Heidelberg, Germany

Staying near Bismarkplatz at one end of the old city and attending Astroinformatics 2018 at HITS on top of the mountain beyond the castle has meant a lot of walking. But the views are great. Seen here is a view of the city from the castle, and another of the Neckar river from the old bridge.

bhut jolokia aka Ghost Pepper

15 Dec 2014: A bagful of bhut jolokia i.e. ghostly-hot capsicum peppers at the roadside market outside Tezpur University, Assam. It is over a million Scoville Heat Units (SHUs). In fact, in 2007 it was the hottest substance on the Scoville Scale, 900 times hotter than Tabasco sauce. It has since been superseded, and the current record is held by the Carolina Reaper, a cultivar i.e. cultivated variety (twice as hot).