The Wonders of Germany, Part IV

Our first city in Germany was Berlin. At some point in time, we went to the Berlin Wall, which is famous for its deeply philosophical, creative, moving, and beautiful artwork:

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Awwwwh thanks Berlin! We appreciate it. 

Much Better

The shout-out to Dark Knight more than makes up for it.

 Okay, I still have no idea who/what/why this is. It's a monarch or rich person of some kind. It's not doing anything except standing there. I promise the crop doesn't cut out anything. But he's wearing glasses, which don't seem to fit the robes and such... anyhow it's great artwork.

I told you there were philosophers

 At least with this one we know the why, but still no info on the who or what.

I saw this great quote on the wall, but something stuck out, apart from all the love notes...

It's not beer...

 Cheers,
 Isaac

The Wonders of Germany, Part II

Welp, it's raining for the 8 millionth day in a row. At least it's cool and wet and not Death Valley and humid. But it rained a bit in Germany too, so maybe today is a good day for another addition to the photoseries. 

My grandparents on my mother's side were here to visit for the holiday. They're big fans of the cop show NCIS. If you don't know what NCIS is, you have been watching all the wrong TV. But anyway this looked like a hit-and-run gone awry sort of thing. 

And walla. That's right on the bank of the Rhine. That kind of parking job should be illegal.
And while we're on the subject of strange parking places...

That's what some of us like to call a winefield. (Get it? Minefield, winefield? Crimes? Eh.) There is no road into that section of the vineyard. So that's another car just chilling. (Get it? Chilling? Chilling wine?) Alright enough bad puns, people will start wineing -- whining in the comments. 

Cheers,

Isaac

The Wonders of Germany, Part I

So I went to Germany on a choir trip sometime in early June.  And as expected, it was fun, but busy. Between all the concerts, trips to McDo, and gaming that went on, I had little time to do things like buy souvenirs, write down all the places I've been, or take pictures.  I've got a couple (160) and I'll post a few each day tell the story behind them.  

So let us begin!

This is a castle.  It's on a hill near the Rhine River, which is a river on which the whole choir took a boat tour.  It's a pretty alright castle.  But what this picture doesn't tell you is that there are fourteen flippin' castles on a 26-kilometer stretch of water.  (I know that it is 26 km because I took a picture of each marker. Maybe that can be a subsequent story.)  So anyway, there are lots of castles in Germany, for those who did not know that.

Here's another:

This is a castle.  I think.  Judging by the cars that repeatedly came flying out, that opening you see is part of a tunnel.  So the inventive Germans, needing a road and not wanting a castle, turned the castle into an opening for a road.

And finally, because being on land is too mainstream for castles:

Yeah.  It's just there.  In the middle of a river.  I believe that on the other side of that tree there is a walkway to a dock of sorts, where boats land and people go in and out.

So that's part one of my "The Wonders of Germany" series.  Updates may not be daily, as there are other things in life to talk about, but updates will be regular and will continue for a long time, seeing as I have 157 more photos to get through.

Cheers,
Isaac