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Extreme Randomness
... fast now. It will be a cool -2 degrees Celsius overnight and the possibility of snow for Christmas. But given that my friends in Banff have been snowboarding for a month already means that they have much more snow there already. I can't see the possibility of snowboarding this Winter, not without a job at least. I also found ice coffees here, well of sorts. They only come in a 250mL cup, but are 50 cents so I shouldn't complain!
Lastly, ...
European Girls
... Seattle Washington. We went just as the sun was setting so we had a spectacular view and then as it got dark saw all the pretty city lights. Yesterday, we went to a thermal bath swimming pool, however, we were the only young people there (other than us, I think the youngest person was seventy) and it wasn't actually warm so we left and traveled to the pretty town of Ludwigsbourg. Like many ...
Philosophizing over Glühwein
... We stopped in for a coffee at the Sprach Cafe and later met Christian and Tania at Käthe Wohlfahrt. We took a look in this famous shop known for its Bavarian Christmas Decorations which cost a pretty penny.
There were many more stalls than I had envisioned and in the middle was a carousel. We stopped to drink a glühwein which is a warm spiced red wine and tastes great on a cold day. The night was around ...
Autumn Days
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I still am keen to play the tourist even though I'm only travelling 10kms to Heidelberg every day. So I thought about taking a few photos of things which aren't exactly typical in Australia or North America, but seem commonplace here. A few examples are the tram station being on the edge of a farming field, seeing about a million bicycles locked up around the Heidelberg Hauptbahnhof and the very long river boats that cruise up and down the Neckar.
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Worlds Colliding
... over coffee, we set out to go up to the Heidelberg Schloss.
There are two ways to get to the schloss: first is by foot and 315 steps or the second is by the Bergbahn. We opted for the lazy way and bought a ticket on the furnicular railway. I've only been on this contraption once before in Wellington and this one was much more modern. We didn't go all the way up to the Koenigstuhl so the trip was quite short. From there it was a short walk to the schloss.
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