Saturday, June 30, 2012

Karlsruhe 6/28

The Schloss in Karlsruhe, at the center of concentric ring roads. We hung out at a cafe in a student area for a while, before catching the view of the palace at sunset. Not shown in the 1st pic, but highlighted in the second, is that the building is undergoing renovations. However, they brought some personality to the fabric surrounding the scaffolding. We had to get close to be sure this wasn't painted on the building itself. Random Platz in Karlsruhe, showing off street cars and bikes and architecture. Karlsruhe had tons of bike infrastructure. We rode along a number of small highways where the on and off ramps are clearly marked with signs and pavement paint to yield for bikes, and the drivers did. We watched Germany lose 1-2 to Italy in the Euro cup at this cafe serving drinks only. We brought in a picnic dinner and drank beer from the cafe. The small TV was fine, but anyone doing this in the US would have had a giant screen- funny that it wasn't necessary even with maybe 40 people watching.

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