Trip to Darmstadt - Day 4-6

Day 4

We woke up very early, 6 am, to be exact, to a cold and rainy day - typical April weather in Germany. Since we were up early, we decided that we should venture far. Ipapa suggested a day trip to Heidelberg and off we went. We had to take a train to go there and along the journey, Iden couldn't resist the nice weather but to catch a nap. Heidelberg was very windy and cold. It was a Sunday, hence most shops were closed. We had a simple lunch at Hard Rock Cafe Heidelberg and then proceeded to enjoy our leisure walk.

Heidelberg isn't a large place. We spent most of our time in the old town. Starting at the Bismarckplatz end, we worked our way down the pedestrian Hauptsrasse. It was a long walk and Iden was enjoying every moment of it! In the afternoon, we headed back to Darmstadt-Eberstadt to meet Steffi for dinner. She brought us to a cosy restaurant - Almhuette(http://www.almhuette.org/index.htm), for delicious Schnitzel. Hmm... so sumptuous!

Day 5

Germany was still in Easter holiday mood today. Darmstadt was like a dead town, where no shops were opened and no one was working despite it being a Monday. We didn't want to be caught stranded in the hotel, so we planned a trip to the Frankfurt Zoo (http://www.zoo-frankfurt.de/).

As it was a public holiday, there were a lot of families in the Zoo since there was nothing much to do with the shops closed. Maybe because of his brown hair, Iden was approached by a few German kids. Iden was not sure how to handle such attention, or rather, I think he was shy. He kept close to ipapa and me and was more interested in pushing his stroller than seeing the animals there.

The IT family was so tired after the trip. We took a nap and guess what? We only woke up at 10 pm for our dinner! Iden was more tired than us. He slept from 6 pm till 4 am the next day. What a day!

Day 6

Today is the curry day. We brought along Prima Deli Curry Mix to cook up a storm at Steffi's place. Our friends like the Singapore Curry, so we thought it would be nice to give them a treat.

Darmstadt was back to normal working day today. We did some shopping at Luisenplatz and bought the necessary ingredients for our cooking session tonight.

The dinner gathering was a success and thank goodness our friends liked the curry, just as much as we did. We realised that the curry tasted much better with the German brotchen.