By one or so I felt better and the relaxing nature of Tubingen set in. A small town with lots of charm. This is the site of the major university and a center for theological study. Lots of famous faces graced the university's halls. Kepler, Ratzinger, Hegel... and my boy Melanchthon.
We did a boat tour first which was lovely. Lots of cute frat boys around as well which never hurts. One had a gorgeous tattoo of the world on his right shoulder blade. Gorgeous ink! We dined at a beer garden which was chock full of cyclists. Shopped around Tubingen with C's friend Sara who spent a year there and knew her way around. Got a few gifts and a brilliant blue scarf for me to where European-style (lol).
Corinna and Sara on the train to Tubingen. Not sure if this is first or second time around....
This is the kind of boat we took. You can see the ones on the left have their planks locked and the ones on the right are all set up for passengers.
Corinna looked contemplative while we drift past a cool house built in 1870's.
Frat boat. They are all gondola style, pushed by the long stick against the water. These guys all took turns.
Well hello my new fantastic 3 Euro scarf...
This picture captures spaghetti ice cream. Sauce is strawberry. "Cheese" is shaved white chocolate! Vanilla ice cream has been churned through a grinder giving it pasta quality. Cute!
Difficult to decide which picture of the church to include. So you get this one because everyone can appreciate some stained class while not everyone gets a bunch of aristocratic tombs, Moses with horns, or an amazing pulpit on high. ;)
Last view of Tubingen as we leave. Sara told me these flowers are chosen by a city council of sorts every year. Also, they'll be a big race on these waters this week. 53 boats!
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That last picture looks like a postcard -- beautiful!
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