Germany Day 2

We had a really nice day today...even though we got off to a slow start.
We went for a walk through town this morning with the dog. He is so obedient, more obedient than most children. Angie told the dog to lay down, while we went in the bakery...and he did.
The bread here is phenomenal! We had sandwiches this morning. Apparently Germans don't eat a hot breakfast. They will eat a sandwich with jelly(the jelly makes it breakfast and not lunch) or a boiled egg. The interesting thing is they also like thier bread cold. I noticed this on the plane too, when they served us dinner and the meal was hot and the bread was cold. Today, I stuck the bread in the microwave...and that made it even better.
We went to downtown Heidelberg andthe Castle today. It was cold and rainy, but we still had a good time.
The castle is really a neat place. Its so amazing when you think that its over a 1000 years old.
It also had a pharmacy museum that was kind of interesting. While we there we also saw lots of army guys (& girls), so we were curious about what was going on. Turns out they army was having a re-enlistment ceremny. So we stayed and watched. There were probably over 150 soldiers taking the oath, and they were going to have additional ceremonies tomorrow! HOOAH!
After we left the castle, we walked down this long path down the mountain and went into the town "pedestrian zone". Its a street wtih no cars that's lined with lots of shops. We saw really nice Christmas store, soem beautiful cookoo clocks, and Subaway, Pizza Hut, and Starbucks. A tall hot chocoalte was 3.50 euros (and that was a cheap drink) I think that comes out to over 5 american dollars, but it was chilly and we wanted something hot to drink.
The other thing that struck us as odd, is that the people do not like to have thier picture taken. I was taking a picture of this bakery wtih all this beautiful fresh bread onthe shelf, and the cashier began to complain. weird.
For dinner Angie made the a delicious meal! The meat had some long German name...but it was cut up pork with mushrooms in a cream sauce served over rice, then she also made a tomato and zucchinni au gratin casserole with vegetables grown in her garden in the back. Needles to say, it was awesome, and I plan to get the seasonings I need to make it again when I home.
We are having a great time, but hopefully the sun will come out soon!