Speyer

After not seeing our old friend Dale and his family - who are living in Basel right now - for more that two years we met in Speyer during Easter break

Our first stop was the museum for technique

 Many old cars and plans or shown inside an old airplane hangar

Bigger airplane are in display outside

There are also some play areas

There is another exhibition hall for spacecraft - including the Russian space shuttle Buram

Then we walked around in he old town with its famous Romanesque cathedral

There was a big carnival in town over Easter - the first since corona

First stop was a fun house

We also bought tickets for the Ferris wheel

Wissembourg

The ladies went for a little trip to Wissembourg in Alsace just behind the border. When one takes the local train its part of the integrated public transport services and one get there with an inexpensive day pass or for free with a monthly pass.

Mia and her friend could practice their French

They even went for a smart walk outside town

Döner

We just to have the tradition to go for Döner night once a week at a place we like in our neighborhood. Now that it spring has started we might go again once or twice a month

First and last Snow of the Winter

The first snow this winter in Heidelberg came as a bit of surprise after the cherry blossom. It didn't stay in the city but on the Königsstuhl mountain 400 m over the ciy we could go for a walk

Half way down someone realized that the snow was perfect for a little snowball fight

So at least we made good use of the little snow we had this winter

First dinner on the balcony

Our first alfresco dinner on the balcony this year was a Mediterranean mix with hounnmus, falafel an flatbread

„Hanami“-Cherry Blossom Festival

By accident we passed the „Hanami“-Cherry Blossom Festival in the park next to the public library. It was organized by the "Friends of Kumamot" club that keeps the friendship to the Japanese sister city of Heidelberg alive;

 

Japanese drums:

The weather did cooperate

Mosbach

After two weeks of sunny weather we decided to make a little trip in the area: We went east to Mosbach a city in the Odenwald mountains at the confluence of the Neckar and the Elz.

The Palm house from 1610 at the market square is one of the most beautiful tinber framed houses in Germany

 

Many more old houes along the Main Street and in other parts of the Old town

The city museum at the old hospital

Everybody took a turn at the stocks

Mia gave us a city tour based on a online guide:
The town hall

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The Salt house - the oldest building in Mosbach from 1425

Relaxing in park at the river Elz