We went on a day trip to Heidelberg, which has one of the most quaint German 'old towns'.
Our first step was to hike to Thingstätte, a giant outdoor amphitheater built by the NS on top of the mountain near the city. The path to the amphitheater takes you along 'philosophers way,' named such by the shear number of famous thinkers that lived in this part of Heidelberg and frequented these woods for walks.
From lookout 1:
The hike was longer, snowier, and colder than I predicted...
But we eventually made it:
With all of the snow and fog -and no other visitors- it was a creepy place. It was built for NS Youth rallies and for public displays of culture (operas, plays, choirs, etc.) right before the war broke out. Knowing its history definitely affected the way we experienced the architecture, which objectively, was very beautiful and connected with the scenery.
We walked from the theater to visit an old monastery / ruins of a castle but came up short- the gate was locked. The top of Heiligenberg was home to the monastery over a thousand years ago- it seemed like it would of been cool.
On the way back down we found the Bismark Tower, a tribute to Otto Von Bismark. We climbed to the top and got to see a beautiful view of Heidelberg across the river.
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