Photo Gallery

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Neuenheim

Bike ride through Neuenheim.

Neuenheim

Austin

Schwetzingen

Schwetzingen

Schwetzingen

Black Forest

The Black Forest

At the top of the Schwarzwald.

Munich

Austin made me stand here because it looks like a concentration camp in Munich.

Munich

Lunch break on our hike.

Lunch.

View from castle.

Austin

Changing leaves

Austin in the woods.

On our hike.

Austin climbing the castle. Before he broke it.

View of Heidelberg

Matt in the Heidelberger Affen

Matt in the Heidelberger Affen (Monkey)

Fountain in Uniplatz with the green water.

Green water in fountain in Universitätsplatz.

Heidelberg

Matt at the castle.

Matt in front of the castle.

Matt

Chris, Matt, Me, and Austin at the castle. (L to R)

The castle from the inner courtyard.

Castle

World’s largest keg.

Matt, Stuart, Austin, Chris, and Fabrizia (L to R) in front of the largest keg.

Largest keg.

The keg holds up to 228,000 L.

A smaller keg.

Neckar River

Newer part of the castle

Neckar River

Apothecary Museum

Apothecary Museum

Herb room in the apothecary museum.

Two really cool street “statues.”

Austin and Matt riding back to the Hauptbahnhof.

Austin and Matt on Austin’s Fahrrad (Bike).

Oktoberfest

Oktoberfest

2 of the beer tents

Beer tent

Currywurst

Der Wiesn

Germany for Obama

Munich gov’t building?

Karls Thur and the shopping street

The cathedral

Pictures of the cathedral in the 1940s

The devil’s footprint

The cathredal while standing in the devil’s footprint (notice only one window is visible).

Girl in dirndl at train station w/4 pink bags (one has a dog in it).

Chair (on the other side) at the top of the Black Forest.

Schwarzwald

Schwarzwald

Schwarzwald

Path at the top of the Gondola in the Black Forest.

Best grocery store in Germany!

Food court where we ate dinner.

“Posting Forbidden”

Austin.

Me.

Münster

Side of Münster

Freiburg.

Street in Freiburg.

Stained-glass windows inside Münster

Inside of Münster

Münster

Münster, Freiburg

Gutter on a government building in Freiburg.

Our tour guide.

Freiburg.

Freiburg.

Tower in Freiburg.

My youth hostel room.

Youth hostel bathroom.

My room in the youth hostel.

Austin outside hostel.

Path to the youth hostel.

Freiburg Hauptbahnhof

The track.

Austin making the first corner.

Austin getting ready!

The go-karting track.

(Most of) My class in the gardens.

Mosque in Schwetzingen.

Mosque in Schwetzingen.

The gardens.

Austin in Schwetzingen.

Painting at “The End of the World”/”Paradise”

“Paradise”/”End of the World”

The Baroque Gardens w/birds in cages so there are always bird’s singing.

Pin Chao and Beatrice.

Schwetzingen.

Statue of Pan in the gardens.

Bird bath in the gardens.

Schwetzingen.

Schwetzingen.

Austin in the gardens.

Schwetzingen.

Fountain in Schwetzingen.

Peacock.

Our tour guide, Barbara, in front of the first fountain.

Schwetzingen.

Schwetzingen.

Austin bouldering.

Pierangelo bouldering.

Pierangelo and Austin.

Pierangelo and Austin.

Austin bouldering.

Pierangelo and Austin.

Austin and Pierangelo.

Boulders.

Boulders.

Boulders.

Tower next to the boulders.

Austin and Pierangelo.

Riesenstein.

German girl at the boulders.

The packaging room.

Our guide, Milan, in the room where the hops is ground up.

Hauptstraße at night.

Market in Mannheim.

Inside of an S-Bahn car. (Street Car)

Austin and I going to Mannheim.

The main street in Mannheim.

Market in Mannheim.

Me in the Market.

Ikea Mannheim.

View from top of tower #2.

View of St. Michael’s Monastery from top of tower.

The basement at St. Michael’s Monastery.

St. Michael’s Monastery.

Map of St. Michael’s Monastery.

Top of the Thingstätte.

Thingstätte.

The lower monastery.

View from top of the second tower.

The second tower.

An overlook.

The paved trail to the top.

The first tower. Built in the 1930s.

Picture of nuclear barrel: “So that our grandchildren will still think about us in 10,000 years.”

Statue.

Sculpture along the Philosophenweg.

View from Philosophenweg.

Drawing of Heidelberg from 1620.

View of Schloss and Alte Brücke from Philosophenweg.

View of castle from the Philosophenweg.

The beginning of the Philosophenweg.

Fireworks from the bridge.

Fireworks.

Fireworks.

Fireworks.

View of fireworks under the bridge.

The castle “on fire.”

The castle “on fire.”

The castle “on fire.”

Me waiting.

Austin and me.

Austin waiting for the fireworks to start.

The Neckar River.

View of the Neckar and the Heiliggeist Kirche (Holy Ghost Church).

Austin and I on top of the lock in the Neckar.

Austin.

Austin took this picture of himself while riding his bike.

My taillight.

Bike ride to Schlierbach (I thought the picture was kind-of cool).

Here you can see the light on my bike.

Austin’s new bike!

My new Hercules Hobby!

The castle.

The castle.

Austin and me in the woods behind the castle.

Me in the woods behind the castle.

A slug near the castle.

Austin and me in the courtyard.

View from castle, part of castle courtyard.

View from castle.

The castle.

View from our windows.

The kitchen.

The bathroom.

“The Office” in our apartment.

A statue outside of the mathematics building.

Neuenheimer Feld (Sciences are taught in this newer part of campus).

Heidelberg Street.

Me in the Heidelberg Monkey.

Plaque next to the Heidelberg Monkey. (I still haven’t translated it.)

Austin in the “Heidelberger Affen” (Heidelberg Monkey). (see post)

The Heidelberg Castle.

The Alte Brücke with the castle in the background.

Austin and me on the bridge.

View of the Neckar River taken on the Alte Brücke.

The entrance to the Alte Brücke.

A view of Heidelberg.

Die Alte Brücke (The Old Bridge) in Heidelberg.

In the middle of Frankfurt, people got married inside of this “bubble.”

Banking District in Frankfurt.

The financial/banking district of Frankfurt.

I think this bear’s name translates to “Paint Bear.”

Weird miniature deer of some sort.

The seals were pretty neat, but they smelled!

Two hugging reptiles.

Penguins at the Frankfurt Zoo.

The baby polar bear that I thought was in Frankfurt.