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I’ve been to that lovely city several times, since I’m living not too far away from it.
Bad Kreuznach, which is indicated by the “Bad” is a Kurstadt (“spa city”) a “title” only some few German cities have got. It means that people go there on rehabilitation, to be cured or to relax. Bad Kreuznach is famous for its Bäderhäuser (“bath houses”), were you can relax in warm and cold water, get massages and so on…
The city is situated by the small river Nahe and there are some special houses on a bridge (Brückenhäuser). They had problems for several years in the past with high water (the Bäderhäuser and other places were flooded then), but took some measures to prevent further floods at the end of the 20th century.
Bad Kreuznach is a lovely city with many old houses and the feeling of a cosy, calm, relaxing town. Next to the bath houses you can find the “Salinen” (salines/saltworks), walls through which salt water circulates and help you breathe.
There a small bus, that looks like a miniature version of a train, that goes between Bad Kreuznach and its neighbouring village Bad Münster, that is called “Blauer Klaus” (“Blue Klaus” – Klaus being a very popular German name).
Bad Kreuznach is definitely a town I would like to live in. :)

I visited the town twice in short succession: in April 2007 to visit my friend Sigrid, who lives there and in June 2007 because of our annual works outing, which led us to Heidelberg this time. lol
Heidelberg is a nice, old town at the river Neckar in a valley surrounded by woods with lots of beautiful houses and places. But what impressed me most about Heidelberg was/is the Heidelberger Schloß (see my entry about that ;)), which is Germany’s most popular castle ruin. :)

I visited this place twice in short succession (April 2007 and June 2007). The first time was, when I was visiting my friend Sigrid (who’s living in Heidelberg), the second time was with because of our annual works outing – and this years trip led us to Heidelberg. lol
The first time I’ve visited the Schloß, I got to see the garden of that gigantic castle ruin (which is a really intact “ruin” and really shouldn’t go by that name ;)), the second time I got to the inside of the castle and the “Apotheken Museum” (apothecary museum).
All is totally worth seeing. But what impressed me, personally, most, was the size of this castle, the castle garden (which is ideal to walk around or sit down and relax) and the beautiful view you’ve got from up there (from the castle and the garden): you can see the whole town Heidelberg, the surrounding “mountains” (or rather “hills”) and the river Neckar.

I visited this place more or less mainly because of the character “Major Klaus Heinz von dem Eberbach” from Aoike Yasuko’s manga “From Eroica With Love”. He wasn’t named after this place, actually the mangaka heard about the town Eberbach after giving her character that name :D But when she learned about that town in Southern Germany, she went there to visit the place and some images in the manga resemble that town. She also used the town crest as Klaus’s family crest. lol
After that manga became such a success in Japan in the late 70s and 80s many Japanese women visited that small town Eberbach and the town inhabitants were totally surprised and confused by that, because this town has nothing other small old Germans towns don’t have, too (for example half-timbered houses and a castle ruin). So they asked the Japanese tourists what this was all about and the Japanese women told them: “But, this is the town the Major is from!” xD
Because Aoike Yasuko helped to boost the tourism in Eberbach, she was announced honorary citizen of Eberbach and Eberbach used the manga character Major von dem Eberbach in their town brochures (of course only the Japanese, since the manga wasn’t translated into any other languages by that time).

And now it’s the English speaking Eroica fans from all over the world who want to visit this small town in Sothern Germany. Beware! lol ;)