| Arrival in Saarbrucken train station |
Without food for the three day weekend, I fast and take hikes in the surrounding woods |
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| The MPI where I am researching is on a university campus surrounded by wooded hills |
The old bridge in downtown Saarbruecken |
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| A new friend, Marco Tarini, apears in the rondel (a building within the MPI building) |
We are many international researchers |
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| Hitoshi, Won-Ki, Andrzej, Kiril, Vince, Marco |
We play beach volleyball |
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| We have BBQs |
Marco thinks |
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| Hitoshi works |
Marco and Vince collaborate with computing devices (TI-85) |
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| Vince sits at his office desk |
We eat lunch at the Mensa, there is a nice view |
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| Along the Mosel river is the city and castle of Cochem |
Wine grapes growing on the hill up to the castle |
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| Vince in travel gear at the castle gate |
The view from the castle |
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| Luxembourg |
Panorama of Luxemburg old city wall UNESCO walk. |
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| Detail of old casemates and fortifications of Luxembourg |
Wall and bridges in Luxembourg |
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| Stairs inside the casemates, the fortifications carved into the hill |
Inside panorama of the cathedral in Metz |
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| Stained glass windows of the cathedral in Metz |
Flying buttresses of the cathedral in Metz |
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| The cathedral of Metz towering over nearby buildings |
Naked blue chick |
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| Grafiti in Saarbruecken. Note the two avatars and the radial design |
Marc Scheib |
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| Völklingen Ironworks, Saarbruecken. What are these I wonder, I've just seen them from the train. |
Styalized, Völklingen Ironworks, Saarbruecken |
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| Völklingen Ironworks, Saarbruecken, I'll visit them one year later. |
Port Niagra, Trier, a roman city gate in the oldest city of Germany |
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| Roman ruins in Trier |
View of Trier from the wine hills |
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| Völklingen Ironworks, Saarbruecken |
View from an ICE train in Germany |
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| View of the Mountains on the way to Fussen |
Castle Neuschwanstein |
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| My feets in the rather cold mountain stream near Castle Neuschwanstein |
Castle Neuschwanstein in a very portrait sort of way |
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| Panorama from the environs of Castle Neuschwanstein |
A not so well composed picture of me and Castle Neuschwanstein |
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| Some very white church interior in Munich |
Balls of steel in Munich. These were pretty hot from the sun.. |
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| Me and a liter of beer in Munich. Why do I look that way? |
Graffiti in Copenhaggen |
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| Copenhagen at night, after visiting Christiania |
A ship in dock in Stockholm |
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| View from my bed on a boat in Stockholm |
View of the city tower and old city of Stockholm |
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| The gold room in the city hall of Stockholm |
Detail of the USA mosaic |
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| From the city tower in Stockholm |
Please do not drive into the water |
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| Setting up the computers at the Assembly 2001 demo party in Helsinki |
The computers at the Assembly 2001 demo party in Helsinki |
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| Downtown Helsinki |
Downtown Helsinki |
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| Giving the award for first place 64KB intro to Steven of 3State. I represented them at the Assembly Party. |
Train station of Amsterdam |
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| Biking out in the countryside around Amsterdam, oh look, a windmill |
Heineken brewery. End of another great trip. |
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