A Giant Wine Cask

We had to get a picture with the Grosses Fass (Big Barrel) at the Heidelberg Castle. This memorable cask is supposed to be the biggest wooden barrel ever filled with wine. It holds over 221,000 litres of wine! Then we tasted some wine (though not from the cask) and Jim bought a couple bottles as souvenirs.

Later in Heidelberg, Ben finally got his litre of beer after months of disappointed searching. Bavaria, in southern Germany, is really where most of the stereotypes come from: Lederhosen, the Loden Hut or Alpine hat, Sauerkraut, and of course, Oktoberfest-sized steins of beer! Bayern (Bavaria) was also incredibly tourist-friendly, as we spoke more English in 5 days there than we had in the previous 3 and a half months in Germany.