No description The flight left Chicago about 11pm. The plane was packed and Dad and I get the very middle seats. It is very hard to sleep when you have no room. The movie on the flight was Antitrust, but I fell asleep before it came on and didn't wake up until the credits were rolling. The plane we were on was an Airbus A340-300 and went about 600mph. The flight was about 8.5 hours to Frankfurt. When we landed in Frankfurt we got off and had to wait in the Customs line and get our passport stamped. There were only a couple of pairs of police officers and one police dog. Kinda scary when you think about it. After customs we went to get our bags and they were already coming out. Next stop was Avis. They didn't have the Audi A-6 we asked for so we got a Saab 9-5 wagon instead. Just as nice. We then drove from Frankfurt to Heidelberg were we would spend two nights. Things to note about the autobahn: 1) There are only a few places with no speed limit. 2) Lots of expensive cars (Audi, BMW, Mercedes, Volvos, Volkswagen) and the trucks look really different. 3) Traffic flows very nicely. 4) The road is very smooth. The weather here is absolutely gorgeous. Sunny and warm. After we got to Heidelberg and checked into the Army Guesthouse we drove into downtown Heidelberg to find some dinner. Downtown Heidelberg is really beautiful. You can tell immediately that it's been there a long time. Everything looks fairly old. One nice thing about driving in Germany is that you get a warning (yellow light) between red and green. The river in Heidelberg is called the Nekar River and is used for shipping. One of the pictures is of an empty barge going down the river. There was a nice park along the river with lots of people tanning. There were a lot of nice shops in Heidelberg but they were mostly closed by 7pm. Dinner was excellent. We ate a nice outdoor cafe. Our table was on a little hill, so it was a little hard to eat. The menu had lots of pork dishes on it. After dinner we walked by the castle an