Cummings family gone Fest-crazy

I would say it’s Fest season, but really that is not true. It’s always Fest season out here with the exception of maybe 2 months out of the year. Our next few months are packed with travel so we decided to do a couple of local day trips.

Last weekend we went to the Heidelberg Castle Illuminations. It was one of 3 nights a year that they illuminate the castle. The illuminations began in 1613 and they have been doing them ever since. 300 years ago the castle was burned down, so now they light up the castle to imitate the burning by the French. The culmination of the show is the fireworks that reflect over the Neckar River. The castle goes from a burning red, to dark, then back to it’s normal beautiful lit up appearance. There are two more performances this year, go if you get the chance!

Saturday we spent an overnighter in Würzburg, Germany. I have played the piano since I was a kid, so I really enjoy classical music. We thought that since we are in the classical musical capital of the world, we would try and take advantage of the amazing musicians here. We went to the Mozartfest and saw a concert at the Residence Palace in Würzburg. It was incredible. We gambled and brought the kids in an effort to further culture them. It somewhat backfired considering Cambria cried at the very beginning and was not allowed back in! Fortunately, the tickets were a bargain price of 10 Euro per seat. PJ was able to spend the time before and after in the palace gardens with us, as well as at intermission. And Addy and Caden enjoyed getting dressed up and hearing Mozart in the Baroque palace. They knew several of the songs, thanks to Little Einsteins!

Here are some of our pics…