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Ich hab' mein Herz in Heidelberg verloren
Today, I have mostly been realising just how much I'll miss Heidelberg when my parents move back to the UK early next year. I have called Waldhilsbach home for more than half of my life. This afternoon, I was driving back in my MG along the road from EMBL (where my parents work) back home. This road is probably the road I know best - I know every undulation and every bend like the stereotypical back of my hand. Feeling connected with the car, and feeling how it was poised round each corner. I'm going to miss this road, too.
This evening, we went for a nice meal in one of the village's three restaurants. Despite the village being quite small (population of ~1000-ish), it has three restaurants, all of which are visited from far and wide. The staff all know us well by now, and the food is excellent.
After dinner, I went for a spin in my parents' MG, sans roof. I drove down to the valley, then followed the river along to the castle. The sky turned from deep lilac to indigo as I drove, a half moon just visible over the tops of the black, rolling hills, spiked with conifers. Then, sodium lights began to be reflected in the glassy river Neckar as I neared the city of Heidelberg. The castle spectacular as ever, lit up, with the moon just above it. Driving the route in an open-topped car improves the experience so much - the smells are added to the sights, the fresh air buffets gently around you, and it enables you to look up as an illuminated crow's nest castle passes overhead further up the dark hillside.
I'm not great with the written word, but I'm keen to record just how beautiful and unspoilt this area is. Today was a kind of epiphany - where you suddenly open up your view of a place which has become so familiar you no longer look at it, but concentrate on the narrow routes you take through it, your mind set on getting to your destination, whether they be on foot or by road. Take for example a high street with which you were very familiar - look up, and realise that the buildings you trudge past every day have upper floors, and a roofline. I found my view of the rolling, wooded hills opened up today; first in the evening sunshine, then in the failing light, with the moon overhead.
I'll go out again tomorrow, armed with a camera, and see if I can capture some of Heidelberg to take back with me.
Yes, I really will miss this area, though I shall definitely return, as a visitor.
This evening, we went for a nice meal in one of the village's three restaurants. Despite the village being quite small (population of ~1000-ish), it has three restaurants, all of which are visited from far and wide. The staff all know us well by now, and the food is excellent.
After dinner, I went for a spin in my parents' MG, sans roof. I drove down to the valley, then followed the river along to the castle. The sky turned from deep lilac to indigo as I drove, a half moon just visible over the tops of the black, rolling hills, spiked with conifers. Then, sodium lights began to be reflected in the glassy river Neckar as I neared the city of Heidelberg. The castle spectacular as ever, lit up, with the moon just above it. Driving the route in an open-topped car improves the experience so much - the smells are added to the sights, the fresh air buffets gently around you, and it enables you to look up as an illuminated crow's nest castle passes overhead further up the dark hillside.
I'm not great with the written word, but I'm keen to record just how beautiful and unspoilt this area is. Today was a kind of epiphany - where you suddenly open up your view of a place which has become so familiar you no longer look at it, but concentrate on the narrow routes you take through it, your mind set on getting to your destination, whether they be on foot or by road. Take for example a high street with which you were very familiar - look up, and realise that the buildings you trudge past every day have upper floors, and a roofline. I found my view of the rolling, wooded hills opened up today; first in the evening sunshine, then in the failing light, with the moon overhead.
I'll go out again tomorrow, armed with a camera, and see if I can capture some of Heidelberg to take back with me.
Yes, I really will miss this area, though I shall definitely return, as a visitor.