The week with Rick was spent traveling to the local hot spots; towns, hamlets, special walks, etc. including: Freiburg, church and market; Titisee; Breisach monastery; Waldkirch rain; Hochburg castle ruin, St Peter / St Morgan churches, then a hike up to three giant wind machines above the house whilst hunting mushrooms (Found one each, smaller than a dime, fortunately we had other things to eat that day), back to Basel and Chamberhole cave, then Rick departed and we returned back to normal. Tuesday we drove to Heidelburg, and wandered the town. on the river the old town is quite magnificent, where old stuff abound, including the university - some 30,000 strong. Wednesday we drove to Rothenburg, a really slick, perhaps the slickest I've seen, old town with a wall fortification that extends all around the town, and at the top is a walk that allows you shoot arrows at the people outside. We spent four hours just wandering because it was just fun to see all the old stuff. Then back to Heidelburg, and the students, lots of goings on. Yesterday was return day when Lynn drove on the autobahn for the first time. It started with a traffic jam that frustrated her desire for speed, but finally broke- up and whizz off she went; with an unlimited speed limit it was pedal to the metal. Fortunately, the diesel powered compact can only do about 177 km/hr, but she got there with big smile on her face. Sadly, traffic conditions kept interrupting her joy and soon wore her down to 130 in the right lane, only to watch the big machines swoosh by at exceptional speed not available to the Renault driver. Our reunion with R&L was spent on the patio sharing dinner and stories whilst planning our weekend hikes. Life is very good.