Berg-de-Heidel

Its been a while since my last post and that is due to several things, none of which I am going to mention here and now.
I'm in Heidelberg for a week and a half now. I got a nice room in a student residence right in the old city centre. It gets a little loud at night with all the pubs and clubs right across the street, but other than that the location is amazing. I'm not a fan of the status of the shower-curtain in my shared bathroom but I think I shall spare you the details...

There is one question I keep asking myself: what do you do in a little beautiful town at the end of summer with no school for another month? I haven't really found an answer yet but this is what I have been doing these past days:

1) have some food.
It turns out all the people I have met here so far eat just as passionately as I do. Thats good for the spirit and stomache party of Carolin (SSPC) but bad for the wallet and waist-line party of Carolin (WWPC). With major German elections coming up on the 27th that's sure going to be a decicive factor.

2) walk around the city to exlore future locations for more food, and try every hot chocolat in town
Rules to follow for this activity:
A: avoid being run over by streams of tourists on Hauptstraße
B: follow your nose, if it smeels like yummi food it IS yummi food
C: do not trust appearences, if the place looks cosy and original its probably not
D: a cold or warm Hot Chocolat is a bad Hot Chocolat!

3) stand around with a bunch of cool people waiting for someone to meet us only to mutually agree a few hours later that that person is probably not coming any more... good times

4) go on a hunt for good and cheap grocery stores. this sounds easier than it is... trust me!

5) watch the amazing fireworks on the Old Bridge and cheer as the castle burns down once again (please don't misunderstand...)

6) take a somewhat-spontaneous hike into the mountains. This includes seeing gigantic spiders doing Yoga in midair, drinking directly from a cold water spring, and making plans for a possible future "midnight-hike" (who's in???)

7) making a trip to IKEA and spending 2 hours playing some Capoeira while waiting for the Bus back home

There's been lots more exciting stuff but its safe to say all of it had something to do with food, in one way or another. It might get a bit monotone to mention all of it here. I will pick and chose some for next time.

Thats it for now! I'm dying of thirst! And I think a little afternoon snack could be nice as well...