Day #285

One of my friends left about a month before everyone else, and his parting wish was for everyone to have a super duper fancy dinner picnic in the gardens of Heidelberg Castle. My friends and I readily obliged. 

Three of my friends and I got ready together, then took the bus to his apartment. On the bus ride there, we were being extremely funny (as we are wont to do), and noticed someone take out his earphones to listen to our jokes and smile or chuckle every once in a while. I don't mean to alarm anyone... But we are incredibly hilarious. Thank you, stranger, for letting us make your day.

After getting to our friend Martin's apartment, we and some more friends headed up to the castle, and saw this sight:

 It came as a surprise to literally no one that Good Guy Tom had been waiting for us up on the mountain for 45 minutes, unable to contact anyone because of lack of wifi, with a cake of Swedish pancakes he had spent a few hours making from scratch. Classic.

We had a delicious picnic and beautiful toast (that involved something touching about friendship that none of us could quote back to you, no matter how hard we try), then documented our dapper outfits with a few photos.

...and then a different location for more photos with the actual castle setting instead of just grass and a tree!

And, of course, Tom and I had to snap a quick mom & dad pic:

An interesting fact about the castle: apparently the inside is free after a certain time. And gosh darnit, we were after that certain time! We got to explore the courtyard and real balcony overlooking Heidelberg all to ourselves as the sun set over the mountains and the Neckar. We put our salsa moves to the test (remember that one salsa class we took at the rec center before classes even started?) 

Oh Heidelberg. What an incredibly magical place.