Mia's first overnight school trip

Mia went for her first overnight school trip. Both fourth grade classes - a total of 30 children and three teachers - went to stay on castle 30 minutes north of Heidelberg.
Monday morning everyone met at the school yard and then the whole group left to walk to catch a streetcar and then a train to Heppenheim 

Two days later we drove up in the morning to pick up the luggage since two parents and their cars were needed to bring the small suitcases and bags back. The children would not have been able to bring everything up the mountain from the train station in town.

A walk along the "Wine Street"

At the foot of the hills in the Palatinate the "Winse Street" connects a string of small villages and towns that are surrounded by vineyards. On a sunny fal day we took the local train across the river
for a little walk through these vineyards.

 

Wissembourg

October 3 is the national holiday in Germany - Reunification day - and we made good use of the job ticket that allows weekend and holiday trips for the whole family as far as the French border in Wissembourg - a 90 minute train rode on local trains from Heidelberg,
The small town was full of Germans who also had the idea to do some sight seeing and shopping across the border in France

There was even a small festival with fresh wine and Flammkuchen for the German visitors

 After a short break there we went for a walk in the picturesque town

We stopped at a nice bakery and then later got some good French cheese at a supermarket

On the way back we had to change trains in Neustadt an der Weinstrasse were an museum train was
leaving the train station