in
Darmstad :-(
Roni was up
earlyish to say goodbye to Liz before she headed to work. We got clean, packed
up and headed around the road to the other flat for brekkie. Simon’s auntie
Jenny joined us and Steffi brought Sophie along for the fun. Breakfast was
leisurely and tasty...Simon Friday and Bray did a little more music sharing
afterwards as the others chatted and Roni had quality baby time with Sophie.
Little Sophie was a bit tired as she had missed her morning nap but had fun and
managed very well despite being weary! She is very cool – well done Steffi.
Everyone
went their own ways and we hit the road to Hiedelberg around 1pm. A wee drive,
found a park then wandered through the central city to meet Maren’s university
friend Natalie who has just moved there. We had a drink and some zwiebelkuchen before
walking Natalie to her hostel then heading up the hill to the castle. Besucherzentrum
Schloss Heidelberg (the castle) is B.I.G and very cool!! The view from up there
was fantastic and the town itself has so much history and intriguing buildings.
On our way
down we met a cat for a pat and around the corner there was a lady up 55m
pole!! We took photos, video and watched the show until she descended, on
through the old town back to our park then on the road again.
Despite a
few issues with roadworks making our desired exit closed we eventually made it
to our destination,
Heppenheim –
also known as Vettel-heim because Sebastian Vettel the current F1 champion is
from there. We arrived at Julia’s (another Uni friend of Simon) place where she
had prepared about 1kg of pasta with delicious sauce and salad..SO spoilt!
Afterwards we had great conversation over a rosé, looked at maps of NZ, Europe
& Niue then had more chats while Bray taught Maren how to play 3 Up 3 Down before bedtime.
