At the heart of Karlsruhe is the Schloß (pronounced "Schloss") or castle, but Americans would think of it as more of a palace. Karlsruhe means "Karl's rest" -- basically it was founded as the retreat and hunting grounds of Margrave Karl Wilhelm of Baden-Durlach (click on the link for the Wikipedia article).
On the castle grounds is the Turm or tower. Sorry folks, no elevator, but the view at the top, of course, is worth it!
The castle grounds looking toward the city.
The castle and grounds from the air -- no, I didn't take this one...
Inside the castle is an amazing and LARGE cultural and local history museum, with interactive displays! :)
We also visited the nearby botanical gardens.
After our long day of sightseeing, we rewarded ourselves with dessert at a sidewalk cafe -- it's called "Mozart's Chocolate Parade." It was as good as it looks!
Here are pics from two different shopping trips or "Einkaufsbummeln."
The first one we went by car to a famous local supermarket. Here I am with Milka the cow -- she was mooooooving...
On another day, Martin and I went shopping for dinner on bikes to the city center. Karlsruhe has one of the largest numbers of bikes per-capita in the world!
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