tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-34669443853452368112024-02-08T02:01:13.571+01:00My Life Be Like...Please recount with me my exploits as a Fulbright English Teaching Assistant in Germany.Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-89274223006222127032009-01-24T15:29:00.006+01:002009-01-24T15:59:46.081+01:00Autumn In The Taubs<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62O3p7HOWaz0VGzb4pAoLQSn5ZghOrgueaoiJmY2UCBaWwJwWE_go2u4wpEvcUxzoVVK7_zmtum33uTEaod4-XtWnQoLeZBAI04TVy5-8-cscbiRypCI3D6hkAosaifUrp7fpY9B_9IqW/s1600-h/134.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294871694793328546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg62O3p7HOWaz0VGzb4pAoLQSn5ZghOrgueaoiJmY2UCBaWwJwWE_go2u4wpEvcUxzoVVK7_zmtum33uTEaod4-XtWnQoLeZBAI04TVy5-8-cscbiRypCI3D6hkAosaifUrp7fpY9B_9IqW/s400/134.JPG" border="0" /></a> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294871679508228450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVVoNWiPWNRzGXuu2FtXR-5wrO8Td_46yfTTT39KUHdPNHtDq3SQliJDf_c8bztGiiyx3j58oWO54G4XqrxI3rMf7Y9hjxNqFMOBTL7CyfETcEU96IciWra1CFLss479NSA3zCehZp5FqK/s400/136.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294871675463982098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMGL_Nvthbpi4YbSYe1DefmeaDsqRr6o3N_AsAueeDYcYpsHjKchaEn50lOlC7OFun0qSH9BqhAT_11HTAzXt0LsggQbTItfxXcs4HahiWUFcepNkHTJ2orGhODoUSpVg6FcjmDrHaR9zs/s400/137.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294871688001276162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiiXbCPXGbauFDXLkITIYDjtshyQLAaZaCz_6v6nRpf45vJBxuMNDmp-YHuYRBi6zEz5ApQT-g-T85jv04R2lHG5fzqtq9DQUnGrFa8hOrRmnggtMBpFAbabzAyDSOYjZhbK9DWJyC_lDU/s400/135.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294869104201803778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDULmFDuxYq_VtnOtedZ5Pb86sa5FdSPP4BqPgJVjUx1r4YUy6qGiKBybKt_NnekbMgVFMbp3TN3EQxIRAJaTn0IxzmAsHpysAwaudycKW9clvUgUeYd8pXcxKc64D7FjYW-zxii_9sG8O/s400/138.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294869101507272898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoys_5r3lqVg31qwsztcWZ0P8BWbuWTawDlm3swmHzhApedz7n0tUoD4Wqh_iA6zw7ZswaWiZ2Xpbr4xEklcwDrXhL7niPhv1SaFzYTNXJHl3yqthMoxkPundp8ecZiHIEc67xe_HpBhmb/s400/139.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294869096970383602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeyIZyzyh9E0gGGUjYx4NmW2O4PV00CWqnHQyCViNs1qZkuJnBdW6xi62hpRVMmi9ruWhMktwm6GMU9SIbyY5lHDyNICBXcaJzRIijzC-S1fuBRxIQ2akZMNHpcS6TzrLhn60EAjjW0Ak8/s400/140.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294869090112558578" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWa_l_nlJ8Qa30gpnYZzuPyA5UbTLRwRH3LnrMMiHdOop6EiRPuw7Ivj3LZlp_6xhx4exACr0ik08RVu8w0SVq6jdvt2RzqJ12lPmEpqf0TFKEztr8OjFmBcBJNRz3chGNAyhpIm_qmPT-/s400/141.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294869088001689378" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 342px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbtRSL0EFji0kowcvLPyvNyZGaA7-8NEwuSt8Rf3dYmxBJSpct1xR4WACwetYXzIff3LhCCxcpmp_0pr1AdWLs9mxNaK7kUWymb8GmU02q3u1ma9OVA-jmbYenZfx6gqvn1zNHvIGj2C76/s400/142.JPG" border="0" />The symbol of fall in the Taubertal. There are apples everywhere. Ceems got attacked by one.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakmkCRBi8GqFLBp30ZEQYP85JoqSro5uf9dY0u-ImYoHEOJ8zbyfDDDsKW6C6OkYnrRulXVRGfhNS2h-n6F7CKUdzpFZZxL83Klpsjcs4E4gTdei6faDFk9Qak5s26RlT6ikbrDBbFx93/s1600-h/144.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294867939149377682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjakmkCRBi8GqFLBp30ZEQYP85JoqSro5uf9dY0u-ImYoHEOJ8zbyfDDDsKW6C6OkYnrRulXVRGfhNS2h-n6F7CKUdzpFZZxL83Klpsjcs4E4gTdei6faDFk9Qak5s26RlT6ikbrDBbFx93/s400/144.JPG" border="0" /></a><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294867937070050466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjku8ZDtg7jnyy4c0B7-qpxXQ1XZW-Tt8lAodBm-4mrjM4p2uzLdiggdBSyzWB5wwvDMiCUSzfS_RK5nAGR8dlCAIkt6S-aKEV8wuKNDWjYyVw_R2XtGjDGMN-B2skGtZmTrI6MXM5lSDbZ/s400/145.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294867930086282370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgy0wOap2msDLMeApTXuCYWKZa0pM8iNWlPCsWQ3CDSsHhBNggxqAt1XrSm97esDnucwbDBhYnKdFEaELxJLPPhn-cN-7hXDu1n3c_Uk0kr93cB3a7H1sNoPobQk1d8523zz43WAnYJPSn6/s400/146.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294867929203769650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 224px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZaUm2QPwiV_D0_3ZiayC_RL-cbjdIUFSf_2SSLqkAkJ-b5UXmxrw-lKQszRj-KrGnftUw14b3El5q6_U93BNrus1F3wdAME5tAvKgcIP5_4fLtmt8MHSNr7Xqu4ovRAPqh9tMDHcrzAoE/s400/148.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294867946594376546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjl7Npj1f3Bdi0YKF3GhrAMPh-BZqZ-6eflgc6O-QUsvdBtpTMiVpGwrL0tP1hmlrw9_0LAnv1yql_-ObQI17_Ba_KBNofrCtQeOKH2b3IDjLTTWqiHOqpqFRfli6BETX8erR_E3Du4BgU7/s400/143.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294872894819152258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 269px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhda06k9wxrMw43NddKtnMCWv_2DJOxjX3-j-KmVmuxmh6jttWcUiuD4uvyPnx76RMroc04l2CiDeu2OrwfmhjlzXQ15gjRVONX154BF2zV4EZkqpvLbdVijQiOd5jS5EyFQDRXxCJNl1IW/s400/017.JPG" border="0" />Martins Messe--basically a very miniature Oktoberfest.<br /><div><div><div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5294871696058121698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXAfJA3Ie3ndICrLvVj-HZDC3Xk1e8OPBqnbtBB5XTOBHD8bSrSxwh6w1j46onnYOD7dMoQzSD8sabXvzwUISp9Ablf9Z4W9aM8kKrltlO4omCxfCawg6mEutmeZccIObMmzNa3HUOOnVP/s400/018.JPG" border="0" /> <div> </div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-86077247319494428512009-01-17T13:22:00.007+01:002009-01-24T16:01:32.750+01:00Weimar--The German Major's DreamAfter the French excursion, it was time to explore the home country a bit more. The first stop was pretty obvious. As any German student will tell you, Weimar is probably one of the most important places in terms of German cultural, literary, and political history. It was a long train trip, so we had to move fast if we wanted to see what shaped Germany in a day.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292242228849615442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 336px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNpKZZRPXqGQavNgQZFTfueYFkalyo1iiQgPY58stnGb8M_dMxNFkDQMr7DM7g4F3Qpdcd4OmYhQwS_SF5-R-09PWURbNnQ16FQQU9AsbGWxm0clZCsROHuKc9iQmgHM2Jdy8dpcdsolaH/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292242226270805922" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 296px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbMS-nO4YnJjG5cHWgdkeJmFpfbNHBbg8DrFV9dLzK2jO8AfbTW2QF7X8W1GqxT-r8bs1yi6yGvu-ApXnIuLos8SiFps8VVqz4geDJHZUcvQfXsD2t-AQ_p_brLWtQqFwb7FN9KvcBOVup/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /><br />We decided that Buchenwald, the largest work camp during World War II, was a must-see. But we had to get it done before dark because, let's be honest, creepy. The camp was mostly destroyed when it was liberated, but there is a fantastic museum and lots of informational markers and memorials on the site. It's extremely difficult to articulate the emotional upheaval of visiting this place, and I won't try to do so here. As someone who had spent several years learning about the Holocaust, it was a valuable and important opportunity to actually see its remnants.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oK8Vz1HSMeU4Xjxni2SXlO6_9ip44YsBM5IxgBkTGz81xamqCoiMzVu_dAhGiANCEAegaZQW-ZAVvK8KDHYEz0Pfq_nnka1Yd6U_4a390tcLGblUlynv2wTx-OLjo9bf3mtO_r4zSPE3/s1600-h/005.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292240254596357346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3oK8Vz1HSMeU4Xjxni2SXlO6_9ip44YsBM5IxgBkTGz81xamqCoiMzVu_dAhGiANCEAegaZQW-ZAVvK8KDHYEz0Pfq_nnka1Yd6U_4a390tcLGblUlynv2wTx-OLjo9bf3mtO_r4zSPE3/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /></a> Where the barracks stood<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsHeY5BS83VHBFoQ5RdWubWJHucSdnRAuDOPLZnw3XfznmBCU4kGDxHkKF97KULwdIImWXfC-3dnJlvJiDCPHdcq18aDQ27XDJRQRJkEutcwBcAMw8LxKrOg4w68_mogceF4NoqtJWjeK/s1600-h/006.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292240243336519410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihsHeY5BS83VHBFoQ5RdWubWJHucSdnRAuDOPLZnw3XfznmBCU4kGDxHkKF97KULwdIImWXfC-3dnJlvJiDCPHdcq18aDQ27XDJRQRJkEutcwBcAMw8LxKrOg4w68_mogceF4NoqtJWjeK/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></a>The Goethe oak tree<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292242219779135810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSpM1HUBwvn91XvRXXspaHsUZVzqNksYwoMnXHM0K94gkJvy7E0GM1xjPXwJDzfMZz6VXejZ6lau7v8JALpRIabRgQFTwSegba8H3gqaCGFXJdpSmhKGWmW1WO8j7Ga9QmudKKCCVCqL8u/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /> "To each his own"--takes on kind of a different meaning here</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292237736717471874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr9NZ0QRPDULasYMVVcF-j8YLWR8N3pvrSsiGv-dJdtkko00V98yRRewypw9jSeL5pG0f3hLtzzTsbxqfwUa_NnC8aKrUxQmLvmUixB9snP5kMUbJSH-DFmxjghTbn5ffucrsrtAgB_XbI/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /><br />We came back into the city and began a whirlwind tour of some of Germany's most famous history. Here's the national theater.<br /></div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlwpNaN_wAtNdi-7pxEv323zzGGFnfRAggQlocRkC1wIdopMwbk5FEFzrSoVw_FItoq9K7CYGYjYVPGDIGt_H3aGzR6lnuRnUUqTPv9Qd_wopPKd7cZP__UXduI0WZK_IqHuMpT8Bu-o3/s1600-h/008.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292240235478048946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAlwpNaN_wAtNdi-7pxEv323zzGGFnfRAggQlocRkC1wIdopMwbk5FEFzrSoVw_FItoq9K7CYGYjYVPGDIGt_H3aGzR6lnuRnUUqTPv9Qd_wopPKd7cZP__UXduI0WZK_IqHuMpT8Bu-o3/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></a> Oh, yeah, and the Goethe and Schiller memorial. Kind of a big deal.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajqMtpvC11O30y9uxp25FifeFZElHhnKwHfFig0rqio0N63uqR8sb2g-1x222pkQ2_H6VIbsWSuZvZDPfoY25-z4-t2jJ5scxzaYDZ_EhodAk1K4RNSryU6ydJJi-TybQuc31pjzfl396/s1600-h/009.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292240230509747858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 332px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjajqMtpvC11O30y9uxp25FifeFZElHhnKwHfFig0rqio0N63uqR8sb2g-1x222pkQ2_H6VIbsWSuZvZDPfoY25-z4-t2jJ5scxzaYDZ_EhodAk1K4RNSryU6ydJJi-TybQuc31pjzfl396/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></a> German literature's finest<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292240238382186770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGLq53JSlB0k9i5m2iOv5QFomRvT3a6io49to_RWcn599zdrxx8T49MqX9UK5I0eyGEWDHuR5uY1ESkeH258Ca35hJ0khIW9UrnKkfdLEuhHY5QOx1YpVJ6AFZyWzSkMQuc5_eRiPB8yoP/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /> And then you turn around and see the Bauhaus Museum.</div><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292237729554430466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIy6rhlQLjRbyTp2yQQ1v-bOSYNK3QId7Ok8HGClMDR1Nn8MlkaKkR3N2_7dpsUDiakBMOyW46yCXTknMPaPt9tLUnEZyCIHdaBXnV0DqFuzSIyi4Wr0S7YcA_zE0AIYD2mTnXH9yXrLg8/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /> Schiller's house<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292237733720580594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 271px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPqIYCYLCoPQf4rBS1-YjFTgFqjm3bYbYlY0FP6Ta_zoMc37BSKVL7ltaJm0FzcPrfj37SwKKEy37dDCV8dsAOxb53kYRqbfXtufOaa34kxwSVhNQ9wL2Tg7dJXiFgxZc8tfyDeYcpvPjw/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292237722491081442" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 272px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj7xnGi-dtGoq6IT6NWoVpIHf_7vT1OTmaOBbyoQ1_h6QcVLxMuI61t3IXj5XV1JDqTGNWzrm_LEBsg3sNQ6DO_3rD_xV7B6OImKuTYbIgGu_T8rhJARcQwsmhIoKp4PoK0UZ-00ySm2K7X/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /> And Goethe's house. I wonder if there is significance in the fact that they are both yellow?<br /><div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292237719896479826" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 284px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHVoFIsIiQmGZgl8nCcbiYXBNLEv2jtPAfPChMexpGEtPwOpzhU80IMxN-jQtjUxIo87yS4pkvcrhbd13sCeEo64coYLCrORHYJC8SVclQ_e7E3jxG2GaiOEnqI2gapdbVf7zUww6whD3g/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /> Dramatic Goethe moment</div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">That went by quickly. Check the watch. Yup, we just did Weimar in forty minutes. Ballin'.</div><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-65786606999154584342009-01-16T10:13:00.009+01:002009-01-17T13:22:32.210+01:00French Connection, Part 2--One Day (And Night) in ParisAfter a super time in Straßburg, we headed further west to the big show called Paris. Nuff said. First there was a quick stop in Lille to meet up with the French contingent of foreign language assistants.<br /><br /><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjKcRAKP137zbx9J52medh9ZeGUivalPJ_Ff74HaK40nIYfrWHCkUxvRtfZehkLZvTw9uW36fWn25USNeQHw7O65s0mIwfSotxvbE-32TRN6ilV8wfA-yo9tEW0DprdFxsaYNZcu9QzWn/s1600-h/099.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291859754850020898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 259px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrjKcRAKP137zbx9J52medh9ZeGUivalPJ_Ff74HaK40nIYfrWHCkUxvRtfZehkLZvTw9uW36fWn25USNeQHw7O65s0mIwfSotxvbE-32TRN6ilV8wfA-yo9tEW0DprdFxsaYNZcu9QzWn/s400/099.JPG" border="0" /></a> Denidoo '08</div><div align="center"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq9lMgxwt1_fPVk-YnFVHH4dHYhWX1TL3zsdaQZ1O04U3Ic5y2_Ym0RX-fpV_Etgyrv6oplCSJe9qXMAVJDKdQpaLQl4vQx8Co9osebbZpQgXlCCjncYRLXpfuST9fTwmU5Ud5d2Ee1aJ/s1600-h/101.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291859278860611426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheq9lMgxwt1_fPVk-YnFVHH4dHYhWX1TL3zsdaQZ1O04U3Ic5y2_Ym0RX-fpV_Etgyrv6oplCSJe9qXMAVJDKdQpaLQl4vQx8Co9osebbZpQgXlCCjncYRLXpfuST9fTwmU5Ud5d2Ee1aJ/s400/101.JPG" border="0" /></a> It doesn't look as fun as Baz Luhrmann's version.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJENm7rEyqKi-GvKn4CgQNYNdwOf2eciExmBsyYxo_STibNi0ZjWDJK4Lkk6_0DYHZ9HxDLPy5dhsk2Q_XFrnLh-fyTwVC7QELwQt8sK4ZgKorjwiyBL9aGlyylp5cLABymTIgTJ1N-q7/s1600-h/103.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291859270551426418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSJENm7rEyqKi-GvKn4CgQNYNdwOf2eciExmBsyYxo_STibNi0ZjWDJK4Lkk6_0DYHZ9HxDLPy5dhsk2Q_XFrnLh-fyTwVC7QELwQt8sK4ZgKorjwiyBL9aGlyylp5cLABymTIgTJ1N-q7/s400/103.JPG" border="0" /></a> And some famous old stuff...<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDLomeCcu8ZynhPll6yeVwNXQK-pxJOfSSKkNFt58WUjvY0u41KUNz5gAMhYmVqUxpHK_e2NOjC3-2M8i7v-YR4Zts7gR-a1YI_rI-cVa467shHhbOji2xT7t-JZSn6o1gxjaEvsZXVlK/s1600-h/105.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291859263524045714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 184px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCDLomeCcu8ZynhPll6yeVwNXQK-pxJOfSSKkNFt58WUjvY0u41KUNz5gAMhYmVqUxpHK_e2NOjC3-2M8i7v-YR4Zts7gR-a1YI_rI-cVa467shHhbOji2xT7t-JZSn6o1gxjaEvsZXVlK/s400/105.JPG" border="0" /></a> Famous<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChLb_10fYq65NQUqvQrqXkmw_01w5oAgx8zl1MZMG7_QsV1NCf7_TAX35G5uqfqdsNLy_UeIpO7U6u5cNcT2DHQ_YhZDQlSppwkXmjs-Lks7Sh9LeallTTmNuQpjXsC5EYzADvRqQabLn/s1600-h/102.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291859276215100018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgChLb_10fYq65NQUqvQrqXkmw_01w5oAgx8zl1MZMG7_QsV1NCf7_TAX35G5uqfqdsNLy_UeIpO7U6u5cNcT2DHQ_YhZDQlSppwkXmjs-Lks7Sh9LeallTTmNuQpjXsC5EYzADvRqQabLn/s400/102.JPG" border="0" /></a>Old<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZYHaWkSeIHQlMj4XP1IHrOdn-mJnxvUsZWV-SGr5zoV3WeCDNSOYzalLiGxZWt441hixCyA2rTMXYww2E1kpqu_btaXwQyI8V5R8gl8gqa7JoTO9ENwvv82Yf3LnaKYHpb1Sw-O2pLHt/s1600-h/104.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291859267242437106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCZYHaWkSeIHQlMj4XP1IHrOdn-mJnxvUsZWV-SGr5zoV3WeCDNSOYzalLiGxZWt441hixCyA2rTMXYww2E1kpqu_btaXwQyI8V5R8gl8gqa7JoTO9ENwvv82Yf3LnaKYHpb1Sw-O2pLHt/s400/104.JPG" border="0" /></a> Both?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLvDpUlM5g8hhUfRk_y5Ix1EIpzC2tBEmCMKaVZrHEz5mJ7JKf6KRQwWYSB7EQWRBP7cvaeY5JFOmhpMT10kx3Ud-NXZr_c690-BiEUkw7HVpL4K_hUbDkA1alNHHlpfLAmguYEJt-0kG/s1600-h/106.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858615764252722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 396px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrLvDpUlM5g8hhUfRk_y5Ix1EIpzC2tBEmCMKaVZrHEz5mJ7JKf6KRQwWYSB7EQWRBP7cvaeY5JFOmhpMT10kx3Ud-NXZr_c690-BiEUkw7HVpL4K_hUbDkA1alNHHlpfLAmguYEJt-0kG/s400/106.JPG" border="0" /></a> The picture that every person has had taken of themselves<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858608996238226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 219px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrOIkaP1emBCG2oBHcNwmyMgASiTLBBaHXkU7WXokugjTWTTotL_WdyH2QlgxP8z2f0KpyYfY_miMh-zYz4wMAi4wyT5vxE4TZpHmukRWghmCtQaPIqb-r1ClVtU_Yjl3-aZfX5c-9wEYh/s400/108.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858607992336242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQNX-lxQxz5aPuQUMqpxWFFvovjkYo-mJhf7XE7Kg05HFKeyjxcgXjRd8s-2Mz54pvdzh-rBXAMDaXX9itcBLrZ7zTQyToyCQHc_pFW6nBUXTxIplUy56_e7jvlTtOXMoRlzzin8FZvI1z/s400/109.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858602380255618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUCxi1hLZKPNGOV4ODK5ueng5nD-7ajmZOSllVs4_-ZFZnuCvGrMgD6WrlwQkvA99kgIUlnfevFPyj5JlPGAvR-p5rvdmrAp_P9R2JwnyWYtZG-ZIZ-I9-Zwv5yJBalpc-vafhZ04J-HBL/s400/110.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858114287435762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 376px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjobywSP6aAMkIifETJT9n3w5zpqWtDUhcqJopfR-UYK9VVlBNHRQ6Z99nxjMekGhUf62oU6hAUbtudleKccW0S_gOC3_xteXuZxweUeR6C0Ne2864mUB1gYSTBWgxIwv-jDrxh75J8A-WU/s400/114.JPG" border="0" /> def old and famous<br /><br /><div><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1mtYjTEZaePPRIlE1qWVIjIB2eh2V40HSTNu4Up5EpHWALMshvQVLn57BQN_GVWcF3-T1Xv_xtqUR3KQKWQnEz4rHqRMYn7_5PbCnk8pmQXnB6d1cwjqEOiCiqSlYutxUXBBVUSD9W9F/s1600-h/113.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858596409571122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 358px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjy1mtYjTEZaePPRIlE1qWVIjIB2eh2V40HSTNu4Up5EpHWALMshvQVLn57BQN_GVWcF3-T1Xv_xtqUR3KQKWQnEz4rHqRMYn7_5PbCnk8pmQXnB6d1cwjqEOiCiqSlYutxUXBBVUSD9W9F/s400/113.JPG" border="0" /></a>Louis' flagship = shopping break<br /><br /><div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8S4MZDEpjZ3uXqEMKeQ-rgWoOWZZFhDAiCshQbUMT8E1hMs6jCTAB2BvwtkpyvFchxl8AJq5paXJJ4vsv2uV5tsSuTR3xHLm3wNjy3fuT1ri1sLQoUQ2eKt1HFSAUfrmtTSAQmSAAJ8/s1600-h/115.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858104153169058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR8S4MZDEpjZ3uXqEMKeQ-rgWoOWZZFhDAiCshQbUMT8E1hMs6jCTAB2BvwtkpyvFchxl8AJq5paXJJ4vsv2uV5tsSuTR3xHLm3wNjy3fuT1ri1sLQoUQ2eKt1HFSAUfrmtTSAQmSAAJ8/s400/115.JPG" border="0" /></a>N for you-know-who (conceited much?)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn55TTxuhVVG-Kk_7nJobWFw1xPohYZQxFefr8CQJX3BxPn38OGxnMDp8lkw4gBuSJWfO5q1cGw8v7iFju40Mjs6UeELQgmdNVsnDe1EWyTRsC_MkacNXdsTnssbjqTH0UEJwDfze2FHb/s1600-h/116.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858099939827586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYn55TTxuhVVG-Kk_7nJobWFw1xPohYZQxFefr8CQJX3BxPn38OGxnMDp8lkw4gBuSJWfO5q1cGw8v7iFju40Mjs6UeELQgmdNVsnDe1EWyTRsC_MkacNXdsTnssbjqTH0UEJwDfze2FHb/s400/116.JPG" border="0" /></a>The blackout bridge. I vote they add Britney and Lindsay.<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX0DpVdkXYkC6vuk5ZpeqXKLMjk7b4AbIwZsOeo8eKsBwBHUWEYWzJNIPEDQZCDFx0caCH4MYGHgBBwFXOBMunbF7hlPi5F3c1ZDHN-mHpENQwjrgWnpn8tKDICShAWq7J1fqIDTTHB-z/s1600-h/117.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858095321988658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 330px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyX0DpVdkXYkC6vuk5ZpeqXKLMjk7b4AbIwZsOeo8eKsBwBHUWEYWzJNIPEDQZCDFx0caCH4MYGHgBBwFXOBMunbF7hlPi5F3c1ZDHN-mHpENQwjrgWnpn8tKDICShAWq7J1fqIDTTHB-z/s400/117.JPG" border="0" /></a>SATC, anyone?<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4woU6vpndZ8wh8Yj9KTY7lZaD9IdUpqk27bdjIejsNr81pDNyMV8uptJ3O1ddtb_ihpju6VDkd-k7mhaGBfe_lvwQ-_46Fd2yz-ovKH-qTYJ5SxhB7_4Td_M7GiJbcr_rsaAdjcMKI1WF/s1600-h/118.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291858090436454418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 263px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4woU6vpndZ8wh8Yj9KTY7lZaD9IdUpqk27bdjIejsNr81pDNyMV8uptJ3O1ddtb_ihpju6VDkd-k7mhaGBfe_lvwQ-_46Fd2yz-ovKH-qTYJ5SxhB7_4Td_M7GiJbcr_rsaAdjcMKI1WF/s400/118.JPG" border="0" /></a>And then there's this place<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291819990372520050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 243px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjxHrq0bTX5jMexJCOcaG34U6QPG65u0oQ70s3iy3NT3wMyiHskBfNm00D7CQhOxQq9mhoy88nqWgBu9E_-Bzst0wkzm5WJ8Ayu8gfdI0B2n4p7Mqgl7bmybna5_0ysVnHbFx13lnc1-4r/s400/121.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291819994107489714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 208px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIJPLTJ3GjyKhPD-_JbfSFSjDlSw1KqR6TPtnx_fO5LfVCGYw7EbLaRklDW1N0RwIEI_7ErBDsqMRi_XB1FDYrit4Rx621AOOzb1WT6JncU0I096m-nmN4Jk3XWsOwSWAg-1ycpS9SuAxI/s400/120.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291819987528329042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD6Tcai1VifDHKatli4ZoVIR7eHl06i60YapGM60dc8gOl_Z_1lPOV5UFlO3M6oTZ7L_TMvQPgBH_pCFUt1_-M-i5j3jxDH817OTAfEF_hmdMibZeMcme352jlpSgMuHG2rOejH6IN9XBd/s400/122.JPG" border="0" /> <img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291819980284872642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 232px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8Yrg_yEbFxaPKEgMDDs0aoGjjTXLNr0t_zkMPhakPvetYHXfeoznBeCWTTI-q0mNVJTyaFmvqudoMc24KknH492B8bCXz1h1mpB0brh3VDxcHre6j59wBUd2KtTdgZW0XbBRRVCjL0Zth/s400/123.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291819977484666002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 395px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMOQmsDDeTy1fhZ4kmAebAZ70YeC3BvWfV68WLbeYG585hR53F9tqivMUOV_Zj_7Lbc_wncivAglOh_7ENzqBdOxscORoS7WCzq5A8CJX1763yIRXkOb-y_2vaeIrG-md3rbK72d_JTlgn/s400/124.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291818027583810002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6Gx5n_okSUH0LBiyS7MPzKF6X1IAcfv9ybAl5VeYIRa9WhzxCaQtxmg99CyMAXQTZKktxqQtvj_n-5bFGtvwBWhjV5YnRk5vyDlUlDfWZ6nBOidUH4ss-c1pd8RqMxQB1elQcIU7LQOKP/s400/128.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Dusk in the City of Light</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291818032174255218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9aobNMMvJpxq0hrfL39w0nVtpRMMVskY-BAYlkYpUtVu8kNP4bBKcjbCq5JIjXdX98glNvQGFD1tQs_jezhzhDnPhgn22yNIt5TOZ9ZPUG1EM1SHBlxxaOXMvsPu9At1NJorgim2vZrBE/s400/127.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291818020552459362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjepKz2tube-OoRN4J57BSxiUFvUeqKvs7ufJoHxc9LwoiMtXKudrmlgLhQibd12XdyfkWEob1mLa0-djgfH6Fq8j5jxCYelEmeS51TFGbGSbyYbB9Ntk7fWXiil_r0RUMkZG-MBKVvKOh/s400/130.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291818020782413666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 292px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijkELQUfIjcCaJnosravTybfwEshhlW_2nOOrD1dkbdZ3l6iHaMriXEXeJCq5GPZh2hjQ0O4x9rWufzy-mNvYTOVcFiOJVKBvhsK6572NacEy5-zCPqLwSJTwC3tz9cbkEeFKcX4f780O6/s400/129.JPG" border="0" />Made it! Next we headed toward the Eiffel. And then it turned off a block before we got there. Why do I support energy conservation?<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291818014522589362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNx0c42cSsDX9EPBFPwz8B3sHJXaBrWcwQZxMbgr8wCkg9o6uLWPkc2igukHI0SiO-S0-Q3nek3MZp0onrMXEuv3ULAYVpssdPbQd2dTDuyShnRh-r1SdXFgUBcV-dhw8J6gSVGlt9Spzc/s400/131.JPG" border="0" />Solution? Bar hop on the Champs. Duh.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-40232739236767900092008-12-07T12:15:00.024+01:002009-01-16T12:49:48.378+01:00French Connection, Part 1--ElsassWe had a long weekend to commemorate der Tag der deutschen Einheit, so we decided to celebrate in France. We hopped on a train to Straßburg on Thursday afternoon and arrived that evening. We ventured out in search of wine and crepes (too cliche, I know), turned a corner, and came across this little gem:<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277039099754773986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjjZVNTqbGftJ1uz65Rukbk2GRTkzurz_HqZUeGWkBn0FbiY6kZcL1iXVCk7yuR3Dl9Bi8rFPhfFWx5A0m2pbwP_uwXP0iMtzanGGlAI-CeTFSTLYvAm5rEuS4JuyuAoPtvpaAWGN9g90m/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277039087508499106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRaOVRn70EYNpkEuNCAUqB29IX7ygtKkIr4UlsBVU7yk7kHW4dl46jPCb08jSEWuJEWsUgFTxEQE2yddPF_0fnUOWWtiG9Vj6WuRHfF5yBjPvzB9AJCM6tLAu9lTPlDkuObwkgc-pCck8V/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Spectacular</div><div align="center"></div><div align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277039095952552610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjCN4brZabfAI_5xJt58s8NpW8sOdysdaB-uGTMsH__ol8Qo5t_H7hiRnDCamXAV-c_06I89BSn9Vw-FhmhYw7ufoVDleToNwKOe36fD9P1oKMUkjkOh0nXfE6y-OZXZh-whU1b8LeEN3K/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277039078191264962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 317px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbRrFsdYo0n715Disp2rAe3kHw1oq83bTsYUGd6wgIH8uM7d5pNJrKqKB9icJpNaZb4zMpQdzwp7l1zhKgMuV9wPqtS0BcNtRNNsoirBh3WBEOl1bJYKVbyX6-WufCCm8E67vFnCjygYAs/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277033314254550866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgf-TDu85j3rCbBc2C5yzeUeH_AOkXVBO-M5pBT8G2_5nBcd5jjcmxLvlxhL8v-AdiXyMKrFopwlRKLGtPoidLQIQ9BJwRjE1bxVIgPumy8jZrDB46YGcwn_0IRUK77p-FGadXl7N5Rii5g/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277039075516958498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9UMfZsgfGLfHHDI3mpQLyVGxSSeIMp7OCR-kb9eq8ZBsJm1o5HOrsGESOvvnQ8Yxd5F08pXULjchJRh3CkcU4jvowsALLozG8HUZpbT3IVqRgSL0cwn_R9SsebrtGmC_kWRz5gV_T7lAJ/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277033307138480418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWOHoGGSNuP8KmB6CxGU4mrcNb3Y1kH8JiTKcJJaw7klFVO-mORroXHhQcASGMnFNN5LaXDfrsPFXHF-MCqtj8SFBLdpPtHamlNq2GDnasJpITx062s-zEoNdf-HkQ0vW1MmbAHY6nazvM/s400/010.JPG" border="0" />The next day we explored Straßburg a little more thoroughly. It turns they have the coolest train station I have ever seen. It's your typical old stone station, but it's covered in a huge glass bubble. That way, the station is a little bit bigger and the old stone facade will be protected from the elements.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277033304819416754" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 197px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF-eB8xRj77zqNVrVVW62mmU3HeeFZjp0qWeay9qJinoz1e60OJppVZUNKEDVZF12HYDqe3tmMNWVUe3_uGoSeW8RSAjb3cGqz7-PLNKhKkNSvjOQB8S3yngSSBGlxUeVdNuwZs_20vUR9/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277033299487478850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 237px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz1vwknCNWSEjd_IpEkXioiSrQPiAv4njTws5cfkqqY7P1DD6Sxnh0_tj5OYEUTnV4roO4dMZtB63fkn_1LaKw6MkMn7H0fbQyvG9pEp40iBZmO5AKY63Iiv7Bvl1c8PbSM8IVJ2WxIfk1/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Bubble</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277033296343170370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT7aW7mRyOCcVtAuOJf-bWDIItJosn52HiQmp0X9MyXlB0PTXAGW12UfI2rwkgJpcfx3sVyI5qMehjh_17Wst1TNZPl-GG6lnHInQeBeyP-JaposFFdnEs2BHmQkh2cRRrLoPsHEoHBSNY/s400/014.JPG" border="0" />We headed to the river and followed it through the old city.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277032035461433762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHL3-2ig7-Bmb2zS9CwPbNzb5uP-NYHf_5KoS69O5Mz3FFK6CJQI4X_rhgc7bPr30GAYcjmERLUkjUFcde1cbN-x0vXuAq7Zn4_7R7T-fRH-t2KuLuoi3hi5fDWhwfkl4jH6Pq01gj2MSV/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277032028042057890" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgANfGoM_jcFa0UTDg-pCKSC0YtiLI3NukeXXBKuWPcKqijE81UBAWPiproIIJRsAuKDHQinsqxT1NLXyVMSKP64n0gWUaifO7k6j-WZAzP_ra9ueq76amtXL9YeXUNmsjKJGlnR8Hgah9/s400/017.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277032023637214850" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRsgCS_GUeCPE7S1uQh9V8hNWAqKHePkQqYdoPnLgwdMxdILA-4ZgrhgU_PlW454BWQNRRfqLUwx9tkPxPOMeaX5nhJhUU5ihc6EefBl0cuO8mrhbRU3lOnl7qTRbRATps3rXBegwqf-dS/s400/035.JPG" border="0" />Best picture from S-burg</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277026210939182962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68pAS0Vc03zdypqcfdUj4CNnRGPuALrAZFKDATPPmmy0i4RZxTugmsjHwFhb6Ojvz0XobM05cORibHG9pLb4Mj-wpYh4JjtQTve6_gKqmRl12Fus1XTnj4_okYmY1wwc9H6cjt1_SgcRv/s400/038.JPG" border="0" />Bienvenu à Petit France</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277026204829688802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 334px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX9a3Pqbg6PTnrXDdUYwNJuPU23nRr3pX1gYFHrjbJQnHRdcUX8M52i4aOCQizbxlSWogwvREroMcom8d2mbOJobZtiryQ7j-VvubocRcnyh1_sLrwovIg3BN5ixE92tJnkv_ZiRNBzoEp/s400/039.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277026195734608466" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeHcQP3Z3yWK_g7tCMH2IvFEbmp83TIhHbk9HgHJyB3xV3hAVy-dBa9vOdPzXYb_Gl6GBx1HlZ5rMd7WGkQ_WfaUdcw2TwahB9-oWcw0c0LlTdVZ3hdBbQMwz9E0OKwv-YaToN1-zlAZiK/s400/051.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277023681936233058" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT54EcTbfMYrFxpDIiX0j0_LiAScB1urT6YUBgbXri_mydjb6EygUz2eKuvj3gYG_4VCn60Vw_NGkqZt1KG68o2aJ_yNm54f36jbYAmjEgasFCBYdmAqw-T1wxa0Xt9rlBpTCZyeZJrqfw/s400/053.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277023685207892850" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 352px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgP7zayWCGLT5AcFJ3xMph0aCVVIXHlguKdLyfQt3w59OJaqIHfJ1I6RN5NVFDjzPDSvx0xX2XfambH3nOx0M1lFQXbmD6eAqCZL4MPLPgpzd1RYn98Z_0KWsEyz9tGRYIkuz0fbjQ6QSjw/s400/052.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Let's have a look at the cathedral in daylight.</div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277022229080514482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0Lf2zPN9nd1yYBiLOKZNURBKPl6BToybElwKo5EkNS4MahF3Ce3J-YmO6TtZzGQ66jzd0yQKFfBYdsTGULflPMVB2tJYzcOk5us9CM0ipT9imS4lfJNXaTnJrWl2V5MF7wa7hRAT66bfy/s400/054.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277022226254672882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 322px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoEmvWgBlfYf35a6LBWPsKcuApqcjjnEySQbtyMY3teQOvTqIJzu1L-LkSjtBvSIIHgM3PdOxKvABHjokyR0SEwYD3nFmjIB_ArsyQ9KzdwY0S5R7ZyPERKpr9O48ySQwViAXmCHSzkn_1/s400/056.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277022216731499122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvJTc1IbVS0dlVCQibmImg1S7nXHU1RG2NW-YLSIqSRs1z3Uxph1wRB24R9e9M6-Usq5JoUTDQrYehTkHqr7kBCUb65ND-qYhWjOCbMhslKm9_DcIiNsUVAjpBVZp4_m_W6sF6ikcp3kTA/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277022203227297682" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZdDV9A9q6zYq2iyUueyTWH8sWc0-GAzXk0innuUk2I8ASIUx4a_8LaZiQUBprlzcf5tm82JUH3TnX7oE9TA20wnjPmQLijyCLhs7MFMlPfR_SEXY3S9rEPvpcUduZgXtkrGY1ES1sUCe1/s400/061.JPG" border="0" />Gutenberg statue<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277020619541378258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT3ltntJwNcEqBF4D2NFxqWvHWiOMRo3KFsEf7k7z7IKh0ywRjjmC68xN-kTDpGi9vikf4qShF1CN6kcibC668caisWyzbt3jvve5Hx4CdL3HpCjjixKM-7lFVVcXyAooxThX4xCnzutdq/s400/064.JPG" border="0" />Some important French buildings<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277020623116891970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHnX7TZTHsG5xUQ1WccRx76bWhgKESsJwLh_s6_LeKrWHpj29ma5W6MR_oYYQryXO_1n-2u7ogyIaYaP39CjkpnYPmZfbAtZILi1_nmqX1l2csTLShpMcVFVouVBIEDpId3MmZmokGdnEg/s400/063.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277017248321004882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 211px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiJwRGQHbX_y3XKf77klpRv1WXp4EBZBQ_AxL6d73GVAECAzu1OplMcY_lkZNHNBqWZ4CkCSumH-1yAwn6KHREUdziSWgn-SOWrOwy4yo0wre8mxTgLjraT4C_j7I3ZQwdsNd-HOrlmtfK3/s400/065.JPG" border="0" />And a really important French building<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277017239709362290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiypbQG1YnjGlThlOOo05kbmTdr1hhyphenhyphen3jXJrS_nw-YSbHmcirN93D0EDp8ZOFrrulfpVv6_R2jG9KeJS-LRZfzNRc8mzMaGGb3clkDx4G0RXMNlenotHc532u8P080o_BeymbT1k1gHcJPZ/s400/066.JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">The European Union Parliament<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277017235933270994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 311px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHCP20RI7j9pPL_fvmO4q59112i9Ht-adduYZIETJuJyg1brtY4oAIt-B2nJMNORNWOJ-ImhGC9QwDcMrFPOiKBqiv2tuYtj-hMEV1_jsyfeOcurf_LgHXxN5f4C-hOGL0SQzCiy19t7Qq/s400/067.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277017230377473026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguBLieWCJ0eGTa_W0xOdGwyjtz8uSw2phGyQusLBbPhHq_FgHTHdPlj_-dFO0okq8QEHV5FG0tZfYDfUh-png9AOFlCxM7zQDO_ztp8xzmc3z1R5CeSl2AhIjQ5rEuVCkzcLQIQdS4CY8Q/s400/068.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">We obvi couldn't go inside the Hemicycle, but it was still pretty awesome from the outside.<br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277017227576814306" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSlzWk-MoO5Lcli06FONAqKZ20TT9WzbRtRIb3ez6sGofBvkHGy_ANT-PP83608HmlyHf3k4bJ7BT7C41zxSv4MkcQluIsDjXGt7ui7QhXqGfuE_2PuF-uRBxz5o-BDg0_rzeUqOR6LZdt/s400/072.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277016246199723522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_DJV8kE_K_sEETe0iZtnoRDUWpmTsX4eyt61oDCqDVcyGTi3LRRUYovW6OvpR4Hx3tz1jy3MLDMJ0jdMNoa71sVgdHSyx7TM08Mp5spaQS2bpG4Zv0JWmRcAkXUVUyzWELapv3wxei0_d/s400/073.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277016249398810946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjM4WnQDhGFy0mRhEGTOLBHgfDmJDFXIY9u43sv7fUr_p0wn3EyUWsnAxc6bBTtbgL5KM8_3DILXTMWypI4f6kgmLSWq4NOSyTiI3It0SB60ZDJX6HOettW1J7BuBsqOQSCMM1SLkuF8YDi/s400/077.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="left">Next we left the city in search of real wine country. We took a train Molsheim, which is right in the heart of Elsass' world-famous vineyards.</p><div><div><div><div><div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277008060159202082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglkAGgohbviZ9rahOOB1_0WdeE_JjJkIrQNPvOaa19G4qagk6BqUlTkaiY0mji-slZCjnKL1y2hBTKq2NKZJCqQp3Qu4oieGzbVyEEHDRnzWOpFZskl6vn4yGwGLSAlCGkOqkP9UrtDsK1/s400/090.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277016230503689314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOirZtIBwaPhb4RxhF5hOsck4ckj6L7XRojEkJflYeiwon5mp1d0gOMHmp3ADPKB0oygZCJpCqRJ0I1FOhtFGUp0tmSG6YqgTbSr4MksPB5-ATn4nyEZZlGQFkR7hoNX5icowCaVnViBwu/s400/079.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277008054155574642" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCOTc2UtHJCowzQeyXP7T88y_cbrob2aRjgUN3TrzasU6mM-7Dqt1AxfmmGeQaAQnJCdkrJBuPz4LQRApxhaLJCHArRWUma90uM0wYd0maU2HI-0LmxJ1vW_SDxzZ2dSk-NEuykhEQEthK/s400/082.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277014642672555730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixwQkZSydlFEAf5vVYbi-wq89GS88J_beAC6bDPcynhaMt4bwYb-jBfo6yaklNLqqk3_BfTVvVnonSs9TQtzviIN7jY2wZJyxD2MzbvnDa1-bJPyKT4-qwrieJgYxeCv5_by_GJHKn9Mj7/s400/084.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277014636036798034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaEWz7GLb-BuZOQ84vumXTDgQF4c7FI7Rnb8xB6Rr7GZ1-qF5MEoXvhDaUvDNCWmz9O51qSKf3gLrhOUBnZ-Qkz3JPLFHEv9PlI9aEJ_XC78j7IcCcA-kcY559b66s6IfS1sDU0bslxpcv/s400/085.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277014644213914274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 200px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUZtAvn1_-ZWLvQssvQXIlnkssYMsTICrl2hVzEaTIWKFs6i79ItgzO0nkcu9KpLJllkkgXzkVICz2WC4vc22Hd3FrPqr1TT56zAZ4h9bI6ZPViV-i71sk9HTfZuD00goxwczJWTJTjtEk/s400/083.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277008076987756882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjF3K-J2MvrX1rgzRCVVWN72CG44QvPsDTBptjLvtBw4TdXRXUB8d13rQVrvkZRQyLOex3yQ1niSsCkZQ2ZY2SVjog_yP-GO0ktUn28XGQtC0nnHWpeuj2V_TgW1sEBwbJ9_vrC978ZPaI1/s400/086.JPG" border="0" /> Too soon?<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277008074157306146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 258px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ8CNFYGg7PTP-sOU6A_SsBO7ph-AtNPLvwVsyRaxVjC0MyxsUzdfrtV-zYzqn-KYEk4AiLUNa-vOhAG-8KD1ll2hE1C97J8IYfjyhQdPP_Z7egaQACl5Uavp-VjlCbGBBRZacyj-Mp_g3/s400/088.JPG" border="0" />Quick pit stop at the Bugatti museum, where the first Bugatti factory was established.<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277008064114817170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 270px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQLElylA8z_duyqyM8xhIdnGVpM4y2ARtNWSZXygo_F6HjPzM8eIcZ3PiZG48y4CxoW7SRQf2aa0KoQ-BhmhraaUirRbn_A7t9GSHJFJBt5jnqKxwi4_5Cbqe_DE2zQrohwLui35aXD086/s400/089.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277016243451954642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 241px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7fsPdWOcI_bElCCMuB4IpkuNm0-hBjR4WMm-bQTQp9qn3xcqBGLZlGqdKBF7v7TIEXHO4h5I0Dd30wKZpAYuLDKhGqDoWAXE6d_r_5fmLO2h7eeXl0pMrdsDpp8cG_DAkxm3Qrd-FmwxV/s400/078.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277006055175838322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfEKHe_s4jSXi527Az1wJ_JAZHQyUhS7sBzbSIm3JZOpeZlSutTtVNN_fjMp2BKp9IM775dmdZeBrBUMCXBgDoSrFua68-Ool-c_g5pPvMfKmYgRpINK9APmEztfrZv9cNOpP9TKm_6OC3/s400/094.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277006049847156098" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNnvQnV8Rm3b8vX4ncfMPcTiS1tb4tYe9ucGKq7a9_JVjDvqLwdRcXpuklTaxfaDrtquNI20eJG17h3A5vhVabbWNepTCfBP09cj6yjSCx1QWdA7kS2_3JFXePMGyJpQ3jq5i4btcH4R7r/s400/093.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277006044615589074" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh10hIFdKo1Ry1LfuIMg2Ae7iaSZsvJsADyTLakZ1dgnYbvZGbqjKkUbKywfW9kmxTzx1tludvqDgD8VVBZTNdwBAeUKEZmZkhJ0NXFeAzQ5jIZEMnhW8l5sia0VlL4jjTo3ptFZyqvSUhr/s400/092.JPG" border="0" />It was time to move on, so we left the vineyards behind and rode back into the city.<br /><div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277006063991752690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmnTScEDjHuR1-Q8rjr3FdahsOw9dt9crIY5UE2uC3HwnXVj-1-3kb3dSOUGd5rCWRgpidSqDxCRpIRo93RzLBzJOK6zvjotrwQLO5ceFN44BnBE_BR1UA9iy-cjhZ3jUv9wfrpSAiD5Bw/s400/095.JPG" border="0" />Bye, hotel (ps excellent booking on that one, Christine)<br /><div></div><br /><div></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277006065256655362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjABwawLMExHnV4MgrTaXlFnbogIRVGlqe88ZLfxzJhmqt9zkTQHl1u51jtgPiD4AeYlejCgpw5A4Us7kMik4dmZUlb3xFea_iwgd2gHhZSpbtSFM9R2hlMACPEl8wyVnf_ftL_7hteWoXS/s400/096.JPG" border="0" />S-burg love<br /><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-52604991330421011842008-11-27T11:42:00.014+01:002008-12-03T11:16:17.148+01:00They should make a movie about thi....ohIt's odd to think that <em>Beerfest</em> is a work of historical fiction. It's true, though, that a magical celebration with beer, pretzels, and lederhosen exists. It's called Germany...I mean Oktoberfest. It's called Oktoberfest.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273298222796982066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYV9Ms35q8pL-Gngvdkn0wvt_4WBdVa_TywGZ63MERDIzZUreeDSWXwRopOA_PgLhc4R-a0jq3xClnJemROs9dmR93_DaSY2pXub34pejg4VP3JBNMzovBkvF6XBeuPcUmfm0TToP6TX0O/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">If you are in central Europe at the end of September/beginning of October, it really is a must-see. Although it's a bit touristy, it's cool meeting people from all over the world who just came to have a beer. Makes you wonder what a couple pilsners could do for world peace.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5M1dqAh4PvlQrcMkRYEorXaVjxbpHbyPG_KCGqL-ExdjeCBrHhQv_g7pj56Nd1pRlvmsjsJyfCEENURlA-yAoEtZQV02vxSWvKs7gjfP4ILK2GtBnRMEJdboXP28MgEQ30W1sXCwNwd8n/s1600-h/001.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273301256313188690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 304px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5M1dqAh4PvlQrcMkRYEorXaVjxbpHbyPG_KCGqL-ExdjeCBrHhQv_g7pj56Nd1pRlvmsjsJyfCEENURlA-yAoEtZQV02vxSWvKs7gjfP4ILK2GtBnRMEJdboXP28MgEQ30W1sXCwNwd8n/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /></a> Here we go<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWnqWrkptUJHpCqT7AXJ-FKkOQfr5nX7K-unj2aBaEsj2jntQcrl8nfEzLGIni7duDv2bl7z3dHL60nMnRmrof8TCUQsWpaiNeMloRyRZrJnZ1AmB6bS8ABNcR8dg7zUpw4AkMQ_QhP-Z/s1600-h/002.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273301249335315586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkWnqWrkptUJHpCqT7AXJ-FKkOQfr5nX7K-unj2aBaEsj2jntQcrl8nfEzLGIni7duDv2bl7z3dHL60nMnRmrof8TCUQsWpaiNeMloRyRZrJnZ1AmB6bS8ABNcR8dg7zUpw4AkMQ_QhP-Z/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /></a> It's actually about 7 times bigger than you think it is, and there are carnival rides!<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273300273126152194" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiYfqqfXqgBJkesHSE0w63O7owozR7pQT22qTPS3JDMBZ9kG7aMpSADsBUEST4361oCRxWfUqSTAnTaWkSTYf4rbiRBcfn-qQ38eO0Qe_zS-3KmmcrgNL5eFqBGyKASHVkpP9YiM-aAnuK/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273300264853063682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE4g-YG1QMs7_ZC7Iv85MYgbyDXGaaevP0O_rzXrV7scelqhIdjrFeut3i5HLdPPhEuGH55VMcTeCv-7TIdqLDNT3UPTYY6UEVq3hiVb4MEylj9CYRqFAHIBMjftkmHAeI_Q3p7Ty63XsQ/s400/006.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>They call these beer tents. "Tent" was lost in translation.</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273300258492491874" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVciYDtz83R1mO7x7RS8oUF1gKYltNqDN-Eh1-SkLTpbNcXEpGWyfohCAW9IrbAoeL1owUwxkwRuCW9EAGsXZjtuueIy1CMc3inYKxJdXUJZPmiUhuGiutm92sWx2vhnbir0pBQ0nyI9P6/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273298217330870738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX_8ox2r3EFdAMiSLhnQ897dcLiESXGCi2UpI8Ec1kCQasPX2dOxiiGOf5v2NdZeS3I8OeYH57YGd_s-tI4SH6HWxT_dHSLYV6h3WLl0LtLbuS4AbcYWTrxSlOKQDnukqIBR_OxrBUx7dp/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciCMRFMqg57ldYGEG6iYR7sS7eDMKBliGhWL-ilURSKIbCzU5yILgPLj2aFuvHRTWhsyu0WyKZnQr-O4v6MPFCLzEQqZfkei7UjB3lNQIsUb-J3iinDNyDqHEkXZOyCxaU79WuZvBKnzu/s1600-h/003.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273300279858036178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiciCMRFMqg57ldYGEG6iYR7sS7eDMKBliGhWL-ilURSKIbCzU5yILgPLj2aFuvHRTWhsyu0WyKZnQr-O4v6MPFCLzEQqZfkei7UjB3lNQIsUb-J3iinDNyDqHEkXZOyCxaU79WuZvBKnzu/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /></a> Too German<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273300275144635042" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 385px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgabr3Knw8YUdG89Elcuzb2PT9yDxDi3mQzCormSqfHmVo5roS6lDIK5xFtgQY6mZk2STgx2ROmMiJ5atY1Rt53BBiN_RrBF00XxFOWeGeC_YnaZdDKxCdpkQb7jB5TrgHu2rTOhZkrBPoV/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273298230653791538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkID3NggqPPrs2OJCoVYQ7Pw1mSOvvHlWxDkLJq3VyJbNjomwswjFHtGfLHIuq6QahmR1uyr1RkYn6BswaoSSL7CJjCvQqpsyEgz2Fp8ACIQWZz3JxR2z650TF-Jkjtzrzqnq2-speXpE4/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /> This is where we ended up--probably the most famous beer tent in the world. We waited for about an hour to get in. It was 1:30.<br /><div><div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273295083004111090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioFQHU_Lss_4nV53LKTxXWAIdzKiSbHv1TgosUzGSuCkIgHwB8zajcQ4YHJp3UmSfuuEWWUShVWKQk6iiU7Z4vM2TNJFDWRQjWdCKNqdCrPRkDcECYEDWkH4uQDHACGQ7ybg-eSBScFH0q/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /> The "tent" holds about 5,000 people. People who are there in groups often wear matching bright shirts with references to drunken debauchery in all different languages. The kids from Indiana University were annoyingest.</div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEddsVKZAtvaQ6lj7rktuvnJqVZXUtlK1wVErJiKPy7mDYX51n75X1WqJn1yVCb6CzQ4OIhBUS8mnaN39055jwfUd2Tt8dG5rcUAgTb_sc5d47qikiQaVNf12ucuDLMtLGtLSVj4-WGzAE/s1600-h/015.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273295089561485266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEddsVKZAtvaQ6lj7rktuvnJqVZXUtlK1wVErJiKPy7mDYX51n75X1WqJn1yVCb6CzQ4OIhBUS8mnaN39055jwfUd2Tt8dG5rcUAgTb_sc5d47qikiQaVNf12ucuDLMtLGtLSVj4-WGzAE/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /></a> The band. And those are huge hanging pots of hops. Does the picture seem foggy? That's because 4,853 of the 5,000 people are currently smoking.</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcYiGDpxeNox3LEsCa4jclbe-iZKDcB5V_aJyZxxoXKPBDVS3webESy4o3lbLqZohlZ6TSiuBgMu4meBOigJiHKyaSxfVQT5pdWhDpu_u3898RM4YjS1MJmNWW0kBEryagz1TOqI7yP0Q/s1600-h/017.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273295080932755138" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 327px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghcYiGDpxeNox3LEsCa4jclbe-iZKDcB5V_aJyZxxoXKPBDVS3webESy4o3lbLqZohlZ6TSiuBgMu4meBOigJiHKyaSxfVQT5pdWhDpu_u3898RM4YjS1MJmNWW0kBEryagz1TOqI7yP0Q/s400/017.JPG" border="0" /></a> A couple liters in<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTYTYehyphenhyphenQb3bq2nv_V51Y6PihHWl2pQMhJESya7nhiwtPnBughUqs7CZgDsXVpQznAZduJ7rFQpqBPnxlM_gdbvlZzGKhh9UrfoPJGxPUemWeR2IELr6TjOYmUf6VKUYj3m2jMNefOTsZ/s1600-h/019.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273291818623811618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghTYTYehyphenhyphenQb3bq2nv_V51Y6PihHWl2pQMhJESya7nhiwtPnBughUqs7CZgDsXVpQznAZduJ7rFQpqBPnxlM_gdbvlZzGKhh9UrfoPJGxPUemWeR2IELr6TjOYmUf6VKUYj3m2jMNefOTsZ/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /></a> Some German friends at our table (ps you do not sit at your table--standing room only)<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6x9j1yzgBo-byZYL6LNDpkiBtjPqSELs9wwqKn7kYqPNt855EryS67XaEWdURicp82XKhR4jMhiMNuPJTQi73NwlarhI9WnTClMWvysH4qSB_bk5ymXy33bMR9aTLaoi7nLUN-xAZOdV/s1600-h/020.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273291813297707458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6x9j1yzgBo-byZYL6LNDpkiBtjPqSELs9wwqKn7kYqPNt855EryS67XaEWdURicp82XKhR4jMhiMNuPJTQi73NwlarhI9WnTClMWvysH4qSB_bk5ymXy33bMR9aTLaoi7nLUN-xAZOdV/s400/020.JPG" border="0" /></a> Lebkuchen hearts! Too bad we didn't have anyone to buy the €17 "ich liebe dich" one for<br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtVyRuJnUZ3wU3YZguFCzLZryM5H0SEFRHV-NoKU4YXgUNwZY7W5R4w1k2QA_R04x1FHrbAFlHmQ8iX1j-VkIbtihIYziLq0RYfJmZe1HqWLS9NH_MJuln5ocVzdBxH3QRp1OXotnxD4N/s1600-h/021.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273291810186469650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 318px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCtVyRuJnUZ3wU3YZguFCzLZryM5H0SEFRHV-NoKU4YXgUNwZY7W5R4w1k2QA_R04x1FHrbAFlHmQ8iX1j-VkIbtihIYziLq0RYfJmZe1HqWLS9NH_MJuln5ocVzdBxH3QRp1OXotnxD4N/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /></a>We settled. It's still on my wall.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273298227371795090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxjNtVlfjezEChx3qv-O1EvAonyyARZngqwu0mtsIBzU5PGggiUlx2_BGBY_Syarb0DuOcnJb4nAWGOk7hmM5cT5TekkcY2DFMVQxcJqWiyH2PtA4GqcUHyaQIIKX5iQHKI89ZRpcDCLAU/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /> Thank you, come again.</div><div></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LqDel4qIXP7daMs5KktrsIVhDI_dPefqJJTJgqXaFrR59i2JXwpwbzaKRXbL-AKekUncNk0DWCF8MqIXjwCRWm-Zii3D7v_zT5Jcwe5Hbzsdt4V_rrVbSTESvYOQa7JJ4AEbUOccKko0/s1600-h/022.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273291798876055986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3LqDel4qIXP7daMs5KktrsIVhDI_dPefqJJTJgqXaFrR59i2JXwpwbzaKRXbL-AKekUncNk0DWCF8MqIXjwCRWm-Zii3D7v_zT5Jcwe5Hbzsdt4V_rrVbSTESvYOQa7JJ4AEbUOccKko0/s400/022.JPG" border="0" /></a> We decided to see some of München before it got dark. We had a bit of a hard time finding our way around.<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273290809149817186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnF-HooWfIfLNxoRSmCiztv_U_7BJt_dag8N-2uGcNUZA2DVebq1qF1yTf0qIgy3Yu3gSuDGMcyvR5S3Hl_aNeVRzHM_cATnX60HcZLGJMDXOt33XG_SdgpJs5D-FykGbbIoYvHHXH9zZa/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273290804566736162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxQ58YFAZPzIJ5uHoxjWs99y-QZ7gYLsNUnkb5AkW0-BwcxxUz2fp1YRFqepp42uoA7PM6b5owAZDIMor-2Jz4JK8tquJfVxk80BsQSMKGwTRcN3DyM_92OaiLutyn1rhlie8JKEWj8wbX/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>I don't know what these things are, but they were near one of the S-Bahn stops</div><div> </div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273290802727500210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCDC5D6ldUFXAOd1l3UxPM15T0Fp0EiBJg5Gdz7pN8cNekTtYJ-fEZ1-jrlnirdYBpTVw8xR2svL2M9ohIm53N3trcINaug1FlkdyVbsXYet1SsSom138o7jVw52mpIFccrv6IY6xEaTpC/s400/027.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273290786793305986" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfOrRgmy6wdrwHOTTOnVk04ayAFgU0esUEmCJeexR9D9Tl6oJkFxQVYoNkp11zkPbtXT54-cpFAKfF42ZBSvykcBBJSbQQjPPfY7JY0MfA2-Dkf2J-6YrKzbmBS4Q9LUj_FCMLzGa4U5h2/s400/029.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273289291170183906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFLLoNOzC7VqxApi4b19MPRDm13_iYdRwNGfjqPXUu_L0zqqKV7mu87Tk-Ntg7N-cbb2LXflASpbiDQuAwUGCfvoiDYKCo-0wp80CoE3pvYPcXqiZgvzW7ZObJANKARqDDTLe0SjBnIPrA/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>The Glockenspiel at the Rathaus</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273289297720110434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 378px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfI2Y2axRWmTEoVeafA776tZu0ZQtwma_4kSAhL0uDAglgzV3mFmEY3dKKqCPojUsLu2mNgOIfKcsFG5rrW2Dxuxc5IDO2bw8k9DiggJv6XZOJRNspZQzwrq6AFGhzLO1rA1BYiuH7O_Pn/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /> So famous<br /><div><div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273288393487097394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 298px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG7smvSflchQhxr3FAXpxXNeG_G4Q5B9dAquwp_iM3-vPrdckwlT1KpxSdxlx9_4eL052oUfkOugKpcQjMd9VnvT6gUeBt9djicM6f_3ltPqQoEQiXI5oavTfjm1j_mFRP6xtAS4bc8jQX/s400/035.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273288378807301858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJOMkQA3V27Z9aYnKLGlpADiAFNkUnALzprNznZ60QO3LgWBK0k4IuWHRO-7H1jchbTG12zXnPB78E8pkVIm6zK-PhdpRYW1OY5D8jvqMCHC0vqzPG2W0ykQFDT0DYQsoctdpp_EU1QP79/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /> We decided to give up on sightseeing and have another beer. And there were large complimentary shots of something that looked delicious. It was straight rum.<br /><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyipaDr9_WQAu5pA0aty6fG8y3TPNhR3Klya9Is4eDlfVS-vnecMEZtZ42KxzorTm5WvlBQASLx3MYDzKb7WDVW8iGPas_RuglZv1VgPge59HrW5D5r6z5T3E3xeq_FIlkmA5tLTfDIs6J/s1600-h/038.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5273288373650521346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyipaDr9_WQAu5pA0aty6fG8y3TPNhR3Klya9Is4eDlfVS-vnecMEZtZ42KxzorTm5WvlBQASLx3MYDzKb7WDVW8iGPas_RuglZv1VgPge59HrW5D5r6z5T3E3xeq_FIlkmA5tLTfDIs6J/s400/038.JPG" border="0" /></a>Fam--remember this place? Fi-as-co.<br /><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-162420960972351172008-11-11T11:18:00.025+01:002008-11-26T09:09:05.304+01:00Bad Mergentheim--Spa DayNow we're heading to the south side of the Liebliches Taubertal. Bad Mergentheim is another town that is similar to mine, but that has a reputation as a weekend getaway destination in Germany. Mineral springs with proven healing properties were discovered here, and now the town is full of little spas, hotels, B&Bs, etc. Luckily, I don't think the seniors or the audio tour producers have found it yet. Let's have a look.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268069305558054402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF4pILpXDHyb_oEJH0HwvqQ-yT83MEUUbWHjINKtnMuY1Y-OnYwJyf-byZOqMnHEO4FORDN0BmY4sMR00Owpxv3KPumUDPCtmhsACb8N1XQEzXcN52Z2DdR7nU9orCm2d3SS8YEiZqYjQf/s400/040.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">"Willkommen in Bad Mergentheim 2008"</div><div align="center"> </div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfoIvfu7PtUKmd0VEUYQeFoSOO9aKweDe8v_bkinyfkWyBuYdEZA5A99rVcF5_quEi2EOX_HQ6BC3PCorZvO1xQsWh0i5VPUl6YpAyfWxrJ4C1Q9UMBdDza8K-290cogEAnegZ-lJwfow/s1600-h/079.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270652460397868530" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 376px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsfoIvfu7PtUKmd0VEUYQeFoSOO9aKweDe8v_bkinyfkWyBuYdEZA5A99rVcF5_quEi2EOX_HQ6BC3PCorZvO1xQsWh0i5VPUl6YpAyfWxrJ4C1Q9UMBdDza8K-290cogEAnegZ-lJwfow/s400/079.JPG" border="0" /></a> Looks important. Must be the Rathaus.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270342669512381490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3clIJnZ5dZv03PlbuBD25K_9LUpLT3b3LXRTUZZIocclC2heU14LaVn6DRAbunpo1bxt6CkoxuYqsITF0clE8h_5nKlLSkgfcbj6KzqI5lMXlmRxVrWNzmPhZdIiluO8YHt36nhkGbGoT/s400/077.JPG" border="0" /><br />There's a castle<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270342665845330210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkeW0BwFzM3rNdNfO-kb8Im4DfkObGx79ZKFtv2lSiANfCres8475l-1Qjip_pgbxB6lLMMa82QBNjyMLA13eDv48v7N1xCUBlbJDSMow6uNH6FF2ngqVkr6n7yR6srramVtDSExDavqSH/s400/076.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270342653493227170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1n9lKbzybZQbnWznuvJJ5FSxRo3SE4jXMRLHIjNRzFVjpchaNhrGwmqa67ngJmXdKvPhRgrOBZe82f4TewTGVl-_lGDHzHiG2wmThcHcNa5SUnyd3DPMo9wahyGVAdBlNEm4EUUOdg2VV/s400/074.JPG" border="0" /><br />And a church<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270342661021259938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 221px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh44SiM3glpM2Gpwa_f-4FG041cGax90vmjQ3_3DvT6UOPF9WbnOoiFic4qAt4cljPt4FocMKtM-9WNo6e_6z6-w3yf50yHQLjyJ7zIR1qGFqKLFw5h83jfxtos0AYen6HfQRJ_ip0ygQ7S/s400/075.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270342650158226210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 290px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG-Bf13ldWAwnXd7BFuwnfbtA5lkrdQIFX5Fy9O9za9UpNunNWFdv7ACLI-UzHB0q2YrLj06fE4ivaypG34bYiQ3G6rMlEwCM_0HSMYdYUNpU79lfxHeFSS6RabyWwaBakGCvJZkOPAWlR/s400/073.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270341256453779122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVT1JHhGF7Pt0C52oZTT5Gqt5g9b9DQ4qvZgnGf09oEb3UOaMeJr-xZyZDUJCr5YR-g2wOkt42nv7_8wd3_oj_nTX30JewymbfHBzewTDvsoWwNOx8f5nm9-p5SedRrNWreaUyCyfh35R/s400/072.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270341256644130962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 321px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisYcEJdIrsLOyEkOBXj-L7ED_mR8ZJ8INPwDZoT7a3TiuBa0J6fbOMseSHbUlc9M__AftuJGIiZsZ_9CjSH0XwPt23cb1mvUzmWrEtiv6hIPVT-Wqh7U-g__kvYFZPVp-33QgJrVlZugH_/s400/071.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270341255537492834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 277px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-RKyNoCZfN82CezcXU7p2hObB9s6sTTomI_wTh9s3bsSSzlld1WCzLxTn-m_D5mJegs_yxHFZwKrHvRoxTxYfdmxuIsZWsSI4m_awVgEszEup8dAIrWskOW_X31AmKBH5isNXRaUIVcVd/s400/070.JPG" border="0" /> Looks fairly normal so far<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267349762206438610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 330px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg12IwWcsurqG_EACDpfEopEjU4JALoL5XYjBv7ZknhSiPP1frmgvJCL97P45E6LopE66ZP6XXAD_GKlBL3-3pnbRB20WEHDeKlyQ9OdLZxUMS8KQb44yvvhDM0LtDUYRu_1I9zcVDjjwjE/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267350395132074690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQpHHOVUDKdTRXJU4J0sa5krBhfl5iS3KfJlokm113JHeHDZwDkz9BroehTzSN0HYyX9oKREFD_J7d7HzrcFwc0Dw1f5egc2N_xMhj0283qEu0ynbwZcE_VsqMchxoBSInzpRFRIWF0QUL/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /><br />The Tauber<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267350376953744370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgagib_i4x7NMCO4izfIeKireZu1sCvA-de9pd2urSZqmy-TQYvPyKLcCgyqc3bjgWrmVUO7j_O1Qsw8RtxKqBs45ai4WPSGjiQ1IoousIVM0aK_GZ28yi_sL6hsLEjT_gwPYUJL3rClRvf/s400/029.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267350378799865842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSUwsEaQZolt5uuEjALlv3kx2JCc9dHPsPhGzT1UX_zmnDilLEBRPgASLVrcJ_BXj-0aHpUtQ1MpVoDWGMpxbg0TD_6ZLQUqCdjBXXkUl1OBypsfLtbCvfnYyFul-0Y-hNNyFKboNFvvNa/s400/030.JPG" border="0" />Chillin'<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268069295197850290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkzZxn-H89oTWRceJEautlD9k2J2xz7h6HUbeMhUQPPF9b4ay3ZyDsDQm6vmZ1c1Baeu5VXyLAbu-4bMAOKKZvqMOcICKt62bmHxXCteyWxcaXaSXspzDSvPU4y7Jw6R1q3Lj_xneL6BO8/s400/038.JPG" border="0" />You down wit LTT?<br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268069303350966258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXnn20RzGR4VFhfLtfRbTRjyXK0M-mkO26ZIWYgoRqAIVYka-d97BGfJlzHazfbHDr2lE8gkb-nhD5JrEZrZjw1UifRftH_vVrruacQl6-ZcKe1P-ikM0aFhlNvxPxUjT-NxSknjY4sssW/s400/039.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>And then we come to this fountain, which marks the entrance to the Naturpark</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268069316505596706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 370px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcB2peyrpl12HZYILIXb3daBF92uyJGdYK4BSRmus4nWlF_hjR9TkwUTAx6-4SKvtTt9U0aFpgx73AQJsHLS5lYAaDOoV4xKrHGKkNS0UDgrTJ0auVeth3ZwFgsUOS3kQhDrAJNViGWeLO/s400/041.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>It's a large park in the middle of the town with lots of open grassy areas</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269602056345345586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5SIVFtT5PK7gTzM33C1quLehHHTgXwtyMCULqMvbCHLBhr-mi3otbelw_OnQGC9zBe0EFBgpdaMrDTrlKlBMY2zYJm50OOi2ZnXyofs14H_2XFMoOzKLf-6w_hZK8lJb_ETqN5HaWGl-y/s400/056.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Lots of tree-lined paths</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267349755038180690" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 248px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJHD5M4tGkEtbGnVkfeuaTWz4PFzPDW7P1GyQ69mxiYctf9nD2-MlC84OphjNND7VO6wOPmqFk1vzQ3vTzi93zs1s934U3u5W2YOw7jP6Pw1r05a9HBqwn6KTUtPDKXSa52YYh2mEsbE5u/s400/022.JPG" border="0" />And lots of roses, everywhere</div><div><br /><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270338853059143666" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD9nNPPXsYT_9tWcfE48JEFQ_ZBdjC3OcYwXq9kiGg5lnPIndK01oGGsrXOr9gHsPQYRWlZhqTI5J7nllFXHOZ5m8RnldaOdFaQLz4Fnr1ImauTyHPEuJRh9dvhxWigg3V1DwEHGAZLYQj/s400/063.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Some kind of healing clinic</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269981656441176258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 325px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMCIOTJYUhDRazy3Zaw8IJWSl-ShWEXiufueNmyUAYUEBxZ1CZ6ayKQ1itP1t2Uv65dAtb2yZzUdmVhzY4tBaNMSpbl9YP2w6Skf6fFLqZE4FQvCExJGfbtFEII9OCkXG1rh5kCwDIrt_t/s400/062.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269981645069810962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihSirCjae08xnEyfusXKkZLUaDk0ZPxaTuyg8mGOObWzrqCqZu4Owo9QVQ8v4RRBeLUFR1B4MHr3O_o4Kz5qkiytK3uoTKarxvyELJL9Eq1LPb42TR5fkXu-yNRhyphenhyphenmlsRozHktceA34FRB/s400/060.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269602033019000898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 240px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjgW9VZIUqU70TiUhtcMbnEnhcvV0VgeSNRtve7ZWQ1ZWxsFNevolXtRcjd7Wvs2tBoz31P9qJDFKa8r3vwPgVcY2hTdkvXmG7dEL-rC-LQ4M5AZnCLnsl-OTG6B0g3D63V7ULG-hjOksvp/s400/054.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>On one side is a discreet and upscale little shopping mall</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269981634820457266" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixhDnjtJjOAHyIBE83jmud9cnFZb9V1XwDqJ0XiRcoXyXx4CkdKN_AP61XI808V_wMQ8ysRwURUcS14hyeV-Py2cPWJJUJIPsyv92q5SzyvoC-GbUnqc05lRbep-YcxA_Xp_nIRq_HPYll/s400/059.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>And on the other is a huge Best Western</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269602058320417282" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaT6ir_5Izeu5dgaMULx47NoXAlREgaTXgh0CiSWy_5jz7SwB42m0TbCWkDg98dzNr0-VVW8SXNnSLRW_2LSfJR_zzZ-x1JAUcw09hdDz4UTifzqVcXiHZ4JW9OUL39R4iFnBg6nsFdPs3/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269602045192594898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 256px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqW3yMGZ7rWY8sAhR0RWzrL_cKWanUF6maspWZ6U7LJBRuXzKv5I7JzqMivu_DRxqCwFYHKMXH0B4ElTV1bzhv7_jGDQH2Dvqz7YheLLnOP36ehYOXSa7WHEZm4f800Hn-5Q6qkZ2M_u-G/s400/055.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268483984905672642" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6b_rzGmEkjwKBQRUx7kBTij1MpjuvTFdwN5jzS-aligwwNNzLSFt7k_IvxCzDvfQtc2SsVP5qL-f-X-PIRkkInD3UnzU_eDvW7_-L7AEG7lnvVF7CoAuuPhWnzsHu5H2kqiWzacTphM7p/s400/045.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Everywhere</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269600011697128130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6srWJDXbr5WBtKr7VzpowTSc03hrH_UCQi_43buWAqsrupDW058lO1zTOlh6MN_Ab5QgYuXa35X4wszSSK2SwSEzOMoUuGJ9MywDqokDsSKvAtU2xtUwjuKnObIKf8eosb1In0SHtM1q7/s400/050.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269600001397880978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiA9CABQbfraJMknDJCRemrFPIHBOq48Z__ctR0kK5b9wnffzZNFbOZsKr6L-q2aQhizYPxBMAq36bLz5Ya7EnZjoisPx_uvsp_BxHAVHTug0fcVG-C9EkYg1wTx26RhdChSqdYx78-1OEX/s400/049.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Europe and its fountains</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268483996170454482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 310px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicaqoMP7qfD9sVAm5TxZtn4Z_p9OB8VhAOeQ2T1cW_Cz3MnnG7XeB7KYKAGhEBetQeLt0trNBJC9haGSzXjmVRxTXvIfF2d266ByabcJzGAUhcB6tDUVDVd_o2SfKMzcl2MBnEcnrnGb9e/s400/046.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>But what's better than having a bunch of fountains in a big park?</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268483977825029906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 338px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ0kx3QOVKLdpNT_NfQiIeSQKINivJ3v5Ejvzzo0X9Wm7ydOoFJr1EFO1u0x57EykFsoxDrGwfFZ7fJ0fDnBHmjAnM2S4WiAC_EGMhiy0CuXlAaMfS5hgJAF2p6dP2hxnHuxZXCeU5t-21/s400/044.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>A bunch of fountains in a big park that are connected by a little fountain river!</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269599992098061394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhld-JzMuni0lzdL8yRvSG571xuuX1GVC1EVXBjqoLtS5c2EEaG-k4yItLWbI-6kZsa7IaFel5ddTsRGZ3pDFO8pDU115TsoXX67z0LviFfxuxwccsXMOAjyC0w74n92CJg4x0HkOkg1Xh8/s400/047.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268483967205381842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 316px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTngr63mvg2LYq8SMQEuK5SDPYpr8t6NiIphnyuHUuibuwdSNWv6UqhFzr6O7RJ-eMLEnwPkXJ0w0MKurEgDN186D7CnNAjYOSJmBQ4FncQkO0VZGWEHHK_LAiBEvB17xWoIWiU2wqul63/s400/043.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268483966445620466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvbeLBzkjQfSNedG0SR1-a9O6AGS4UhHxhqc4-F4BwYF5Lxs5h0HHQ68-ee9Bn6ZlioXiLl4pP_05PdOxQ4S4chP-cF9MN-oMssLNcIRTlsBJprRU5shjpQixZjra71ysoftCp-VioK4m2/s400/042.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5269600019059557522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 344px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMWpTHYRKVM1TYcKYmvsYjdSucK5zS6W6Bhn65pwfzuw5rtrUCUp6z51vDpZvpOXLiDunDW2iUrDOzZ9c498ALxjZ4EyG_t3AdK_N1wnR44c-PQl-ohx8EyqERqDIKf0d2edkvW7u-9O8h/s400/052.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>At another end of the park is a large public wellness center, with a lap-swim pool, a fun pool, several hot tubs, a few saunas, and a large spa that offers just about any kind of relaxing treatment you could want.</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268069286788531794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 292px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyhWm5KvjVx6Fb8K9a08d2i1WoSM6FYRL3Aw5VzItHFz7joQDL-dlwR_wumkQDDusV5f4X6P6fS7Ry0hngHwTS3qnrvFQpVC8AjgVv6MMpMuSZqgCf7QFzjQ0A49YuB5IYvU1yX9Lw2NnB/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>And there's the rose garden</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267351226115479362" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 308px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhv9WJpIF0WFbz97rYoK2_uOEz9waO09YNv7v3wxy4PU_WMUyh7nkz7_taGC9vELYudNGPuFOoW-T2VdsggL3XtANp3EVI92-1_3dYc1ILRSBcZ41sxfTUBQEZh_lxkw9rn3qqBlmwIc2PR/s400/036.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>The Japanese garden</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267351221615335154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8SNUK10p-tcWQUnhYK7jzACjVPIxXvDtY1dcjuqciHzaLHjzMHaFguEcq9ioK8F3UVLpVoJt_pqaLaFmIKr2jbqBN4BJoBo5YlnwcqGNF42O5l-ZXVzyD1lClVEajcBfeWxV4wd9VO5C2/s400/035.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267351212872177090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 283px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKfRhn2caHQ96Il9mXpEBYhaTO_vUev-3v0ZPxfuIu1uLK5ZiwiNcRIxjhYnnel5KtaUY_bKkqKuJnczLSNQ_KixpY25SUv_HISs7amtBxHDgVsChA5ZjNfB6jmkUqCG9TK8dog6HVxoPD/s400/034.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270338861415350258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitnlC7aDlGWKi0YrLOovsomN461YKKVvkRF6dVbHg7N7l4zy_1ntTQOpX9nIdIIhnoO0qhd0OzdsjIudvKvPvXpAT5F-6X0wov87xuooiUJmjQG5dZKnxA-4oXy2anTkDwtXJwZsKxVyHY/s400/065.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>And some more fun stuff</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270338859641451746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 319px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE6ak7tsST18zdRjhZUGHAPrdEXzB5F1pZfOQvamQWIIkADODrCOYJd5wk1Pn0Z0mB6bhs7V6tRd0gcmKEHkM9DnjoLkQ3zIqp8wk-TUf4TRzpdxLJMfCIaye0-lsrcJ2okVA5DjIYFsGR/s400/064.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270341240904056370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 368px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRe8562VuWp_jCOf5blbVGNunXqLwmNLLGSiIchH6mm093EvvljkuCSdzkgLd5KcDpYubKKhB9iFYTO14Uw9Ys4XemkP1WLtA-7Ex81Zw8dY_Jsbqn8GJz4N03WATFCCvjzZmKkvTCm45l/s400/068.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270341246341626930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 195px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjkjePOV7-oCOpgBjm7RggHXYVnn9EkdT4ctAcLgmLZm-f5qESH2t-JaguSWZOcblD_i-3A5ouL1cQeYv5xVzaTw6s2_LKZj0c1AaG-gtc1eGjJgJ8fo2QFv_ZizB0Oe1RPMeMlAdHDXqw/s400/069.JPG" border="0" />A flock of ducks feasting on fallen apples<br /><div><br /></div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270338875125188338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjX8D8rxOX4zaRFp4l45-TYAXr9iSImXtbcLL0XRRl1Ypfq4ZTO2Gvt6pFoATFRY_hTgwiKxsFFLaAos6GEiBaziTvuuAin4u3uZJLBaedQs3mXa64fiM4E853RLTR5CmmR5nCRkYor8kt6/s400/067.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5267351205224161858" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 308px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNbegu0MWKq369IN-olJe8bJOx0yM0ctnNPj7AQwKjv7YpvJrHywhDNlALdjMsiau5j8wTe0VYEtY_O1ILeSuDYB_jZdJ2DPdc0GpGyhoW8jBo8FFAQpvgC2niCheA2dXBaxMwcwyIltRm/s400/033.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270652448614680338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggPILeC2bAGnO94EZZhEDtHYsqkU5dbzOfTTY9-_C22JX7uINtdf7Q9sMBEgT6tI7_qjSEHwWO6xwxByPJlJmMkpYMCc2Qimo_0E6gS5CbptsTJU7VNeR8YBrVvmvPWh8pgBWBRFj6yWyM/s400/078.JPG" border="0" /> Three people in the world will understand this. I'm sorry if you're not one of them.<br /><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><div align="left"></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-6073644702395845432008-11-09T12:01:00.026+01:002008-11-26T09:11:19.376+01:00Wertheim--Americans Too ObnoxiousNow that we have thoroughly explored the Taub, let's venture out into the surrounding Liebliches Taubertal region. My first stop was Wertheim, a town that is not much bigger than mine and is about three stops north on the train.<br /><br />It is well-known for the ruins of a very old castle, however, which means it is a bit of a tourist hotspot in the middle of nowhere. There were hundreds of American senior citizens walking around with headphones and either shouting about how pretty the town was or yelling and pointing about which direction they should go. This trip made me (1) feel like more of a native German than an American (2) realize why Europeans tend to be annoyed with American tourists (3) develop a strong aversion to audio tours, especially when combined with the hard-of-hearing population.<br /><br />Wertheim is located at the confluence of the Tauber and Main Rivers, so this would have been an important stop for travelers and a great place to enfore a riverway toll back in the day. Now it makes it easier for the Americans to find it and gain access to our seemingly secure little region. Let's check it out.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266640626992347746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 288px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9Oh7G4PDWwJoQJhvxuFeymMBbbDoTWULgZ6F0HQIhXxqwJubBqJHmMHzjlPjbnU7k_N-lLbvAr_rdmwaPJlQehmGE_VMsFkp4X5kqDTcBBYfQGyE_1rjcL6R6-sSOL3mR89biXVBs6tFg/s400/081.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Good view from the train station</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266614796455500386" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyEvFnEn3vDCx0T73FBY56EaeKttN8632G6YlyhDI3xKsitzHhEwNIZoSjtgwo9nBTTcxNx9gPvpfSqrPnjEui3fMwPah8zj_PNxCFlrYLUEkbOHuJY25pjooHIY1SfflXRWqnNWjlSEr7/s400/017.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Crossing the Tauber</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266614786708838930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 339px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdtQfyQW8A5szfVSG6Ui8yOishu8z5UXXru2rM9yRuau03-XE8BYDnh2EcpVhVPqXo7ImgXN7XKjCbvohdOR_0p-XJbuMqC6K55_EO618Ci5MF3oxSuH1EWC4pd2P4L5QomIdmEBkdRMDZ/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">I don't know what that tower is, but it appears to have been built in two stages and it seems to be leaning</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266611921126791394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjffxUD_OsiKDt2DhhAmAQ3_NoiVNUWIn0P7JlUGP3w55FpqUHbkMxsixGAhT_Z3xNwXCGSuqdD2Z1250sgXvxUNHpHZmXfH11JPWzqd2B2JpyrMn2H16XuP1EI4qj2SJnrxUqAtOYCJRxb/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">I wonder if this was pre- or post-Pisa?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266616569454446914" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 315px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxCCqUDp_BL11vf-lBGZJdZ47vjg_M7xFJzjj26U1btUjLpNViFxxcYqWY_iJVZ5R1r58dFXVI1ekZ3t2dgBJxUBJI3PyfbO96oYH4tiggVwDacdYp_ka9GZaTKZP7wSV3-gDNWuWbSB7E/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Either way, one should have learned from the other's mistake</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266636644774934802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqIdCsU-e8xlJ7tWASuY7cjPLHf5IVEgH99nIqHD14F3-hIlndYLafxtPQDgVEsEwfmW5SJzpbVaTISLdW0L8cKV0dyGRMdeftsrmRKAFYdtfT5u0NZFA4zA-yld7jiPKCwVdp1Jk4NZoC/s400/080.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Entering the Altstadt/town center</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266636637881848242" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyFF4AyA6h42Gt7I9b5XsZ6tyyD0vZKdA2UiyVV5GY-RtrGA4LKLD9_WH8_MoF27ulS2BKS38sn2jEcIWea01FfD4FRQAf-ZSQ94rxm-8lvIEX2kscrdyvoSIJL6ucquMay5OQ6B6dci25/s400/079.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">That looks important</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266614806981993314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 312px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR1OPRHHJXM8lruJWqqSFGzRake8l7Dfy9tyiP97JAT-2LPcXAOLQOWwqzJXE8aVS3NxBa60eH2qKTCspY9aJa9lfcULQ1RZBg51lD6dj7_GtYSFDn6emro5bD971-OLfFjR40MKoe9zVe/s400/019.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">The town center and pedestrian zone. Can you see the seniors with headphones?</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266616580334720210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 304px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_7hCBmhNkbHuOOHGfutdDtLTypacjDn8r8EJ3kXDs8oXzHS8Uyuarp7VnxwCK4iFqoTggjbiEgo4FgX5or2HfMlSdN7Oe6F2Qr3v0icBT0SkkveA4fy-Nz1lhtK_8AlNq_F1vUoX8EeOR/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266616587901217458" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 269px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgknbw3WdWmHHBqzJ34-8TKoAwtdZlgvhulHzB9I72VkWd71WkjrziAAESuloVRtITMJeBuigrsYTstlDkAav6aX-WPNU-MHdSthC_PQ1IJuf816bJwJVy7zNpn21MqbN-75GR92zNVktbb/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266617705002298962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh8DqZcoz5yzhFBM0boMH3dLvo0hDKlRRbNGdUWXTFgo5XQFkR5XsrSN3gBGHYSzDQJSTX-unY7PHldWR9o6WKksvZkxETOTlXFwDyy9gE-44M5881mEOEmu-FmvMGIeavmI3ZCz9dcIYCu/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">We all pray in a yellow Catholic church</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266611924544315746" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIBPlDD7OKNQsZvGYiDNRrm6c_wv3TcX8v2S0mvhiZG76RdPgfxkRDua1m44670m0LsA9z4R3INLtIWIPMGbF1LOb7l1n_aFUNzyOWDAcFSgegmd6rEB1Fy34bkdhn2PiAjk6hN5Ok87Df/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">The goal is in sight</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266635128628620786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqSH8cHneBRTfaaELFgUGSuwDwBtuuNVB79QlxxipwNeeEoYiVkGI66_3CvZJpbj8lUyNoE7E8PG9ZSgIyzT0okl6qS9R3zAfH2EcjPsztrx5LIpVd4pL45c_BFICJRG9MCWAeqB3wvUTU/s400/073.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266617693057303730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl0MvDOeelncDlhanuJGqB-i-hS5O931Lg9Mt0jhY-7aXjhLCMREpHsOAcQbtXpQHGiPo9S9KfHU43gWCrCYhwC1-LwV4FSswYf8qxSQh8t1yyp3zio1R0x4HjYkrMayqNbIUZovJHuvoi/s400/025.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Just a bit of a hill</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266635120748363426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwlj5D3_FRPuoqhFmItJpjDBi8pzctqSLgegBNy4I3nKbU-i9aICH72Emtz5motEIQqq0uIxt8hakLDCo-MLggxaE5iyP2_i3OrETU5gRh9NitnkL0RBHSbK4guCMgE9BNa662Od52Fuu1/s400/072.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Going up</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266635116474984162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 275px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiKRCA2BBMWMQoF5xEBH3pAKvwGYNrMYG10tVTCSA9ZJaPvnfqHX8MroiAqHb0Gtv9dulXhJQu7PnzF_DBIDzrKX7C253bFkvDtleTguBjeO7V6J8XxQ5sgfAkH6yJ1DN_025kBLt7D_zum/s400/071.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266617711549856674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHQzRLgcD76_hcBYXsGNq8cY9PqDFFs45wsN6rWDPLXb-vEXQnEDoXRqLn9s4FVMDElalCtHe8bkJa4vivLghezTe-QZVkVrrhdpevuvTNxDx-SJo12qyRX2is9dHP3j2jhIlOfIvw9hI6/s400/027.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266617728999867842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtvMeT-ZSNDww9c58bq5KVv3mOr9qjzydjx8DLFIy2t_x8DqeZX-xNhR2WEhKwnb1Bz4Tl6yqYSm_QbQxCXHSJCpqcDgkrOn9Z6lujf_FPrBPFQvdCjl_TD0MdfQPWB1TMnv6DeqzCQb0G/s400/029.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Made it</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270787700391270354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhasTPydKE2JezETVPoxLwHq55VPhfdP3sAagop5503OvHpsB0tAUnWbp85S7boTJXTJ0z_Mdw9AGNM8ZQMoRVFWIdxOAQh31IC-4VfUHFGGIVEzaE6aeqZG2Xr0nGfaMU36xDbXSU_SSWx/s400/044.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266634328382677778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 326px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxWBPZt9X__Ci_aq2-8WiiEC58qsf6UeNRSxUmk5pJl7ywoVpoIXe3yKhOPq13iVUmlRFUZ-Rw2D1uJyBKwL7hgBzKhkO4O1PicSFgiAOWBAbHK86lexo_e4mE6lzviCTv5TShSoAJROsQ/s400/070.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620171250845810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhadea7u-uqU-hzJifbQAnCyD3UNR9TBm-nkEHWiGRK3QTBmVChLrVoBBDmysxPpEpvgg4suNW-W1dVUfncW8o8P7zw2vSdSQqTFbIla1CZi2_sLKeA7SfaP_6QcROPqcl_bUBPzVVIoXTc/s400/033.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620930914843490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 324px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhus7A7R_jWRKBimGIpX_aiyZitrQbnmVkqF_JTVCcTLovsWCID6ilJaYYcL7XBKxl9NjXBZs1ikYCU4NxFpx2U8egfQPAIkzzsdtzu2mzXxOSIutN9CjAmHLesgSbEQPBSI_vAeHbDj40K/s400/037.JPG" border="0" /> It does appear fairly old<br /><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266623086226302450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKNZjpt58HdJ7koxBQIJO8C5WlU7OHny_jqvS22GHXY7MDKFOPFJWOSuizBcqqSyMIa-FiJgYnsLKrjWqs441YzB5RdXPsb1HeyNFeLesdGvAv5zFN2Hri1zarMes8HT-OWAvZHnEkzuo8/s400/040.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div>But there is a cafe<br /><br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620159086964018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihB_aDQiJSl16cQ0i_qNTSMjOdkCuj5ej17XaoGxl2rR4-uYzuIHAQAH7r_qYQA0Gki-bs9nqpYErWGLL5dy3uPKvfWsaCqn0kt5Q-FFiA2rt2uUxHnMXfTC9B8YQGiYrL-QeS8sjbIu8v/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620151106147426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGRMz_2NetXy_OpGCk13iMyX-VJ68Pv7ymLn893pKF6bPlUrivVVYBZPWocsmS_lKUVZ2Yyp2DQohiyW0JG2m6VGN1JpL8n7od9Y9frMva-3y9plixCLA_bOdkKtzwB6-q11KdLfQmnPPI/s400/030.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620941867652402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 336px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQDDLP4KmUVyxM-m-lAW8OuybHLfo0rbykv5i9y4itoExE67lGG9yRAOzBGw-HFmN7Syc7gdC1_rmMyteqXjD-7YTHvSzEmpww9tEAbuKTyhcUSBZSFeNHXX3vZQ4UXmiqRP7bO3yoUWBp/s400/038.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266623095445282658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 302px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGMxxlLLL9Ql112T2JjyysjC8HBM6BK0G-74ECffR4_ImODVyE8SwcDhTqMvCW6QRvm6bBg8L2VhHGu4N6Z2kX1UxdCcX8lATRanxiyZp8B17jdNeghADsU3v8r0eZGSkdu-NWQK71rjKy/s400/041.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266627802848020802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 220px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyqdZ8R-D-IbIIvxhgTZdz_9NVdyofafqoD6hL0hXnonERuj7Wi-mbfhZEFUnfsxxbMWODm4_WgIJOOrrnGYADtNPGTX-xAbVkZq8ACMU0cAySQ7UwrRRAk3m73Z7TExSsCTDrYVgVfKKv/s400/047.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5270787702515409682" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 258px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKxW4hkIuWa1jZnK1d_W-IP3zPpqifXOnUI4-qAbm9268-9Pq8wHhsaHX_sjF6QiuhqzyvFS4KbfhBxoS1UpjVDMXNd-XAk9hTBrWbclhyHmmLRelPotIOfYZQIelRZtZuuu0Vw43FHNqE/s400/045.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266627808909194178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDtZBVOXfjFdtye5BwesRfbqoZgL4K4JRQ3uKFO3b51ysWE45Peq9jGyCZiNQzqsMHCwFv2CzI_tJW8_fevs-28d3Ndf0r34sKAo4aFDPsN-hveP4-t-d4VUIGgE_MAxosydRS8d0l-HDG/s400/048.JPG" border="0" /> Let's go around back<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><div><div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266627816664358562" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 314px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUfxMhUPQJSedj69AZuobK30UJLX6ntjCBrM1eC0bgxGbZ6mKi8cwOzrGg0TxacI2o_0uv5zraFkwFvF4tWr3qF-BKy39f9_1eoXToWLbRKo4XHvmtL0AeHB8UxCzlBQN_FYkQoiSqxayL/s400/049.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>This should totally be on one of those motivational posters. PERSEVERANCE: This flower for some reason survived against all odds and because of a nearly impossible combination of factors. It is very doubful that such circumstances will ever be presented to you, but you can always keep trying.</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266629875661920002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjK-vFP63kIL1F68YS1hVgAnZLWAcCyMRZOtIgG-uOPng8aivI4JPxeYz7AKRu0rYV827zq-HTy68MRo24fdDvzoPwIBfCh0VKI7aZOghAEDa1gRWosPLwW24fkx3vuhoCbLBRAkVX3pAr2/s400/054.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266633327280157554" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWyBEs9nAjH-BwKvyo1FP8KReNwJDMv1W53sovxSJh9X6Hs06vmlSSvi0JmMb6TuU1yx6xgHbOOXdu8HP-USLmGQGxn6eioZYyrpoaI1jdU_IZ9jQhQ7paNhPYPq6lfBwJU9KA7PQNIA3w/s400/062.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266630790555716210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqx0b4e_zb-M1ACavstXiGFLY4_pdRbf83sgpPq-3vPEqO6ZY_YtyZT0yRDYbkWfaltF5Lp1xjwInA8b2_EoNZJOefMk3TRIUP61gbUEuBaJGxtGmM64TC-redqaFCdHokwL_5cPI_zLld/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266633316921414786" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtRuu0DjFUfHHVpNIR841YBEB5S_ZUBnqeKKoORV77Y3-Gl7R5HS7nob5-qGjwc5KM6abZY09dkKJnuA6Gm__eHIa9ZO0ZrVhtxyNxD7XZRyDal9Yl2VtaAhTbBWGEcWcnjEKWP07na3-9/s400/061.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266629860679409698" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyLD429vP2GtFrs-TQuDFm3XR7GkQXPpY_pssD7qSmifqzSdwuC2c5VNz1AL2Gxd7f_qB6fAQte7bUgINDNZEcUyJoBQ_9M27LZfdNpzFK3J4BMP3i8k49JL-cETn_6hklnKK43_2OCXTq/s400/051.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Where is the escalator?</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266629867389964626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 257px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhS48_iKbH2-kl-2ndyPuxJsTkXXC2FwWH3P__Oz0_P8fSnb7gsZw7_BN0YTHjFzoqONjL1X_0bARHwRRWO7j6uYfKEaosVm4OsOu0AJlUFk-9qheXugNEbEbIazS2wkPAd_z4asLYUhAm_/s400/052.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266633314325575506" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjiyQ44cKH8mHJ44jM-m_4QGLW5aU7SMo_By-SR1WszAYk-RqbAAXGnAyX5eNZMITfzKnw6Xrq8QTImmqjrRp90gyHjdjerN-Wn1PMWHA-Pu99LaxNkX1QMeWfTwRFvGaWMM3wrZm1Obum4/s400/060.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266633340167652338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicEmXsykiHJ6vohOF1_pohMH4PfLi9QffrmOel5wEmAJNvR1wy5iKzDHssblustvJEcpQ2r1pvLW3yg4OteuaE4A5HMmFEUUJFlS1F-ER_prCP70QxwY7d-KdOysKT6JksLBcJLhjabbSJ/s400/063.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266630801721117602" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5VTbNeRj-vt64EgKgTnyD4myT-pNk6hAO3I-LNnsZ7LFGYhY6IZZupncWb7tYe9PuVVYg2m1u3KtbY4QG8WDTWhyJl1aHDk1jKNSu2hwORukrH4MZfWYF8o6yiGWAx5NjwYLA8HWS8slB/s400/059.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266634301831469778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoUpi735K7zz1FVwKtsilJ-1SwFqgzks_WH_NYFaN4A5jFjg8BwLEhXBxpt0BQoz-RXsWMEzi2UyzxPEHX5U12fxoAewPADCJqo3zIIboSN_uhoJPZIwknVMZ-HGI11AiMhHTVzkBCBUG9/s400/065.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620944762716930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1lGTGsSNgWt1nJwBWeorn5GivcUO-dqQMt2-d7wyWo2iEnj1FrZZP_ChcJEq8lCzAvXnnU7LuWO9tLg4C2SyhuAot8MValAonEAurzZ7xNNyn0a_RM81kmO6Es2XlIDsEt3G0JtAKtmA/s400/039.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Liebliches Taubertal</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620924727112018" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEemd5-GQ7B5J7ygBm5ZHpzE_G3h5OqDAH2QGHP-paEBFyP5PIwLpfhMO2NPwuI1_x-AigwTeQC7AKYdoaSn61P4VZjduTjTS-Gk6O1NWDcXbOkcp_MJMZPCrWN7k9GjpNjwGpwTIAu17l/s400/036.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266620181767752610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHNz5d1SA0ScDZL_xSqAaWdBtt2TfWgpEnOTT0spfnWbY5rl73LairNT9sR0f9GQUBVuThYvOHaQ3PAWGt1ic73_Mun9fpW7Bj4POXAf9LXgg1KUcstFRNg61j80XMW3ciTMyWNipyJC99/s400/034.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266623107173607410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 231px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhC11OOVgFptaus3kje5_a0fuRqhyxUUlY6zskGaCyJ0I9wb3oYYbeCdS454WiSihL0O21aQxpLpQLGSZ396HQ3IfZ1_mj9D4cUAWly-W_wwpYrpoVAO1d4WiqslZ_PeocfIfjP9pvkDs7/s400/042.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266634316254635522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiV_UXPkN2XbshmXXXoLw2viNuOkU6WToyNUPg2KslcGN0layfp3RCydE2T7Hr8AO-TGnZNBR-Fsbo2eP9kH1FRT4JFw02mghiGiM9_3M9RlC4UyeLqp1YISid7UjW1b3Pdp2NH4UYv1NmI/s400/068.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>The Tauber ends right there</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266635136760236674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 242px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTRmySKy55cCMkZMkbFtwvR7TwjxgpQhgGdcHnM5Um9L9RhpnB0TmGbrMuuK1Kbia5YJIoLe60fEbMwt-21QAPFTRh4J2u9473onX5CrL1ZDyeDoYPyJEdP8tpglL0HPho2RU1VrtrFKa2/s400/074.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Tauber, meet Main</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266635139576533938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 284px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9a9Xv5blvw3us3Se15EVoYmpvz1o19XRscGSVIFIlYt1fwdn6Y9AStVPInMNF3U098DIPIXZ1qPJrcJgZjpBh_wQsjB0kHRo5YHXUo9SWfaxtgNQ00RgxAWIflIMO6FdMFnJurDMQMv7p/s400/075.JPG" border="0" /> Ginormous cruise ships</div><div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266636625818092898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCwUjoG7UBpqHFlQdGjmG8xpQCblVh2G6JjBqYxxZ5rnLj-SKr-PhyphenhyphenzL1v7KAXZv1ujmkjMOcVehMSq-abzb9y2ZCQquTz6_EfuRq_YRpPRZoHdHTuFYPW2k0XLNcQd0pHFP0kLMYGhyt/s400/077.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>It doesn't fit in one picture</div><div></div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266636629892908066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF1bfGzbESS9bVeHGGiaa0Ph-fXAdA86UvLeUxw8c-8qZJtp1KUTZMjXtlHwN1PumqA66LWXM-vgV4vc4LLdQ9Gs8cpV8VFH-3GTsdr7h0I_Qz4ukATvsZWsgMqWWX8Ow6WimVHQ-_IWm9/s400/078.JPG" border="0" /> Ode to Homer<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFiSFDSCmmHRg0v5wE1aGT_3c7PVtX0P3MC42lPzW_yWlWG1Seghi1ySaf4qlQFy9_kPuRRyi9PQ72vU0k24Nx0lvVj_8jcKB8_-GP0bDD01sIuLbBlztj_nWvEZhRceKYuGhYNdcVM02/s1600-h/010.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5266611900513377938" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 234px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVFiSFDSCmmHRg0v5wE1aGT_3c7PVtX0P3MC42lPzW_yWlWG1Seghi1ySaf4qlQFy9_kPuRRyi9PQ72vU0k24Nx0lvVj_8jcKB8_-GP0bDD01sIuLbBlztj_nWvEZhRceKYuGhYNdcVM02/s400/010.JPG" border="0" /></a> And that's the north side of Tauberland<br /><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-72994053902451308692008-11-04T11:27:00.010+01:002008-11-26T09:12:16.586+01:00The Auto IssueKeeping you informed of the developments in the world of German cars.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264747425793603314" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 225px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMGNtXVRRpwOugEqBXSYalGXM4YqPed1n6SVn6i5HicMP2bio-fy2Q4ypvR923sp3K6rCEK9Muo6ue4KyPgJD058k0s1sHwJIMKc41Zm1mEHIyolxCkLgpVJEc0ZRjNcBQUkPVQ8QZA9RL/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">Here's mine!</div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748228649294610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 318px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitZa0HiXO8cfsfCYaFjwqIGg4Dtz9zXdQKpmVuRvXvrjSzE-5XlOoF8M_DI_7c4DB-Y-nHo7mAMPgQMQJEBuNUPZHj7-EClS7jswT6IaR3Mlq63VnhdNA52RqNaQ_3HbEWPEfhzV4OLcbJ/s400/017.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264747428306588290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUKvm08i8mtDqDsoi7dnLh1OQKbmDtJ7UvqkvW_a4hqgyxCwh5ryJ4Fn2u79w4GN5h-QSkzH3WXx_DPzNaiiKD8cZnDvnf4630cOOYuT_L_M9TgHpqo_Fww2gjQaLbTdV5OvBOaT7cub5f/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /> Oh...</div><div align="center"><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264747418256557778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 329px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQqfM1KYeNIjZy-wIrH-8SqbeUJUD24moJmCLHsrxwNQ5pnuRNdtAioeuz878U6ir7j-dNiGgi-KsFOLAK1FmPcuulgsYIubhxPmtrdjensoF8WU8lgS5hc3dzNI4a-Xf0VHG6casIy2jg/s400/012.JPG" border="0" />I could settle for this guy<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748251051229650" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 272px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPCitowWNqYXIV6mN322cMNoimb9gZS-O5WuxZzh303hOUTSbqS13xCDtNcdx2BnoN3pj-BUmyjG6KJeYMVnppf4rKp73pdjhcOTUgMSPZoOQo8kVAE14EJZx5U5TU7cg2O599NQ94mLH0/s400/025.JPG" border="0" /><br />The old standby<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748679680366994" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLWjT3XOwHYxIy3__ZX-Q4tYOad536Mf8u7-uwWYrl5fnSk3AfmaNvXaBjv28AQEjLtQlLOHhleW1LbnFrSWwNluZrPuAzbLfajIVoRuScDqjVrY42bOpFJwg2YeFJmcgViMnluMTiyXh9/s400/027.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748228913858882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 247px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfY4HR4jLgi2ha6QHIqJnx1jcYpeznbYcgPAzereo4gh2gxf20ofVpBD2sEjPB-1IehQLkfdpdj7l5GZ5sik9fkFcYf_AEsZWujSxe0UOodWxZtYqz7bDc_NV1Idvsh-EduXR6lqClKhDy/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /><br />The new Passat<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748240154345154" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 214px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1hhotRSPTUXtjiTCNJO9kbt5AJVy2G72exmX03WyIeN4CRlPRji3QD2dxP6L8Xbae8KjTaF928Jt1-2J2utQO5-3heH9s-5MJGvT7GjEZuVeTm-rYZEUUQrzaKyVYM1Cd5PfaKI28wBG4/s400/024.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264747412123092226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 194px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3_E17_2poPwRzACXDv_o4JPNLsQwIAs1AIi_D_U0_rAPzwvzB4Qu2mxS5sQ61ogl6AVAacssNvzAXAARYeip0JzrliW_bcLSkU_AeBPdA5pScQJQd44Xqod6fLVlDbEwAVhXmfgi6oDSD/s400/001.JPG" border="0" /><br />I always said that the Z4 felt like a death trap on wheels, but that I would consider a version with a hard top. BMW listened.<br /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264747413997330034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 210px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjge3oZ_r2hRbrrSr5LVLeIwuNJnqOrum_Tpb8bxGM3rPd7XtNeUZ621JFHmf876jc9_QecT2DYg5Hn0UtyV-xzfmDcFKcP3jExmsy8OPTZ_sQRlosPRn9QR_mmyxxJIMWYsYfw_zvkswbu/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HJgaj2mUNtBvSgiqgoK7N5KtsmiTwyHRzgXiakIqICHduu6wsyO31inFfyPxRy157mRl9L7OefvvP8dsnidYI6r7lsLhluFH4Tr_dhfjCuwz8skaNcINe8d1bI7heGlYQFCQX2Z0s6Wl/s1600-h/028.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748681761031426" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 293px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8HJgaj2mUNtBvSgiqgoK7N5KtsmiTwyHRzgXiakIqICHduu6wsyO31inFfyPxRy157mRl9L7OefvvP8dsnidYI6r7lsLhluFH4Tr_dhfjCuwz8skaNcINe8d1bI7heGlYQFCQX2Z0s6Wl/s400/028.JPG" border="0" /></a>Yes, all of the taxis are M-Bs. And the Driver's Ed cars are Audis.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748241874968866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-EQ3JP1iAOyeBTrnX8dw9t4EVgRLB2EHLygHBQYOu9FmEbvygk4nvDG4oTelKVaGjsG_iV1cpN-9Uv6t249IvIL8EEYxUDVD6ra3TkUX_6XTdczqnerZX1NZTKJmJlkjdnLxIx3YetY2z/s400/024+(2).JPG" border="0" />It's either a joke or the honeymoon is in the Alps<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748696777916274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 274px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoc7_oNhP04DL5R2vj3yjOOZZjth3zDM_fYwc2bY0WXHk3uN6uqVgR8X3FufnJ-QlkzfrjT9o2vTBT8kwdexJvLKpZilUJ4p4fQi_Lak6weuMy0pBHjVoa3cRC02Uz15lJ1nD-_MuZpFPr/s400/086.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>And an old Trabi! (Basically the only car produced in East Germany)</div><div></div><br /><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264748691215905634" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 264px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE4jmnxzWexWSOpo71PCL-XJAJh3d89-OD0TIfGQpNQP6r8ZY0W-NERTj5gEKS8Rp14KJW8g16FS9RIcTNguTrgoEDB_q0itAIui_UUZfu2Hy5vTAc3Tl1eZUuaf8AU_K5nM7KvaQZPHzV/s400/085.JPG" border="0" />Thank goodness we've progressed </div><div align="left"></div><div align="left"></div><div align="left">Speaking of progression, also keep an eye out for the new Mercedes C-Class and the new Audi TT--looking hotter than ever. The redesigned Honda hybrids are also very...redesigned. These, along with the Passat and Z4, should hit the US soon.</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-7502807736834198492008-11-04T11:10:00.010+01:002008-11-26T09:13:01.236+01:00Back To School, Back To SchoolHere's a look at my typical school day at Matthias-Grünewald Gymnasium:<br /><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745849084145234" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 320px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif8n6H4aIOIQadNJkuPiIZeQnzYEMlLGG9tDwXPO_nyW-PdMjDeJtbnC-9USaokex1Ttxqz9T3vWTgXI-qtXrCgdbIgXaFf_4a6KUUMJG71VBNV-nJjtOdafWWx1J58fYUAwbOKlsb1GXt/s400/015.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">On the way down to school I am greeted by the morning welcome wagon</div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745860366164226" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 278px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicTxhqYcp6yzj_nOHMXLGaJIvi7oqMXcebMD_ZbU4O86jAiHthulvb52ykLZ7y7KmTB_uYT9-RwsMcfU7LNhjksACCsdNJPGO_FKC101jI7I8iNlU1rbRnz8TUYvmEDfSqy6K63ym-MzHr/s400/016.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265886561621180066" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 309px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZSEsFNQJTFY0KKL3_Ycw3y6IdN1kaXMiEKUs4S3D_SaVcsxwE5MAxUNwVqJs7CD5GoRSDkzQQ0zFKbDYjwU0a37zK0ytjRpzCQ3qbMPT9B3-geWp1LW7P63mRrDyxBPrPP8yY0PuAMepa/s400/017.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center">The school is nicknamed "The Ship," but no one knows why</div><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264746629323185218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUSkv5pqffER1YedgmP_IJ13JURNARRJ5Co0dtuh4tdp6kdMFMCqPJl6vDBlVggAjwjeFFSP75QXMgFInq9uFeDaznZ2VKxkhcae3YvZMzguamXIK0vJNQDjHzoD06fK89SCP-DL8yYHkF/s400/018.JPG" border="0" /> They call the building for the older kids "the big house"<br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745164804274034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 279px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhfqfTnTBBbifOifNsNORQ498ixDE5Gj2tiYC8qA7K7kiJ2arrApkH1280wlvkdq8SNzbAjoJ2mEmY3pwlWuGtHNLmRtRfWNtP-m2iTItQoGQVKKqmK6RZhrh9rCKCCcwrcPb59S5cYPKIZ/s400/013+(2).JPG" border="0" />Which is connected to...</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745853511138722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 246px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQIF6GVULd1sTYupMSO9u2eHjyFZnFcRWshss2ykMJVuEfa67vigqKTavvrifF9YXFa5FXjf2FkNwwJ-Oz3-iFy7fYOQSIkKdAnx_bgB0ghtJvZ5iphhHAVf5UfFJNibsqA-BomyjUtNtw/s400/015+(2).JPG" border="0" /></div><div align="center">"The little house" for the younger kids</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745176563344626" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 294px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimz21mxQ0J3LpW6D4bK12W4JYxlcqUv6TuV9ykZoq_OvYNYjOFYafc2PLt5Ft2-xxPMHn7mrWA9zIQL1k27pywqh4lgwTkeKk2slzdzA43Pijy_E5MG6-zDr0g8tv9Wk_lec5nHsVblqAN/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_u3ZRQcrR4DLMUdIULsIVZNsGXdP9mPi9CZJ6PWQX12sS6gtvrRP44i2d6JHhguosjeQWw73rWC2Gyame3omVCvhqkxDzAmFZen6QwGM1_CBj-W5w70Uz3xwHYoquTnAtkjj6gnatuAr/s1600-h/016+(2).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745868013714210" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 271px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgM_u3ZRQcrR4DLMUdIULsIVZNsGXdP9mPi9CZJ6PWQX12sS6gtvrRP44i2d6JHhguosjeQWw73rWC2Gyame3omVCvhqkxDzAmFZen6QwGM1_CBj-W5w70Uz3xwHYoquTnAtkjj6gnatuAr/s400/016+(2).JPG" border="0" /></a>The new addition<br /><div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264743359460853298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNJTs0WOp33waB_pl5v70aCUUHDYXmOSHQ9FjWLQ6g1ljai757of3_SF1xKHc9qR76SCjTg_b5riuranM5WZboSvTFhkomGlP2fhPqhHaamjIwoYPmdtTsuJWHBe5dO9DLIuCLi1kXqXsB/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>The foyer/commons area</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745156319539970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimB-mmYB6tNDFe45aDLpH5k2QOqce7Cmz2oh62SdwNOqVuKbGADxv1dFaoFI9KOTFhUkKdsVaJl1SeHouxNPqlfJEM7cql_RjluxOOqHEnVtPjUEJwNcAaMfvb6e52PXWL2bEMU5IdvlUr/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264743382211814178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 265px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnG-vzoSwEYOcfuUoXJCJSnhhuAKr00PesaAoE8Zx2Dd-E740DjRWf27HU77iOJb0lB4vFxMfFNTtDNxhyphenhyphen5ioiq2-ReNGt0BxucOeG0C-jL0uTydXX2M1gyRjCXh07b_2rRNzBubI4RNzJ/s400/010.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745148665567522" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 348px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiN3K_4rrl6k8zZk2CY09B-AQufCmRYwTImPYo0ZPAbyhLvBRWd5tpv0LmsP2sL7ZZX1wPwgDdTkd_sr2o-Z9rR1zubUqeEzCnmt41qb2VqCMDpw7d2xUaKSt7spGvQPSVbPQJDASgWlent/s400/011+(2).JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Each year the graduating class gets to paint a tribute to their trials with the Abitur (graduation test)</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265885439913052258" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 360px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir99jeG6TV-LJfsBQcMUTVTSxExeWvxGNIQr55b_Z-hpaWs0Bgo7mLkEQ79-uKhi5zXF5D86YI_zZFBVi45s7uF9zy5Trl7xLXF3D6WSKoBRjVeTP7LqNA1c486V2TwsGzX_CxBSX9UDrQ/s400/045.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Is there a trend?</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265885418006388290" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzXBdllVdsH6Cwr8nrJbiT3MkI_btSQxRdwrnzutEoOq8agSHCxGnd6XaLfmhmt6vRdzzRbaxa1NZyrlC4HL-Er9ZD-Cdu_mSTJaHiWzv4ni7M7QX_wo9ZweA6mioyukWSLtDYa5RJMLqH/s400/040.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>The main hallway. As you can see, there are no lockers, which must be annoying.</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265885427825341122" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEieYtyJdZV9V6eQUJcaIazulU-XLB4AAF5udb5gFJpSURn0eS9_U_FnqmDlsd3vpkT-eMHBCA7mW0fbRmm9nVkjk4WukpsHZ-XB1vS5c-JMiILuidGETJMOXnIqBDVeW9gOcyoPCnavDATb/s400/041.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Teachers move from room to room instead of the students, so the teachers' room is less of a lounge and more of a cluttered storage space</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265885434668541186" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 255px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRIjwbrxt9J78Q5Zc3Z8i-qtBAo0JslBkOzFJ8Mvn8kUdSTp2PLOi1F1el9PuxP9UPd-TinoyPfPrNeiVYWkgIpFP8LVnbq0I5JPalIE1Mm8tSTHYOVxU7rMzOicRyNVB7-ejushh-O5qE/s400/044.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>There is a constant line for coffee</div><div></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264743386212714322" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 357px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjXP07IGZIozDpObG9uHX3L9CVp7aGIUzcKZ0CYqehuqmZ8S2X-VuaSFXkwt-FonbWYJzoaxBClo1WA6_YMoAq2z9DZTmNux1271-cw21r98gznyhcWECWgbDcvtRR26T1PsWg80JQ0Ouz/s400/011.JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Some views of the town from school</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipv4OarQMoqG8jVmGkACW0hmZHow9peR5ajXDDUCVo_-EtLXJzZUyvjRHnMdv2CvTeAnp-dafyED8yWfbAzfxmhanXEqS_WYdfjYEbJq4aKELR_Vdbna7BQpfaQz6qA2Z8ubn8K-ND3wYv/s1600-h/013.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264745159743947778" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 289px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipv4OarQMoqG8jVmGkACW0hmZHow9peR5ajXDDUCVo_-EtLXJzZUyvjRHnMdv2CvTeAnp-dafyED8yWfbAzfxmhanXEqS_WYdfjYEbJq4aKELR_Vdbna7BQpfaQz6qA2Z8ubn8K-ND3wYv/s400/013.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264743380224936402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 262px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYOiMlvNpsY_djH7Hg5OC1Qkv4rFLBSrvK4EZEqMvSews7105JnkxGDteGq4_AXlvc3t_tWUzfZjI7fkh-Emi-uqJtrKmgxV41e7Zfxe1ceg_dcE8dHkY6Ngs6CL5BWh_m78OSGmacHf97/s400/009+(2).JPG" border="0" /></div><div>Dittigheim, the next town over</div><div></div><div><br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264743372590896482" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 347px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhT-BXFFRWAFE1dJzYChfEwuTGxZpl5w7UKmjlEEHDt_4oa32pC09d97H0Tudkw-dF94M9pNM2ltQ1SYiWYn3uG_fT3jUSS8lJkM42ifenlasp6y1WXKvykleL3dQQ57hsZualVhOM4CPEe/s400/009.JPG" border="0" />The roof is covered with solar panels and we can keep track of how much energy the school produces and uses<br /><div><div><div><div><div><div><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264746639100461730" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 297px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3zrHA7NAfc4v1hLvYlWMz9uz35NQNY8tC4gRbob-uZDKZfIcOTlF_MJD8TI-ETR0x9PpNSO8iMVlHR5_rkXBXSxLQYpASOVnycdE2L2i66Mis4dtly4DERcgC0KMY9IuHpfX1ASpVS9t5/s400/019+(2).JPG" border="0" /></div><div>I walk home through the center of town, which is lovely<br /></div><div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264746866973408802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 273px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNeoZcBpnD9WxsYQa9SjUZIyN-FG0dt0GBiScWiRGdbLF0PgFLckFGqjV4vCRfdKaRGOK4VAaOCyHBYPYcVsxfJZ_nTLWigUh21b8PBoP76S-R-mOM1uwg3vu7YSXZeSczLp6EaoeAjbh0/s400/027.JPG" border="0" />Until I get to the mountain<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264746655786062178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 281px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU45oxRqN3z4j7zrEdoKtS7OzzdFnnUFoKxNPSpHmhIgA_L6HLv-AZhfDwQ_V5o7C_G_nFMzQucVH5AtxDqU5f_TW9BimxIAMpRXQjBT6WHn4dRjxbudq6wpnPUGHvL01IZpUWxbAfJL-0/s400/021.JPG" border="0" />Stage 2<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264746641211180658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 301px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhViALlYN-A6V1wy3bd7VjCbhpXLzaKVU_3CM1Zywt4XYsYUWmbNpIs8CSqZXbHmx3oCS5Z5KSoLobYeuhJNU6sW8xwfacs1xaL5rGErRNTLXWA6ZfUNW2GWzx0rsbG6scFEykbkAPOctQR/s400/020.JPG" border="0" />More steps<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264746632079797970" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwinBt8rCHhkf5EjCRmMvBMrvhSmKuw349Ri2mOt-we_N16IDh9DPkh8QWChXvaizBcNIntDelEHMsyI8Mmdgmhqvt9SCzRmDJgo5tvezjwvmsbBDg4U3kJmyC7m-hiohNS-2V6txoYb8_/s400/019.JPG" border="0" />Almost there. Time for CNN and a nap. </div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br /></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-39543360981430970962008-11-03T13:39:00.012+01:002008-11-26T09:13:37.702+01:00If You Scared, Go To ChurchI had to reserve a special entry for St. Martin's, the Catholic church in Tauberbischofsheim, mostly because I realized I had taken tons of pictures of it. St. Martin's was originally built in the 13th century and is very impressive, especially considering the small size and rural location of the town. 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 380px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg15C14L8hERMadArTl61u-W8IY-mcRa9t-6k8iW-7akFZSY-gLvfcCvut77x18al6UTTHjgYOiL97HT4QQ0st-I6mC2f22LeOp0TPiH1_QXmRXk9lYlqbt4GLpMHPej6QgvOf1sg44ESQ_/s400/062.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264414383613211794" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 345px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb9rtBInOfq8pnCr5tHTyJ3FEvH3FPFCSi71WTg6gZiYgoQULWOTBvXxZ9W9UP1I9exoEEJdJRV1mKcSMAWnxdcxUOZ37JW3SZybN6tN3NB7W2Hl4vLKgAbCHQUk6lmOSm45cAA2lNVWb6/s400/058.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264414393981815618" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 354px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyr1POfPPM4xrHesSfgN-zWw3XFPUIHchq-b8hmGjUa7TkSLI_ndKNRKM58J_M-kR4Md7xUN1W9J_k1DSENH8976dddHKBkFx9mdaUYNLtI3vwzMil3N52KI5tuKrXAGi0VxqFqEaAzvzA/s400/059.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264414901381448338" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgklgQKcfxv580bi843ETc9ErlK6efFdevaMJ3g4ET7XthHsJZh8ILRLMkNPP3k0FI_HJ2GbPahnSL_9Mtnlvvp7Pc9mENgb-YhzmHgnXaK7ihFiTsHevxs9LDON55XjCm3yivqpEihQ7po/s400/063.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5264414908935396050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 340px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoIiT-wzSjvUB4PjGvdMy3I4qIyKLW2D5knpyQQVnRiUFNMCC4LkhxQ8DdokgjyRs7QWvq4sC0VgqductsDpYgfbprASXT1uPwHZhyphenhyphen6jjIRWN5dfAc0VZ_O3j0qjwoCSVjcMZPunhO5Bit/s400/064.JPG" border="0" /> <div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div><div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-90119531483261570652008-10-20T14:15:00.026+02:002008-11-26T09:14:11.678+01:00This Is The Way I Live<div align="left"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWaMRlUFf8HT04af7TGTwHq9AB1fqdeGFtQCxiYvsk1ymBKkZyKQEUT6aP9z5-Q5MB9LfDzI_wdkYD7grVVAPf2L_wFrrX0IdG4Z2R0X_xfWYlZ7A6iNLgZpB_uHDZ7zSDnkpnSuSZLHr/s1600-h/147.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265085369768324354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdWaMRlUFf8HT04af7TGTwHq9AB1fqdeGFtQCxiYvsk1ymBKkZyKQEUT6aP9z5-Q5MB9LfDzI_wdkYD7grVVAPf2L_wFrrX0IdG4Z2R0X_xfWYlZ7A6iNLgZpB_uHDZ7zSDnkpnSuSZLHr/s400/147.JPG" border="0" /></a><br />In the past weeks I have been busy with new German organizational tasks, like registering as a resident, getting a visa, opening a bank account, getting a cell phone, etc., as well as getting used to my new school routine. I receive a new schedule every four weeks so that every class in the school will eventually get to have contact with the new and exciting native speaker. (They stay in class cores with the same students until their last year of school, which I think would get quite boring, but it is easy for the teachers). The children are fantastic, though--generally well-behaved and interested in all things USA. The election is the hot topic of the moment, and everyone here is crossing their fingers and wishing they could vote.<br /><br />I have finally collected enough photos to provide a decent overview of Tauberbischofsheim. But first, a brief lesson (I can't help it. It's my job now):<br />Tauberbischofsheim is situated in a valley (Liebliches Taubertal) between two small mountain ranges that run down to the Alps. The Tauber River runs through the center of town, which now boasts about 13,000 residents. The area was first described by the now Saint Lioba in the 9th century, but was first truly settled by a bishop and his followers in the 13th century. Despite the relatively massive church, it is still in the middle of nowhere. As mentioned earlier, Tauberbischofsheim is most well-known for the German Olympic Fencing Training Center. The next village over, which is actually considered a section of Tauberbischofsheim, is home to a small brewery that happened to produce the gold-medal winning pilsner at the World Beer Championships in 2008. And while you will never be able to find Distelhäuser Pils at Copps or Giant Eagle, I can pick up a six-pack of half-liters at just about anyplace with a cash register for €4,50.<br /><br />Now, please enjoy this virtual tour of my new hometown:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268481109887998722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 300px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqYSdFmzt8FfosiwVBE_xE2ANeNlYc_Cem0hKXMVX6d1jsO3_McMdkZOxoCOqdqjj3yAuP3UnWFz7cJ_wNeVG1x1oHBvacLeG1LAOzc5l_Y1aiVL0xpQPkYDLQecLeAgyX9IouOU6wkXta/s400/043.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">One can enter the town by car or bus by the bridge over the Tauber<br /><br /></p><div align="center"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215940769081026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZHoV4YYvLhOtvkOdEZdiQaiDEyBXSmkh-BzOW4urHi7HNXgDL7DYN3vP7V-u7VT2MSeeIi5rQPQo844C5KRidZHFaXK2_xRFeR5UZjc9McUaw2SNg1U1Yb2vDWJwE11sKE8MWumZaPSwk/s400/045.JPG" border="0" /> <div align="center">Or at the train station, from which trains travel to five other towns</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259213087434777010" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHcF2mTCHLyiHbQyeIEuzAhnpR9gXy7xxDl00MlcNb6azxZVtu5Btk3fBUcgMkXty3BOjgylGd-YhksXNDPDrvwfCrUGvxrgvlC2Fn9bkUM1HdgeFw8xkNTiwDBIrVcAMPyk2wD01_ix2f/s400/023.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259213116147024674" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW01xte95YjQ28rPMcfuB2oeJp-N8YoFAh_P30cLsMlesmA-hiyZb33X0F73FwjH74Em3svJngt8M4iwua6Ey3hKoM0GuCp0Vg4CRqHLYJ7rZDIJd3zMBNlD6SHUKwr436JgPk07DZ7rOO/s400/026.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259214060486874178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipkVLdP3lTOQCjG9qKOk8t0r8CxsgClEtlZvEQGBTCgqlhgjT3QOckllbQ7eVDBe3toDqo_UpMFjPoE7apsewVIf3RQWhQF6L8LtxdPXSn5H9rNvPKR23rLyRKhed0JUQo3sNI-KFSS2md/s400/028+(2).JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259214073805152770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxV84BuYTlnZf8i8lupNsRxXRnkg6wdYd-gAxPyR8SdlSx84IYuuxL-qOWU8ir_HjV8e1F75rMBmm43Yhp8IiqAjTPITC_-C_JUkPFJNGMVVEadnfTv8ENTUG5XCWKPzgcbmcaHMlt4rl/s400/029.JPG" border="0" /> The entrance to the main shopping street that runs through the center of town<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265085360071138034" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 278px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikE8mRui7wSPDAwQDHqwTe38bBlLIGFdAL185mIpJjue9zWJIIi6y9OXQKen1To-BXrhYJrnZVj2VbRmNxeymDWs5MSC7XXpuWax3Ue4bmgL67g9h6nfjU5OG22eAxC8pQy8N0DX7Ma9mc/s400/009+(2).JPG" border="0" /> Walking down the pedestrian street...<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265085357691240594" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 343px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmIL2uiHgtUUSBDf7GIc2kW08A9HE7o6ZvMbJyFp4fQ0uEeBK7-g9b29YyroyaXPN9hy28JRIX37FxasfkPborNyXjLWtoK-3xh1b15bOBQkTBtxtYIMIxpPNrUjUy48BfqQCUvGGLjRVq/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265084259688221842" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 335px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX8jCb11eTb_Bys5mrmZ8FNrQNR2_yoQUktIOH0Oy3NVlkuU7cN1BR6Wm1hi1A3vT0X1dcHlZBpgXhGa0wN2fsKkcaJdEhcWZz7PyOKjSFzyzxX3ckHAzpUQIJ1iMvY6B8uByUlThz9I9D/s400/006+(2).JPG" border="0" /> Entering the central Marktplatz<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215946964268466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7_AQaKkIhNM08nTcGTD23ji-VvWDWlbbhVnc10BiUEuPqpinRS3VvyrPMvDnKNv9IWpNGOr0ymZ853-ELabYevsQfL8zSvSER4Yim_18OHWKqIdvQ7A3G3eVn6hpBbEp-6drZoWmY2OhC/s400/065.JPG" border="0" /> The town hall in the Marktplatz</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259216851404886610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFLJbL27oWHE5WqyupQoDQzLCXWyzRCmNe099qPRIZMBxdXcHsFgcIrGzxIF4LsgGGKOJSWlNibYFFPNN13k5KISkv5jOBxO6QCgUpvAmm2t2__apa68k767aS3ky-XJQxPXvEwuLieWVG/s400/067.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The bells actually ring every day</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259214051522497906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIWCNNO5y8EY62nkTKRdhc0ODwvUv4jba1Srgudsr4OoHU5eW8TtvpgZjTlSH_VSWr52JagzPTSwKZ3-krBpq0AAnVAfNwi65LAs7N0cCR5eo4OVKq-Bd_RsYjQp2v-D3g6bB0zR5PTFN7/s400/028.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259214074580509586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEkL5rGxnRN_qkS1ZR4uwZ_v5m3byYXO98vahD0N7WSXhqw87SL8k2d8RcBvKwhNTSiRZ8Da9525VWCiG2o8t5P2uNGCADOSwqij9FJUXL4kpRKZYPoQDRKgjeKB1I1iY0WgAbHos8y1Pa/s400/031.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265085341854320370" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 266px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0AIrp_X7ikhGSj9Rwc6JHwkDqDq6jjwR1lrcFyGekE-Yu5mII-hwISWz7c6cJ2P6tiriH4mlPUyZwrgMNi5i_5Nyt0quMfbGuEBM4_5oN7L3VmrR-hk4r0bozx5a0dEL_FOP4hfhMKAN_/s400/007+(3).JPG" border="0" /></div>Continuing through the Marktplatz on the pedestrian street...<br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265084260544841106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 256px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIUjGcv2wlhjDQv-0ykRp1OKqKRZ_YZlyD2xqxC7-CdjByPgcZA9wUDRyPBn7XxXg6ZiA7nuqZ6QRUGr9PgqM5p69YNIQvMG78SvwNG-Q7hxmvHW84Ik7A3pcHWBhs1WAA_z-6vieGXS4X/s400/005.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265084258789123762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 342px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaUBy3vOedxWCMNBoNrWquSWUnHl_CibsjlFfFcrIJ7F8rAITMWY2KmDe7iHObmRVPbC4jDWuCM82qmKqXO-RIey7b8cUSLjbLypq5WzbSA_Agvb2ICZCfIMc-aZ6zWRzV8TtMaX2pxVuA/s400/003.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265084252982868882" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqeDG_TtwUdNfzuyoOZAfmqsUh8LyJXuB0DlFzDCrqP_Mb8fB-q86HG3T1Yl2U3OCsE61MwYh14pnQaMuiRaK-BMMP1KLNF__7gl40BaC_8iou6C4LsOqJ1BrLnf4YmnqEauO3iJHCL1CG/s400/002+(2).JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5265084244699755298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 250px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLqdEuB41RCuS6s4V344o-VYMsm4CNIgckQQzuC9U_wKoYZuqxWhwgYv0MK2Z6LSieQoqlQdMrclfXyLqqaZZco0OtJobHFXIV906P7tVCQjt4qcLlhJpwlmtGJlTUhpvcGFdToDX8S2-3/s400/001+(3).JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The pedestrian shopping street opens up into Sonnenplatz at the other end</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215065456506082" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-0B3ebXMBWCov9uUC-ohftW8Y6FwRjnZW3dX3qs-v5QTS4nOy9nFDbbPDTPVq7iNyACgJUJdAnje3bfJZnzASYhEqT3rOsN_1Np3MJRzJG45-MIAP7nPhrVdvpNSOdv9bq9ajjoZNV043/s400/036.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The castle (built not as a fortification but as a place of centralized government business)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215061099332002" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7lnFbCM4fVzOZYcP7XtptnXBQ8AYA2eW7xUnE3q7iA-60jMcPjDfzVnTYeZOfmdIBDQIdYevqG86ClwDRoUuUx-aeBwV4vZ9ZpUSwtmbXwjC5m9iOAl9LtvbiR-sx3FEd5tX8PTQxyBn4/s400/033.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259216868910218450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgitRaSE3hzUjjTtI_j21zXfpYkA9vO6-6yRWLiAa4e_3EYqqKeHCcDYNMbjFenhyphenhypheny-E0gLWxMAWQE7kQt1H9-COPILtEeVpuKjA9AWMFFPYocRmoj_9hUghT2xN-6Dvg1WSVeHBdAO7oKW/s400/069.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Built in 1270</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259218549346296770" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeBq4GevJ8tMRGbogt-8x5iKOuHJJ1dZKJbO36zDoTfPi2JvbUv-BvKhPYCBsCRQvxBdJeaJvCCo6LC6r5v69H6c6UpVTEYN0n6Eq9NAwgSd70b_SlgfySA4_ZjcS5dcQTbhYfBNvqAw2W/s400/085.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259218531130471794" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhH74rUns6GK9UT33ehanqbZDiBEBT1nLmR2jwgm7UrEJOP6HU6o7FJD_OEnPkxdxiOnyKMQ6EPrYW0SaCHhfMZ4H3tDqowsoDQq6HZSCL0uwnE4Qaru7O587GV1MY9s8ON3DgdYm6oA11V/s400/093.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259210053865576466" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1uOc9RASH8Dj7fizmPr7Ins5pJF0P8SuYJpJmJNAzTlvbPTelRYW6U0Nvxyytz2qsGQRR5j7GzcPr9psW_ZIwxJyA9emUDRHtuJ2ML4W5iISCLOwyhyphenhyphen61mVgz0wL1Ly_Jf192NKT-eUo7/s400/008+(2).JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The old town gate</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259213106505522706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrz0n1_gRFhVA8O8wnE0Gb4gvlMTMl4FKQTpirnuKnhy2ca9CT0HT1r4hPfjzMHKukHz_J93T2Ung311Flft7v7__9FOOiZRhzEVnZohsEcZXEpcSykVzY7TcUfhWPhOFobw3UMYm_Vd_C/s400/025.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">A World War I memorial</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259213098307964002" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYpBACdjlzCSLFGM_-mIJrqcgy9Tz0L_vo_8DlHjOhYvL05zvmc9Eu859sFs3pCKKWKoQC48QOMP3yCdMf2hJfN66KrJcD-0AHlBfqFfhxRDi1TXNOXO1yLNglce2qYRi-lrYJ8PgVPBby/s400/009.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The grocery store near my apartment</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5268063268550108162" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 300px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 400px; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn6zbcFR0RrS_shXw8UbAnz2V5ZU22jgQBzrtrwr48LoDOBEeXyR9Y8TtIXYkRfyJnqa8yOwHCx4DXgG_bqN8z3UzDrhVh92dLOjIjs3owmR7ocSWN-k5X7GJPV1t4MfLVgLz5zwOYLG9b/s400/008.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The creepy tunnel to the "other" side of town</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259210716163148722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs8W8Gc1kEsWmnteNRd12vLilOHr8AOrmdFyOo3TxBjehyfqiGjit8jItp3B8cxYL1dpQNFTwzUoXbsPO8iB1y0elABj1kO4Mig1tXe6Tw62ZxN-yEnRuEpn9iq3CRer7hxT7VV1HgAyu2/s400/010.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">If you come to visit I will explain the "other" side</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259214044868374178" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjio29rLJ89IVJnZd6xPlp9aPfrZctJmlphajH2nmh5YXJVU3D7kh_uHJHHSDxuBKU6SX66tYWnm26BbRZd8XCVLfjl8hyphenhyphenIK6l9x3RLWovSj8b2L2y2rGcOcssGvSbxdQR4vNahd4bsnca/s400/027.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Yes, we have one! (p.s. the gas is indeed 1.35, but that is in euros and is per liter)</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259212016543714706" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9GSFX1CvFoUdcwe9r8-p8y5asfMVI-xmqZkvPNANSC3o0wXVNgC4zbUhvmjYOCJJERC7Spfb5nnInPAKIzfPk-VgP8QEjrYXTmvRvmryzhZq3J-wLFXEvLwBSfcPs0n88yZ0syu4L2nPA/s400/021.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Europe loves fountains</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215075095299298" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvwAo1WLkQYDMtCDXbtUxHcnZAilwoiRuC9RV0GOf8yCSxnMOIiJgMsquy3_OKjGgJqQ5JDMAgttwKSYZDYoPU3s_GBRO7-aHyQoGi97wflwp_6bBYnWEUvbQjBXqYGN26cnTKz7e9GZ1/s400/038.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215082740897778" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhig3KAP0YO1aDiXNdqtTPgBKlah4mJqqCCZEoVyTzVaTcgF-asE-o-x2gCy1omEhDpKsy9gRSmnEmI9CoDh5-JpFnKiYvDC9mJSUg1YeWIg5EYJs5Cn17MVo0SFDCxLpEgkgmhrGca859l/s400/014.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259212004985906978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhregEz7btRfm_Z7uVNjLBLA2p-La6fNojLf1MLqYxCY2m-J0ZpEt42-KMyy1qb-YAQb02WHI8flwmqzaOwgNQnXWmF_DoRplmCHW1WbeCaFmIfRUVBaC2VvPtbebwNaxzwFAm-3mesMkSh/s400/018.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The canal that runs through the town to the Tauber</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259215911116024450" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRq6m7w8b58nN3d0YuZT7avThyxOkZAq90Nicc4CA9Smx7_pQiyBuq2qBaXRJ20N3Hn9yryPOknUbKg2TLE3LvepcUMjrzlHytFUBCGn04PBeURIVBgjxEV5j9IGQ9AT6YbFvX-KZookoP/s400/042.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">And the ducks that inhabit it</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259212017153179538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqvHMcMwMe-fiSr5inPFLcd02qORGPREI1Oel6JNErPlRHTHZjghwDEM1r9KYXQxSeRRXaqbeQB7JdOW4RcjyvLxLTZBkCD47h31LFN15lpIcU0O-2WYdQsPtirJ4Gxh7u9CcT7IuwfiC/s400/022.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">Instead of each home in the city having a garden, residents can rent small plots of land just outside of the town to grow vegetables and flowers, which combats sprawl quite well</div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259210022185191954" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPtQPu0oJg5fLOyWbQQxNgZ6Fj_uI0OARSDi45t9-u-gPTpthuM799lUrlcijTwJu8cctcUt4TcC8eefQDYnYP0uwy0GCUA3UGI8nbghWtgmvnuSvZbTgt0oPHC0KTLnKFpFXnVJ0KUtv7/s400/007.JPG" border="0" /></div><br /><div align="center">The Tauberbischofsheim skyline</div><br /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259209203015262418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJVwGcNc7eui6CdXS2TuzvWRVJeLsOlyZgvs8JyQyuOuDTZaCMWG_x9od_KdGAmldT8R5MpbBwAjYJ6wgwGzZkH9eRM4xlnia0fyFYJJzIpbhb6cRAZzstZYF8tUjTWmqxekJwkBzTMh-U/s400/004.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259209197178424402" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj08yWH3iPvzlNn6iwnbi872asaJv1nRpD4SIzX0x7AGbD_ocS80-YKmM-6ktEAk5QvR0axDTxH-PuL2THz37_w3wKonA68RcVfGyFqmvRHt_Hgbr0mONs93OkZDAmnNwaVA2mmFPjJUFls/s400/002.JPG" border="0" /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5259210731548935714" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBwNjWNWMZZVHsc9z0Hhlv55U1FYoPYxbZkZI_OJa0raReUTknQI4sBhZO55mWeNSWtwkmSSZnqSpjiyB7cIiM1K-2JJ_tcJD2l8_8BF1SnvoBGTAqxf-6Ld1lBV0Ggf-Fl3DLWpv0XZSs/s400/012.JPG" border="0" /> </div><br /><div align="center"><br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">And that's it.</div></div></div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-51179045619900135732008-09-17T20:41:00.012+02:002008-11-26T09:14:34.747+01:00Dom, Dom Dom Dom...<div align="left">As I wrote last time, we had a bit of time to explore Köln before or after our stint in the Altenberg big house, depending on when our trains got into or left the city. So my plan was obviously to take a look at the cathedral with trusty travel companion Christine. You know--the cathedral that took four hundred years to build; the cathedral that the Allies didn't bomb because it was one of the best aerial landmarks in Europe; the cathedral that the Germans refer to simply as "der Dom" (<em>dome</em>) because it needs no further explanation. Luckily, when you walk out of the Hauptbahnhof, there it towers--the Kölner Dom:</div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247065142364002898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfYJKzDgjXaQCNWKxByGJsqeNxq6xoCqtqjZlGgTD6bEWkwwbLqdeAspq7th73i00wAa2b06tmLqfThLGlr1WZzsnjCxzUjxuiAUmuJAXX9AUUTdQnfsHDx7o_wx8fs2eFUPOMfBaBS3PT/s400/026+(2).JPG" border="0" /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkbTQMqn0k5rYwVjrTMfAsgu2i5g2Sf0HtwXPdBlU5yzM2yAyylq1W20O_RZugKAi0XHC3H7q6j-vDHZeeMp6t_srJaBCB5xgmEEpsBS7DrY2-Kd09pxbh29gXJBrCuxRf7Sq1vM1qCH_/s1600-h/027+(4).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248043235930478514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLkbTQMqn0k5rYwVjrTMfAsgu2i5g2Sf0HtwXPdBlU5yzM2yAyylq1W20O_RZugKAi0XHC3H7q6j-vDHZeeMp6t_srJaBCB5xgmEEpsBS7DrY2-Kd09pxbh29gXJBrCuxRf7Sq1vM1qCH_/s400/027+(4).JPG" border="0" /></a></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center">It's too big to fit in one picture.</div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5248423437180402866" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhg9dHwNZCmjIDNONJ-8ZhmElUxyAhivPAMRaqb3gDLBCO-kMPobW6iRvuH_POslEfTLSTbc0o36QvWtCsJ0e7nQLvuFoGYJVJ2ivPK5gYJyghUypErkIg9ApvneA_dtpNPQfQYUnGhPrtQ/s400/006+(3).JPG" border="0" /> Breather at the bells.</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064272353697586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcym_pH9MKAKmkDSBrsVy2Ame2vXjiUtLd52GqmAxTbrhHfrXt9ogIL8eqL4Wb8LFY_RvZpHZlnrrsva9AFIEOokbVp9FB20Rjn2oCE3KnhHRVeJV2h1bUNd7kXXDgMr1KEOA_qWLP6nJe/s400/009+(3).JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Earplugs required.</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247065138311629346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgh0HjDXwacdSm_qZQkBE-7bWYPq4MExuJ1XVQ9CCFcJhTKxMiiTZMfa6js74eeAnO5gGSt2tDlDHeuj-9puVj7149o9qTX2smr5lffFQGBq2QBRqi9DSwRV8QvgF5a3fII4bqFC3HUXAH9/s400/025+(2).JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">Almost there...</p><p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064288418980866" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEd-ZKeE-l-7qIn9NDYV7bHu-AAnhkzpk5LmrT_0mfpN0HaQ8xjlhyNbQHF5hhZGVSLbabEZuVyHZn4jyenKhNVZeXGJdrbKhBaJOqrjsYWHzHsGcFDIkUmByThwFSF5WjS-pDmQxwYBgc/s400/011+(3).JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">509 steps later.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064291387255330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfO9VhM_S07U2sXe8_lk-hdjE-zXAxe09frZZnez8nWvfR_YA-yg8CdZxxeqeBAcQVhSfjks6oKpO3zcUo6PJc1T9u-YYibDDpTSqOzhYczsY1U2o3Z5xq7Zg_H61D3kHDeRcjfNlWjcuL/s400/014+(2).JPG" border="0" /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PFjB6B05BDI4k0yGwdtL6nsS7zesT0KvWqQuLzusvjkhjdkC25ELqwAMiRgX2c4SF9FTEQmdnJc_R8yy6tZZKgB1oZLhAf-DRaoa-uaPOvbX6mHBQVCp5cj_BsrtmUNA4HaX1X6_M3cf/s1600-h/024+(4).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247065132192938514" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8PFjB6B05BDI4k0yGwdtL6nsS7zesT0KvWqQuLzusvjkhjdkC25ELqwAMiRgX2c4SF9FTEQmdnJc_R8yy6tZZKgB1oZLhAf-DRaoa-uaPOvbX6mHBQVCp5cj_BsrtmUNA4HaX1X6_M3cf/s400/024+(4).JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064296560010354" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiCeNCc6CGltNPnciyWuh0IlhiIteZmpJ6laISYHxtmJoxh1YjY_bCCXIadnryN5rVscId0XV3-3E_MUtXhkhRS0qAc79tckqkiy-OXGLJFOEjikIBZOZ917RUkZ53-Xn2rEZ74mZryvii/s400/016+(3).JPG" border="0" /><br />The top.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtvKTeX8LUecpONGMJBp_sQbkaBez0Q0Sp2m47LiQCiDBtYqeak3NgKZ-ZsC4Pot9Y0kFMNheM8tczRNjqBxN0u658DwooVVp3jFkklMDWGDNRSXw-9wLD0O8KqHOoi2SyurtYmnemCmk/s1600-h/010+(3).JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247064278555391090" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFtvKTeX8LUecpONGMJBp_sQbkaBez0Q0Sp2m47LiQCiDBtYqeak3NgKZ-ZsC4Pot9Y0kFMNheM8tczRNjqBxN0u658DwooVVp3jFkklMDWGDNRSXw-9wLD0O8KqHOoi2SyurtYmnemCmk/s400/010+(3).JPG" border="0" /></a> </p><p align="left">When we finally made it back to the solid, cemented ground, we found some more interesting sites in the area.</p><p align="left"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247065163448741170" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrF1Tt9agmyZpj74VFc0O9WOVsS4vjlG2Lk0W43TKVc1UMLeN9UO65E5QorcuNob0DG_WSMwriTIE-Cxqf50c7jzB3G0PKdxRu4xu0fUZnhJxC-KiMtUoEvRMd0e4El8PGehnabMAWyCy/s400/029+(2).JPG" border="0" /></p><p align="center">The dog was cuter than the whales--and real.</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247065851856112418" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEesn4FGGPzcQzmFtlSJR4Dn9JzUxR2Ysl8Qts32bIaJ6Ac30H6RoSGz49bO4P7QE_O8kK8iwj4BUzR18JMgwU2-_ClSjgdc5iW3wpPWrY14bhPAk05BRRbkFtX8WJD1s3uUJd63S62bjN/s400/032+(2).JPG" border="0" /> How much of their income is spent on gold paint?</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247067033067356818" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEglpDjk3j1ieRjumZJ3KqPgGIIyA3LvJC2ZzESsvqUFmGQHf_N2uS9ZSok1GbiG2oGIFhBacQqpR5vl-BfscKD9i7tbzsXs3GfbBPHHuRKLkvXSWgbu4RZYTudIFFZ0bC2T1N_GrTrCI1Ju/s400/040+(2).JPG" border="0" /> Rolex--no fakes here.</p><p><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247065849318690050" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoLb8vsuS1R2-qS_i5Vx_RG1jtowFZ8cH58VXV2AQDVopfHLQ7mZYON3lCfruYTG3FZ6s-97QdyESYHxmeheObF9HyoeeroD4d2uy0Wn_b7v7VXgxqJVH6ISlI8Aqbi8csDtYIMDq2aLPS/s400/031+(2).JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">I'm ready. Put me in, coach.<br /></p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM1zkSH6Xnp_A86l_PBCEpkLecN7Mfdus7A4SQQ-NnMSHtfJcOJHmmBtYKvNiaF6z061M_1CWfanyeRP1d_9P52Fsw-s3fswaCzPg8v_3Kj_DajqX16IGjo30RxrhLv2n4AdRqh-LePzz/s1600-h/089.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247062810013509330" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLM1zkSH6Xnp_A86l_PBCEpkLecN7Mfdus7A4SQQ-NnMSHtfJcOJHmmBtYKvNiaF6z061M_1CWfanyeRP1d_9P52Fsw-s3fswaCzPg8v_3Kj_DajqX16IGjo30RxrhLv2n4AdRqh-LePzz/s400/089.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div align="center">Later, Köln.</div>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-74414640034892957762008-09-16T20:00:00.031+02:002008-11-26T09:15:23.142+01:00Getting Arrested<span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">I wasn't even here for a week before I got detained under suspicion of signing a questionable contract. Actually, all 110 or so Fulbrighters in Germany got rounded up in Köln and sent to a village in the middle of nowhere. There we found a large monastery that was to be our home for a few full days of intense orientation activities. I believe, though, that it is kind of an isolated mecca that serves as religious center, nursing home, and internment site for young Americans. Upon arrival, we learned some of the most important house rules: the gates offering any chance of connection to the outside world close at 9:45p.m. and there is no alcohol allowed on the premises. They're really more like guidelines, right?</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><br /><br /><br /><div align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246682693092215250" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1nDuhZhDJL7JnEhyphenhyphenJMtCbuewPK9EljRRnXcWJXR1ukuz98CEBpyEIX4C7UDusAEAafGLzfVw_kBnLMc3IlBNhhH6LOgLpJwy4nNlh3_R42z5cIZTEKW-u74JBY2LD0tr5WCe-8C1uAN7P/s400/055.JPG" border="0" /><br /><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">Follow the wheelchairs!</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKmrLRj8IJzHPYWVKFADzZ8nlGKgA34yG6F4FWLUHePIC2Vlna614ZiiVV5oAQnUX0W2-YJUDdt9IyQ_1OKc6XunFjNmn_FFfmRbAsgvIL5cbtxo7kli4USpIN-AYwid3zLUUu6zO3Abb/s1600-h/083.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246690829152723906" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXKmrLRj8IJzHPYWVKFADzZ8nlGKgA34yG6F4FWLUHePIC2Vlna614ZiiVV5oAQnUX0W2-YJUDdt9IyQ_1OKc6XunFjNmn_FFfmRbAsgvIL5cbtxo7kli4USpIN-AYwid3zLUUu6zO3Abb/s400/083.JPG" border="0" /></a>We got these cool skelton keys.<br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246681635756738946" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0GS4ImEAl4W4mMnZAnu1HxFtN50LQB782mgY_Ytn-OTQxGvQ5b5UATe3ihEvqdSwtOtmQfnxG4OW4q-3PBiP5ga64GNdjbFKoCCtZEMH8tyhDy3wk32T6VNhBXeO42BbIIUnT-_CAMgZO/s400/044.JPG" border="0" />Not bad for a temporary cell.<br /><br /><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdnTMcS5Yg0EUp22VHxr7tVV4zGB1c1ly71YOcmDgwDltlRBqaH9fgBccTtNW5XfUhF7pZv74IHGEiwh70KF7AFjEgmMCg0JFJj3yUnGoVC6JiZW8KeZ7PqUpo4a047QiOpozme0PPP2m/s1600-h/077.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246690208984388962" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhdnTMcS5Yg0EUp22VHxr7tVV4zGB1c1ly71YOcmDgwDltlRBqaH9fgBccTtNW5XfUhF7pZv74IHGEiwh70KF7AFjEgmMCg0JFJj3yUnGoVC6JiZW8KeZ7PqUpo4a047QiOpozme0PPP2m/s400/077.JPG" border="0" /></a> My "classroom."<br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246682081650412146" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9euDw65TN5b1ipZpsVBSNhkb08Hjct8GkEFWTH3x8O738bFaBiLzOpReDk5gsihWKrXCiC21eWxS4nZGR6OAGeBvdCokjwYIbwBQIp8DjpNw5NMCYXV2rpFlgP66AWRuX6XHStl-ex0t2/s400/050.JPG" border="0" />A painting of the first warden?<br /><br /><br /><br /><div align="left">We got fifteen-minute breaks here and there, so I got to explore the "village" a bit. This consisted of a hotel, an old brewery, a few houses in the distance, and this enormous cathedral that, because of our confinement, we didn't even realize was connected to the monastery.</div><br /><br /><div align="left"></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246684860947590498" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhezFTMS3IWWQYdtK9Gm2job2QNg2O6oprKU1-0MxWrJ54hjvFkiedaX-_KQZBmYsyADYA_KIACcoWXyRrvJcvGWc9AApjjzDzGdqH99dRrtJHnhfH_j-qrG73p2bE0b47ldVTxEtwROhjc/s400/061.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246685627676013106" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnGD9wKKXCJ5_y8v4eHdloycOA3VbMa-yCmTztkYyF-zC9LcDgAXcnKEeLRqNs6QYaY-02kdfKs3w6-tli6l9M-PtBkPdnZhW5MFZp1obqsemy3K45ia2SaarIq7hgwFHY44J_AAHNqp06/s400/062.JPG" border="0" /><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246685870602602610" style="DISPLAY: block; 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MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji78GuSdGSOGvYLwewf7UUCboBTeXU_tSXCVQiNkgePzpGhqCC52kMo9VgGI7yFlLWkCZE6LZriBVp9U_osLuzFFRov9ygpqSpbJwuanbG2l6_m8KFRv6Cqr-6hU0gDS8IYQJPIVx3Fqbf/s400/057.JPG" border="0" /><br /><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246682408655197394" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSTfRD4GBINwfND-wyCeNJ9LZcq6UVkLERHHKc0akCjnHQz2hkqGokpRp7OjZwm6wdj2sBT4_7kIz4_RiDf0d9bfMAd4-158uN7fNtr8l5uOcKm0PZsy0KlHVjPSXme53ASdpKb1YAS1xI/s400/053.JPG" border="0" /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246686876336676738" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn-6BCrc8hM9S1n8qrgpW8CmvsPnMfrKwVAsUp5uJwG9sM8J7GA9edureLWGu8hCvgP_GCBPvQWDz49s_ZKMcCusZe47YPaMMlSFkHeNU75VyluLoYKIpbeorNysFxx9UayJRhHp9xwwC6/s400/068.JPG" border="0" />And I found a friend from home!<br /></div><div align="left">Luckily, on our last night (which happened to be my birthday) they let us out early (meaning about 8:30) for some fun with our peers (within the gates, of course). The good things about prison, I guess, are that you get to meet a lot of people and judge the rest. I'm seriously concerned about how the United States is being represented abroad. The first step of the application process should be a video interview--BAM!--you're down to twenty. Anyway, a few shots of the night:<br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246691278416773810" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR6yU2Kk646itd634RRbpPz1qcH_9Mab44Uvp_cyDFu6ot1YKrmIxONrj9TRK-QqYemq5W95OWDqbILxNmO044r_xh_Su2c_MMyRxwFohMCQsu978I0O4LByWY__UbrmbW4BM9gQWqB31j/s400/084.JPG" border="0" /> We were twins almost every day (it's a superior Denison wavelength, Clint, unheard by normal humans)</div><div align="center"><br /><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246691493351397346" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdicvgNTsEA2HnxG2ApxSJ55FeBgKVNDkhQrl8Lsuf-pFbL844EWlYfLX9YwtpvUdEhHlMswxx0J2MgJRuMaa3RRyqVCqXk9mslQlZImgvmmEIfsd5wpsazyADTnouQDQwdVQxRiKVxOO8/s400/085.JPG" border="0" /> We enjoyed some guitar--thanks Nick.</div><div align="center"></div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5246691642429815762" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidGGY9XGE5oznDWTIuLy6YRoHJWlCkD4qZlEzCa3Y_6EkAAFuvdxuLTR8D6FpR0DNX9TkXVxv3b0oSauxlFxcUDabwLc-9P_WQAEXocZRPFlbY7LQsfWtikFj92Y5CO0pDdlcS6SEDCPE3/s400/088.JPG" border="0" /><br />Part of the Ohio contingent--there are eleven of us here. Represent!</p><p align="left"></p><p align="left">And so ended our detainment. We had some time to poke around Köln while we waited for trains to our various placements. Those pictures will be coming soon.</p>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-36633801694069902392008-09-14T13:46:00.022+02:002008-11-26T09:16:51.573+01:00Move-in Day<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My German colleagues had been very kind in scouting out a place for me to live and it was my first destination upon arriving in Tauber (I learned, to my great relief, that they shorten the name for casual use). I now live on a mountain top in a building with Olympic-hopeful fencers. (The German Olympic training center for fencing is in this little town and the apartment building is owned by the center to house the team, plus me). Here is what I was faced with:</span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><br /></div><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245850626587073218" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCIigcYecjHJjDz0JqR9cz2OUzZhJWOSrzBniZmuPmPY9lOlc4X30GVztkhjoUYFnIumcC0zSuwRPC2sI3T3X1ib9pnoMxxbKkFbikZ2-GZpPjpyccYW5vhGSM_AaHMpH3y4i6KGK60lmX/s400/street+sign.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">My new address</span><br /><br /></p><br /><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245854013117536898" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiZhiEgXPh_JubxRGdgdflLxVEt3sLL7XTpKmGFyBiy6rIvEVVHSgZKrs_rwmbsr8YJsXziNyTGLaf5dq9CyRIlLYlmm-qQ_P4GNraSPe0HTJna4ca_vNmA6-tvIxcgZCa8Uj8O6CXxUdK/s400/OSP+sign.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">So prestigous</span><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245849441041940610" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoZ7H2APbdG_75nKFGEM9XY6h1eZadH8zQOhVdECaI4mKDh8QFgZaP2lDeXdhVR2UK8pRmi0lSuHuhYp1GHtEGoKMUMMlGD1ioRxCMfoBR2jB6hVJ7MLCCmi6pPEslYWM9HNhlDou3sHpp/s400/apt+from+above.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">The neighborhood<br /></p><p align="center"><span style="font-family:Trebuchet MS;"></span></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245848001258702978" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoMjFaS1EHoOGji3ueIp9d7Zi2PFuZlaT6U6HcCIeSLmikd5yOupzbXdNtIcFdtmGsIjNJIdFtLUlUVRVMYSGh6xlBhIdE2gQJzc4J4hjLthaIS5Ym8KZvMcXqZ5HIV8dK38_iaCHeeT1b/s400/patio.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">My patio<br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245848307230736802" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0NC0cfCwUEstzkwQJNz6PZznfaNWFvM2ROSkh3rHlPnEIrEUOYOWKhvYPupmoG9M30yoIdlntmWPHiOYPfrr-K6uQQ5p7JeW11u4c-FQApa1Ey32RHy-Clail_pbtmFy0AbvtpOJR6rRb/s400/apt+1.JPG" border="0" /> Welcome home</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245848768509365474" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWVxbDiCHmIlHduaVvQuTI6CiuJ5lryYP3fr5jyI4V17Sk3ZpR5Cm3H2-7tE69xY232iSGM-XSRvcNHDiOZJt9okDsJMCAfYaUxd449EMub25rA-CmcD5Ay3NP4JWfCkK7BaFaC7RLqN9f/s400/apt+3.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">Way nicer than the brownstones</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245848937616486114" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7oOVVko7BVWR-VTx5znvdQCsvmXtaFVlWW8gsYik3TnEDoQ-dgmxbd3BPrto2Dm-7tQVHwRbQary_R7QDGfyClVE4g81YXOQSH1lmLatQdG3gcfbQztQBD8G9YAlNapQeFtL4x0e2QQ0D/s400/apt+4.JPG" border="0" /> Breakfast nook/dining corner</p><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245849277829992130" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0a2SgxDeCdde0XzuLf4IQyU03PjAj4pDArXv5SrsDO3g6hA0GDan0xaW-FXEWHnNQd-LIfrpwNA3YYvxgFDOu7Hw7JcULoXygXVMKv23y1sIif7LSpsOoF4_EeZw0sM7zQUY8j3qdAvHn/s400/apt+6.JPG" border="0" /> </p><p align="center">Bedroom, <span style="font-size:85%;">bathroom</span></p><p align="center"><span style="font-size:85%;"></span><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245850891982416274" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCc-w98ESvkFmmUjDWhtlyQ07dhv40nhItCqORdsqo8CZNqz1DTCWcDdoGEEOm-SLjxW2yeL1nQ7OTgYw8GkN01fYYmadecXBsiLlJ6Ckz03SH_FpYcszmI8kqkWJb1E1L8orm_Hpx1nmI/s400/the+hills.JPG" border="0" /> I could totally start a German version of <em>The Hills</em></p><em></em><p align="center"><br /></p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245849558299456658" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSksqoCq4ysD-6NUO7CluaAar5yfkZrg7G0yM1Wl2CUfZOh4maOEGXRXJktdN_eYjhSXwmoB9Vuu9aILUOOO5IC-X35Kb_4cgnWb5m2D2xeuC4fctW5gNigZyzGnl-vcyIECIIKYxg2_vX/s400/apt+from+below.JPG" border="0" /><br /><em>Die Berge</em>, Mondays, 10:00, when <em>The Hills</em> should be on</p><p>When I needed a break from unpacking, I took a walk around the neighborhood. My backyard turns out to be a mountaintop nature preserve with a bunch of trails.</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245850048594259586" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrDsmcxTtwUsyohj7QVGTYksvBr30rt5i23zgfxHB4dPh07TVZB3gWrWZJ2uXGOsuU04YeoWd4Cc5BbzrWuPfwMfSEDadczZRtaxG65SCNIe_-_OsIU2p9FWIWIDMFLvkCP0gUt6_QpKZI/s400/backyard+trail.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">To the summit!</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245849829565764930" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETyLJon1gfsvShtXoSOu-9nYaj3Q6XxF2tM3qQzRiSPyy0JARLqO3yCD4i52sbjvISY4kB4DvkA5KYrvkdTMH2T8tQoLtG6DIaNTIgbQDHBhzY7fLpmWqWqTraz4wm5Uy-vWw9qHAvD_j/s400/backyard+prayer+hut.JPG" border="0" /><br />Very convenient for late-night confessions</p><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245851004823137026" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbXA6MMUChvQqbdiVolvcymKc2J95oS5dqKrKd8r5eLCG0gpbPYkJcZaU28YIO3AIEBP9PZePwSDIRhphfNgrrsBREnP6bFP6Zy_vAbFkVCdpMWK9nuEIU2Eu8ouYOAIhT6nj8R5TFSNQw/s400/view+from+backyard.JPG" border="0" /> There's Tauber</p><p align="center"><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245850164834638546" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ3JcnvMYKIbJuZ1H72lINzvkiO8Y9SkC2ibNmYjhZxX6lOn_B6C03jOJCMAV2z_LG-dFiIF3LLS8Cj6uXo5dsdftYJgZwCDnhyZ-zBlM3JU6tW9jD876Y4I3GCiG5qapFRK5htaLXp-Z6/s400/catholic+church+backyard.JPG" border="0" /> Not a bad view</p>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3466944385345236811.post-89765462765115050182008-09-12T16:55:00.024+02:002008-11-26T09:18:32.069+01:00Leaving on a jet plane...<div align="left"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">After driving to Milwaukee, flying to Chicago, and waiting at O'Hare for four hours (the Fulbrighters must not be experts on geography of the midwest), I finally boarded the plane for Frankfurt. The sun was setting as we taxied out to the runway, and it seemed like the perfect stateside send-off. </span></div><div align="center"><br /></div><div align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245828876559891490" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQTv0WoCi7AVjyKALPQqzy_APzql2FAUb9LD9fMPst3ACfvsu7lGU5id-a8XmNbFSLB5f-iRgctNsy2wSCWEEwurHo9xJmqrTK21qz5g9Di2FTlBOKFJFva4cKMTXP4d-_feSJuycLYJLD/s400/ohare+runway.JPG" border="0" /> O'Hare gets much prettier in the dark. </div><div align="center"><br /></div><p align="center"><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245829321454502434" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi0xwzYiXxGkvOt31BLKIGjtiJHbGqEm-veOFeHWMfgcuOKPP2h7mtbFU-Qg5WAYZAZF_mxI0O3kVuZZUFyxiDEcd7kNBjg0EDGjm5JE_6LW9tErNAqD4OaVo-5YbuBfRJkIZvMBM13cmnM/s400/ohare+sunset.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Peace, U.S.A.<br /></p><p align="left">The plane ride was about nine hours, which wasn't great, but there was no one in the seat next to me, which was really great. They showed <em>Leatherheads</em> and <em>Ocean's Thirteen</em>, and the meals were actually pretty good.</p><p align="left">Passenger judgements: the guy sitting in front of me smelled like even the idea of showering was not within his grasp, the woman sitting behind me had one of those high-pitched grating voices that make you want to pull a Vincent van Gogh, and there was a girl sitting near me (she was actually gorgeous) who was wearing four-inch strappy stilettos for her trans-antlantic travel.</p><br /><p align="center"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245830596088426722" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0sqexmKyEhk5warr8nd9wMCV9IBsbPujcf_bq5qOkfmHr1KeQIMRLuL9OcUkFAA2dtb9LpO5nMlrBi1XYukCZ5TnzLEDiEgf4FiFpw77op4lRZVs7TWId0yH02g7tKCCZT58hEjig3cC6/s400/inside+plane.JPG" border="0" /> On the big plane.</p><br /><div align="left">I managed to get about three hours of sleep on the flight (something about sleeping in a lightly-cushioned, nearly-upright seat doesn't scream ergonomic), but the payoff was that I experienced a healthy dose of George Clooney's recent comedic exploits and got to catch glimpses of Ireland, London, and France on the decent to Frankfurt.<br /></div><br /><div align="center"></div><br /><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245830933208331538" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEigAYe4SxduK0Slj7cik4Y2fI-dp8PuX3A9HNZERDmIsaeqW2MTh_5795aO_QE9-D2ZOZArF3hZsPXBi4B834YBFSCF5JgDgmG4jSu6qwKNxZKmPJk6SjMbSt4K_zmjBYNxUgt-rlYtmYN1/s400/first+view.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Erster Blick auf dem Vaterland.<br /><br /></p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245831221349962834" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1PTX7hqGGT79IakermKBZKZgnuFLxS-1eJGQuli1gPW6mxu1PsbDJXso4JUhgDE1bwc9JcvxdfxSom6CCWtfQT2SNDdSckysL8wUf6CB-BiuNUnAh7_XD5cukI31fTSPLqdil4AKJtZn2/s400/frankfurt.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">What up, Frankfurt?</p><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245833286997225410" style="DISPLAY: block; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; CURSOR: hand; TEXT-ALIGN: center" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHeQg4ExZYpo6l8ebuKVMjtiZ1d2TWC3mCGnMv8rBxtun9Qps9rfcm875hOpM3WjSZh2S6Q1hDO59-Dh4FQ6bAFSVJ2awby5J8cj-UaP-wmKU8YsOrxIjizYwaFTb8UvYlFQ9lzdiwYo7c/s400/landing.JPG" border="0" /> <p align="center">Touchdown, Germany!</p><p align="left">The Frankfurt airport is huge, but clean, organized, and easy to navigate. Germans wouldn't build something any other way. Customs was quick, luggage retrieval was slightly more difficult, but I struggled out of the baggage claim to the sound of my name. It's Dirk, my mentor teacher, and he has come to take me to my new home.</p><p align="left">The drive to Tauberbischofsheim took about an hour, which gave us the opportunity to get to know each other and for me to learn more about my new school, the Matthias-Grünewald-Gymnasium. (If you move here, speech impediments or a phobia of excessively long words are not advised). We came to the basic conclusion that teaching in Germany is a much better plan than doing so in the U.S. (teachers make between €100,000-150,000 per year and get about nine weeks of vacations during the year).</p><p align="left">I also learned that Dirk had done a similar teaching exchange program to England after he graduated University. That would explain why I was riding in a Jaguar instead of a Benz.</p>Stephen M. Julkahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17469871996440354249noreply@blogger.com0