Heidelberg

 [By Jenny Adam in Heidelberg, Germany]

Back in december, we travelled to Heidelberg to meet some local sketchers. We explored the
Karzer, a prison for misbehaving university students, which existed till
the beginning of the 19th century. During its last days, students
actually wanted to be imprisoned there- mostly to paint their names,
portraits and stories on the walls. Favorite quote: 

Weil wir als ehrliche Leute 5 auf der Strasse gefundene Bausteine auf
der Polyzei ablieferten, indem wir sie mit der Bezeichnung Fundobjekt
in die Wachstube warfen, sitzen wir hier als Märtyrer unserer
Ehrlichkeit!

As honest people who´d found 5 bricks on the
street, what else could we do but deliver them as found property to the
police by throwing them in the guard room?  So we sit here as martyrs of
our honesty!

We
continued the day with  frozen fingers on the old bridge, then thawing
them in the old university lecture hall. Finished it all off with some
mulled wine on the christmas market.