Day 5 (l'Allemagne, I mean GERMANY!!! ) [2]

For the record this post will be far less entering without photos, because I have a plan.

Essentially, I went to Germany for maybe an hour or two, and took tons of photos. We're going back though, because I guess there's some part of theme park there.

The French/German border, above the Rhine on a bridge

Me laying across the border.  No; its not the misleading yellow line.  Anyways, my head is in Germany and the border is right around my wrists.

 Me, in Germany from France.

Me in France from Germany

I decided, being partially german to tak pictures of all things Geman, for example:

A German stone

A German tree

Some German grass

German water running through a half German river

A German house, in a German field, with german children

A German game of soccer

A german family, with a boy wearing a sweater which reminded me of a German guy I know in Chicago

A German lamp

A German road

A German dog

A half German bridge

German dirt

A German thingy to tie boats off to

Another German tree

A French girl (Hugo's sister) in Germany

A french boy (Hugo) in Germany

A German I don't even know

German stairs

A German spike (turned out, after I got a better angle, that it was a cross on top, so a German cross)

German people with their German dogs in Germany

A German sine in German in Germany

German anchors

A German number 7

A (potentially) German painting in Germany

If you look really hard, you can see a German bird

A German leaf

A very odd (cool) German bench

German words on a German stone

German rocks and such

I'm sure there's a German flag in there somewhere, even though its in France

Day 5 (Strasbourg) [1]

Today is wednesday!

Wednesday we actually went inside the giant ancient cathedral. They started building it about a thousand ears ago and they finished about six hundred yeas ago.

Photos photos photos

Then we had some free time. So for the best two euros I've ever spent (because I've spent less than 100 of them) we went up the medieval spiral stairs.

Photos of stairs

Photos from top

Day 1 to 4(Souffelweyersheim and Strasbourg))

So, I'll get some photos up soon, but for now, here's whats gone down.
Also, I'm typing on an azertyuiop keyboard instead of a qwertyuiop, so its a little difficult. If you see a Q where an N goes or something, sorry.

Plane ride, nine hours of trying to sleep, eating mediocre food, starting at the screen that had all the flight parameters, and making friends.
PHOTO FOOD
PHOTO SCREEN TIN TIN
PHOTO ME SLEEPING
PHOTO SCREEN EXT TEMP
We landed in Paris, and there we sat for an obscenely long layover of five hours.
A quick flight to Strasbourg lasted about an hour, during zhich everyone slept from the moment ze starter cruising until the moment we stopped.
PHOTOS PLANE WINDOW
M. Rohm, Hugo and his sister came to pick me up. I grabbed my bag and we were off.

I was pretty surprised at how fast everyone drives here.

So that was up to Saturday. On sunday I couldn't take photos because we were... Wait for it... Ziplining. So as not to drop the camera 15 meters from the tree tops to it's doom, I left it in the car.

Monday I went to school with Hugo on the bus. The buildings were incredibly French. Also, there are like real papery tickets for the bus that you buy from te driver that are good for the tram too. There's tons of light rail here! Like I said I'll get photos up.
We sort of walked around Strasbourg exploring that day as a group. We ate in a cafe too.

Tons of photos that day because I was being a total tourist

That afternoon Hugo's dad showed us something unbelievably neat. Apparently he did all the new wiring in the Court of Human Rights for the council of Europe, and it's the largest in the world. Apparently it can pitch correct like forty seven people automatically during a hearing or a debate.

Photos photos photos

The next day, Tuesday was really cool, because we visited the actual council of Europe, which runs the court and apparently, as I learned, has very little to do with or in common with the EU.

A few photos

A bit more fun thn that, we got to buy ingredients for lunch at a street farmer's market. All I bought were fruits and bread, but I traded with my friends so we all got good stuff.

Day 1 (Chicago) [2]

Should keep me busy for nine hours.

2/9 of the time will probably be spent with these guys.

Once we land I'll be needing these guys a little more often

Here's by awesome huge wallet (big enough for my passport) that has a neck strap.

I'm not sure whether I should keep the wallet and camera together like this.  I feel like it's be pretty bulky under my shirt...  I may keep the camera on my belt like a fanny pack.

Day 1 (Chicago) [1]

So I haven't really gone anywhere ye, but I'm tying loose ends, enjoying things I won't be doing or having for two weeks, and just making sure I have everything.  I can't seem to find my belt, so that may be a problem, but whatever.  Maybe I'll buy a designer belt across the pond.  Or just go find mine.  I've got to go shower and everything, but I'm feeling to lazy.  I suppose I'll drag myself to the bathroom now, then.


**Update**
I am clean, and ready.  I have found my belt, so you don't have to worry.

Day 0 (Chicago)

Me, looking prepared.

Me actually preparing