Heidelberg 1 - Die schone Stadt

We arrived in Heidelberg in the evening, having struggled yet again with getting from here to there in Germany.  Two problems:
1) pretty much every single road in Germany is under repair.  In Nuremberg, this was especially irritating because one would chart a route on the map, get 90% of the way there, then be turned back unceremoniously at the last minute, with very little counseling on alternate routes.  OK, OK, most people use GPS but I'M NOT MOST PEOPLE!  Does anybody remember maps?  I'm seeing that I have to adapt.
2) Our impression is that Germans must be big mystery fans, because they love some suspense on the road.  Signage is not necessarily up to the German rigor in other things.

Despite these issues, we stumbled into town and parked in the Kaiserstuhl parking lot.  Immediately, we were blown away by the beauty of the city.  Tucked between two hills (both over 1000 feet, so officially mountains to me) along the Nekar river, Heidelberg was spared bombings and so is largely intact.  If you get up one of the hills on either side, you get an eyeful of beauty.  We stayed in the Hotel am Rathaus, right in the center of town.  

Taken from the parking lot.  That's how schone this Stadt is.

A couple of shots of the alte Brucke (old bridge) at night.

These panoramas are always a bit bizarre.

Street leading up to bridge.