Heidelberg

This is the view of the town from Heidelberg castle.

These are photos of both sides of the gate at the end of the bridge over the river Neckar.

Some scenes from around the town.

The view of the castle from the town.

A few things from inside the castle.

 And inside the castle is the famous Great Heidelberg Tun, an extremely large wine vat contained within the cellars. In 1751, the year of its construction, the present one had a capacity of 221,726 litres (58,574 U.S. gallons).  [Wikipedia]