![]() I’ll be walking tomorrow if my muscles are enough healed. There’s a system of streetcars running in tracks encompassing the area, too, but it was horribly expensive by single tickets (3 DM ≈ $2 US). The Black Forest suddenly bounds upwards to the east of the main square! Shelly says the best view of the town is from there. The spire was really high up, but I have not yet ascended it to look around. When I saw the Münster cathedral, I was stricken by the frilly decorations covering every square inch (sorry, meter) of available space. The Germans have no hope, no wonder, and no cash!” Somehow I think it slightly overstated whatever economic problems may exist here. I saw a sweatshirt, though, that said, “the Americans have Bob Hope, Stevie Wonder, and Johnny Cash. The city is everything I thought it to be! The little canals running down the sides of the old streets of the rebuilt medieval town were just as charming as the little shops themselves. Shelly’s just been beaming! It’s good to be starting off the voyage on the right foot. Of course, it’s always nice when a friend seems as glad to see you as you are to see her. My first impression is of admiration the Germans I’ve met have all seemed well-educated and amiable, and the town (thought I’ve not seen it in daylight) seems cleaner than what I saw in France. I can’t count the muscle groups calling for massages! Hopefully I’ll be able to walk without a limp tomorrow (and I can leave my baggage here! ☺) as I begin exploration of Freiburg, Germany. Each added bit of language background is a plus right now! Every German to whom I’ve spoken seems able to communicate at least informationally in English, but I know that won’t necessarily be true as I pass further east. I started by learning some German while waiting for Shelly at the train station. So wish me luck! Who knows? Maybe I’ll learn something! Freiburg, Germany 01:52, October 5, 1994 In total, all should be a mad dash with some very heavy bags. A connecting train will bring me to Freiburg, where my friend Shelly will be waiting for me. Probably at 8 or 9 I will leave via TGV for Paris, and two hours later I will arrive, drop off two suitcases, and will leave that afternoon by a train bound for Basel, Switzerland. In particular, today’s schedule looks tough from the outset. The Lyon skyline, as seen from Fourvière hill. I’m leaving now and intend to finish by the end of November so I can finish a scholarship application which should await me. The time I’ve allotted to this is not long. The current itinerary is as follows: Freiburg, Munich, Prague, Berlin, Krakow, Budapest, Vienna, Venice, Rome, Florence, the Alps / Lyon, Barcelona, the Loire Valley, Paris, and London, from which I will fly home (if I haven’t already bailed out!). ![]() What I’ve planned includes a large number of cities, but actually even this number has been trimmed from the original list. It’s good that I should do so as I may never return to this continent. This morning I leave for this biggest adventure I’ve ever attempted. But if I constantly harp on that fear it will only grow, so let’s change the subject! Of course I’m scared about leaving! I continually see my body being hauled out of some East European ditch or my stuff being ransacked by some. The agricultural plains surrounding Berlin are among the biggest crane roosts in Europe with several tens of thousands birds gathering during the peak of migration.My 1994 tour of Europe (courtesy of ) Lyon, France 05:00, October 4, 1994 From September to November tens of thousands of Cranes use the rural area close to the German Capital for a stopover during their migration from Scandinavia and Eastern Europe to their wintering quarters in Spain. A group of Common Cranes gather in dawn light, on a lake in the German state of Brandenburg, close to Berlin September 26, 2009. Collected here are a group of photographs of recent Autumn scenes around the northern hemisphere. The wet summer in New England this year should make 2009 a banner year for brightly-colored fall foliage in the area. Days in the north are getting cooler and shorter, leaves are changing, animals migrating and many harvests are underway. It's that time of year again, the Earth's northern hemisphere is tipping away from the warmth of the Sun.
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