P6200002.JPG Me with the parents, the night before the uber-long flight to Germany!
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P6220004.JPG A very very fancy Mercedes in the Frankfurt airport. I took this mostly for my brother, the car afficionado. I have since seen more German luxury vehicles than I can recount. These folks drive in style!
P6220005.JPG My roommate and student-buddy, Johannes. He cooked dinner for me and the other UNC students on our first night. Some sort of pork over potato noodles in a creamy sauce. Sort of tasty, but it doesn't rank at the top of my list of foods!
P6230007.JPG This photo is inside the law school at the University of Augsburg. There is a man suspended from wires in the lobby area, who looks like he just jumped off of something. It makes me wonder whether law school classes are PARTICULARLY stressful over here, leading to jumpers ;) !
P6230008.JPG I like this piece of art. It's an IKEA creation. EVERYTHING here is IKEA. All of the apartments are very modern and sparse in decor.
P6230010.JPG This is a somewhat lousy picture of a bachelorette party. In Germany, the bride-to-be goes around with her bridal party and fiancee selling candies, kisses, dances, etc. to raise money for the wedding.
P6230011.JPG The bride-to-be just finished a dance with the hat-man while her fiancee watched. In return, he gave her some money for the wedding!
P6260001.JPG My room in Augsburg--Johannes was kind enough to give me his room for the summer while he transformed the living area into a temporary bedroom!
P6260003.JPG Another shot of my room--the desk where I hope not to study much! Virtually all of the furniture I've seen in Augsburg comes from Ikea.
P6260009.JPG The front of my home-sweet-home in Augsburg. Apparently, we sort of live in the ghetto. But, it is much safer/cleaner/nicer than any U.S. ghetto I've ever seen!
P6260010.JPG This is a dynamic fountain in front of the law school that moves with the wind. This sort of art/architecture is very common in Augsburg.
P6280011.JPG The Rathaus in the center of town. Every German has a Rathaus, which is essentially a city hall.
P6280012.JPG Friends and fellow program participants Jennifer and Leslie. They hail from Pepperdine and are a hoot!
P6280014.JPG My rommate Johannes. He takes very good care of me and has been a tremendously gracious host.
P6280015.JPG Leslie, Jenny and me at Club Yum.
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P6280017.JPG Florian--an extremely common name in Germany.
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P6280020.JPG My roommate Thomas.
P6280021.JPG Ronald--a friend of Johannes who picked me up from the airport and drove me to Augsburg in true German style (fast and furious) on the Autobahn.
P6280022.JPG Ronald
P6280023.JPG My roommate Matteis.
P6280024.JPG A friend of my rommates from Heidelberg, dancing above the crowd at Club Yum.
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P6280029.JPG Flanked my two of my roomamtes, Matteis and Thomas.
P6290030.JPG The Golden Hall in the Rathaus.
P6290033.JPG Ceiling of the Golden Hall in the Rathaus.
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P6290035.JPG A statue of Fugger, whose abundant money is responsible for much of Augsburg.
P6290036.JPG St. Anna church, which is, literally, half Catholic and half Protestant.
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P6290038.JPG Typical architecture in Augsburg.
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P6290045.JPG Entrance to the Fuggerei, a social settlement founded by Fugger to help the poor. To this day, it costs only 85 cents per month to live in an apartment in the Fuggerei.
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P6290048.JPG A very old BMW. The new ones are EVERYWHERE, but this old guy has a bit more style.
P6290049.JPG Program participants and German students at a Biergarten in the middle of the forest.
P6290051.JPG One liter biers and enormous brezl! What more do you need?
P6290052.JPG Brezl as big as my head!
P6290053.JPG Jenny and Florian
P6290054.JPG This couple was hysterical--dressed in denim from head to toe!
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P6290058.JPG Maxi and me
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P6290062.JPG Lucky guy!
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P6290066.JPG Leslie, Florian and John
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P6290070.JPG Florian mimicking the denim couple, flaunting it head to toe.
P6290073.JPG Blue eyes are EVERYWHERE here. Even on the brunettes!
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P6290093.JPG Florian, Maxi, and Stuart
P6290095.JPG Florian, Maxi, Stuart, and John
P6300096.JPG Jenny, Leslie and me in Ingolstadt.
P6300097.JPG Ingolstadt
P6300099.JPG Ingolstadt
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P6300102.JPG I cannot explain the significance of this enormous "T" in Ingolstadt, but I found it pictureworthy.
P6300104.JPG Adorable German children in lederhosen!
P6300105.JPG How cute are they? All little boys should have a pair of lederhosen!
P6300106.JPG Ingolstadt
P6300107.JPG Lovely Catholic church in Ingolstadt
P6300109.JPG Even the buses are made by Mercedes-Benz!
P6300111.JPG The Audi factory in Ingolstadt
P6300112.JPG Florian in front of his dream car, the Audi A7
P6300114.JPG Audi
P6300115.JPG Audi
P6300117.JPG Maxi and Julia jamming in the Audi museum.
P6300118.JPG Even the BBQ grilles are artistic in Germany!
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P6300120.JPG The UNC contingent
P6300122.JPG Bier on board the train!
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P6300124.JPG Sporting a suave conductor look!
P6300126.JPG Cozy with Florian, a sweetheart but definite ladies man!
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P7040131.JPG Dinner at Capital with Jenny and Leslie
P7040132.JPG Beautiful lighting in town in Augsburg, but the photo doesn't fully capture it!
P7040134.JPG Awfully close to my last name!
P7040137.JPG 4th of July party with Leslie, Jenny, and Sophia
P7050139.JPG Jenny, Florian, Leslie
P7050141.JPG Roommate Thomas
P7050149.JPG Teaching Florian the pretzel!
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P7050152.JPG Leslie and Felix
P7050153.JPG Leslie and Felix
P7050154.JPG Felix
P7050157.JPG Leslie and Florian
P7050160.JPG Leslie and Florian
P7050162.JPG Leslie and Florian
P7050170.JPG Friends of Florian
P7060172.JPG Downtown Augsburg
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P7060176.JPG Entrance to the Fugerrei
P7060178.JPG Fuggerei apartments--the door pull of each apartment is uniquely shaped so the residents could feel around in the dark to find their apartment
P7060179.JPG Fuggerei apartments
P7060180.JPG Fuggerei apartments
P7060182.JPG I'm not sure what this sign says, but I definitely would avoid that kitty!
P7060183.JPG This is the evil kitty--even large dogs kept their distance!
P7060185.JPG Inside of a Fuggerei apartment, furnished as it would have been in the 1500s
P7060187.JPG Inside of a Fuggerei apartment, furnished as it would have been in the 1500s
P7070192.JPG Jennly, Florian and Leslie atop the double decker bus on our tour of Munich
P7070193.JPG Munich
P7070194.JPG Former Nazi HQ in Munich
P7070195.JPG Munich
P7070198.JPG One of the many reasons I would not like to navigate Germany by car! Oy!
P7070200.JPG Munich
P7070201.JPG Munich--some of the pics aren't so great b/c I had to take them from a moving bus!
P7070203.JPG Munich
P7070205.JPG Munich
P7070208.JPG Munich
P7070209.JPG Jenny, Leslie and a crew of German men in traditional lederhosen.
P7070210.JPG Alpenhorn players in Munich
P7070212.JPG A Gaudi-esque, drip-castle looking building in Munich
P7070213.JPG Gaudi-esque, drip-castle looking building in Munich
P7070217.JPG Hofbrau House in Munich
P7070218.JPG Hofbrau House in Munich
P7070220.JPG Hofbrau House in Munich
P7070221.JPG Flo at the Hofbrau House--more big beers!
P7070222.JPG Jenny, Leslie and Flo at the Hofbrau House
P7070223.JPG Leslie and Flo at the Hofbrau House
P7070224.JPG Hofbrau House
P7070225.JPG Fellow program students, Arzu (from Turkey) and Ingrid (from South Africa)
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P7070227.JPG Leslie and Jenny in Munich
P7070230.JPG Mercedes Benz plant in Munich
P7070232.JPG Towertop view in Munich
P7070234.JPG Top of the tower in Munich
P7070236.JPG Munich
P7070237.JPG Olympic tower in Munich
P7070238.JPG BMW building in Munich
P7070239.JPG Munich
P7070242.JPG Munich
P7070243.JPG Munich
P7070245.JPG Inside the English garden in Munich
P7070247.JPG A Chinese tower in the English garden of the German city of Munich
P7070249.JPG Enormous biergarten in the English garden of Munich
P7070250.JPG Munich
P7070251.JPG Jenny and Leslie at the English garden in Munich
P7070252.JPG Random (but friendly!) German in the English garden in Munich
P7070254.JPG The 07/07/07 concert in the English garden in Munich
P7070255.JPG Drinking more biers with Jenny and Leslie in Munich!
P7100002.JPG Thomas, victorious in a version of quarters that uses bottlecaps
P7100003.JPG Matteis
P7100004.JPG Leslie
P7100005.JPG Still grinning after a multitude of unsuccessful attempts to flip the bottlecap into a cup
P7100007.JPG Thomas
P7100008.JPG Leslie and Matteis
P7100009.JPG Leslie and Matteis
P7100010.JPG Leslie and me
P7100011.JPG Leslie and Thomas
P7100013.JPG By far the largest drink I have ever seen--complete with 5 straws for sharing!
P7190191.JPG Trainstop for the castle
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P7190194.JPG Neuschwanstein Castle--Built by King Ludwig II of Bavaria--Never completed, as construction ceased with his death in 1868. The king was insane and died mysteriously with his psychiatrist in a lake. His brother, who believed he was a horse, committed suicide shortly thereafter.
P7190195.JPG Neuschwanstein Castle
P7190196.JPG Hohenschwangau Castle, home to King Ludwig II and his father Maximilian II for a period of time. It sits modestly across from the more grandiose Neuschwanstein Castle.
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P7190200.JPG A Maypole
P7190201.JPG View of Schwangau from the Castle
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P7190204.JPG Neuschwanstein Castle
P7190205.JPG Some of the shortest jorts on a man that I have ever seen!
P7190206.JPG Neuschwanstein Castle
P7190207.JPG Neuschwanstein Castle
P7190208.JPG Paragliders in the Alps surrounding the castles
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P7190215.JPG Leslie, Jenny, and Elizabeth below Neuschwanstein Castle
P7190216.JPG A WWII transport vehicle, disturbingly still in use to transport visitors around the castles. We chose not to get near it!
P7280317.JPG Bavarian dinner before the going away party
P7280318.JPG Bavarian dinner before the going away party
P7280319.JPG Bavarian dinner before the going away party
P7280320.JPG Leslie, Jenny, and Maxi (who is notorious for his bad photos!) at the going away party
P7280321.JPG Leslie, Jenny, and Maxi (smiling, suprrise!) at the going away party
P7280323.JPG Maxi and Jenny at the going away party
P7280324.JPG Maxi and Jenny, going away party
P7280326.JPG Jenny, Maxi, and Leslie at the going away party
P7280327.JPG Jenny and Maxi managing to smile at the same time! Going away party
P7280329.JPG Florian, Elizabeth, and Maxi at the going away party
P7280331.JPG Flo, with the biggest beer ever! Going away party
P7280333.JPG Florian, Elizabeth (whose head is dwarfed by the biggest beer ever), Leslie, and Flo--going away party
P7280334.JPG Johannes and Elizabeth--going away party
P7280335.JPG Johannes and Elizabeth, going away party
P7280337.JPG Leslie, Flo, and Jenny with the biggest beer ever--going away party
P7280341.JPG Take 4
P7280342.JPG Take 5
P7310357.JPG Elizabeth and Maxi
P7310358.JPG Elizabeth and Maxi
P7310362.JPG Leslie and Sven
P8020001.JPG Leuginsland! One of my FAVORITE places on earth!
P8020002.JPG Leslie and Gino at Leuginsland
P8020003.JPG Fireman Frank and Leslie
P8020004.JPG Gino, Leslie, and Me at Leuginsland
P8020005.JPG Gino, Leslie, Fireman Frank, and Me at Leuginsland
P8020006.JPG Twinkle Lights at Leuginsland
P8020007.JPG Fireman Frank
P8020008.JPG Fireman Frank
P8020010.JPG Gino and Leslie
P8150408.JPG Great dog poop sign! Augsburg, Germany
P8150410.JPG Great dog poop sign, Augsburg, Germany
P8150411.JPG University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
P8150412.JPG University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
P8150414.JPG Law school at the University of Augsburg, where I did a great deal of learning! Augsburg, Germany
P8150416.JPG University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
P8150417.JPG University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
P8150418.JPG University of Augsburg, Augsburg, Germany
P8150419.JPG Augsburg, Germany
P8150420.JPG Giant Lego fireman! Augsburg, Germany
P8150422.JPG Perlach Tower, Augsburg, Germany
P8150423.JPG View from the Perlach Tower, Augsburg, Germany
P8150427.JPG Pinecone--symbol of Augsburg, meaning immortality, fertility, and unity--View from Perlach Tower, Augsburg, Germany
P8150428.JPG View of Rathouse Platz from Perlach Tower, Augsburg, Germany
P8150429.JPG Perlach Tower, Augsburg, Germany
P8150430.JPG Shoemobile driven by the Abominable Snowman, Augsburg, Germany
P8150431.JPG Shoemobile driven by the Abominable Snowman, Augsburg, Germany
P8150432.JPG Augsburg city gate, Augsburg, Germany
P8150433.JPG Mom with her first liter of bier--she finished! Augsburg, Germany
P8150434.JPG Me, with one of many liters of bier consumed over the course of the summer!
P8150437.JPG A true Bavarian baby, already going after his first liter of bier! Augsburg, Germany
P8150438.JPG A true Bavarian baby, already going after his first liter of bier! Augsburg, Germany
