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Scott Sheridan
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I was fortunate enough to embark upon a 10-day trip centered on Freiburg, Germany, in the middle of the Black Forest, for two conferences. The conferences took up most of the first half of the trip, while my dad, who came along with me, and I got to tour around much of the latter half, visiting the nearby cities of Frankfurt, Strasbourg, and Basel, as well as some places in the Black Forest. Here are some photos.

Freiburg,Germany

Freiburg is an incredible place. One of the greenest cities I've ever been to, 200,000 people in the middle of the Black Forest. Very progressive, very environmentally conscious, it was stressful enough just figuring out which of the six holes in some of the garbage cans everything went. The weather was excellent too, sunny and dry most of the visit.

  • Freiburg's Muenster, rising up out of the town center.
  • Inside the Muenster.
  • Dad and car
  • City street
  • Panorama
  • Mother's day display
  • Me and the cityscape
  • Dad and a bench
  • Me and free beer
  • The conference gang from the first of the two meetings held, out for dinner at day's end.
  • The beer garden, not to be forgotten.
  • The setting sun from the terrace where we all ate dinner.

    Black Forest, Germany

    The several voyages I took just outside of Freiburg were the most enjoyable of the trip. Tens of thousands of kilometers of trails they promised outside of town, and I swear I believe them. One of the most spectacular hikes I embarked on with fellow conference participants, was to the Feldsee, a lake perched on the side of Feldberg, tallest hill in the Black Forest.

  • Feldsee
  • More Feldsee
  • Even more Feldsee
  • The hiking posse

    And then there was Schauinsland. A hill right above Freiburg, it required a rather steep cable car ride up, though the views were spectacular.

  • The cable car ride up
  • Donna and me along one of the trails
  • One of the views from the top
  • Another panorama (Alps in background)
  • The varied trees of the Black Forest
  • Do you know the way to Schniederlihof?

    Lastly, while touring around we stopped at St. Peter, where I got a photo of this pastoral view.

    Basel,Switzerland

    Basel was an hour's train ride away, just over the Swiss border. While not as quiet and silvan as Freiburg, it featured a much more diverse population and an old town that just invited you to try out every street.

  • Basel's train station
  • Sometimes, I just don't ask
  • Ditto on this photo
  • Dad along the Rhein
  • Basel's beautiful and bright city hall
  • One of the bridges over the Rhein
  • Yours truly at the bridge
  • A view of the north shore from the riverboat
  • Watching the Rhein, always on the prowl for photos
  • Dad & me along the river

    Strasbourg, France

    Another hour trip from Freiburg took us across the French border to one of the EU "capitals" of Strasbourg. With its history split between France and Germany, this Alsatian town has an identity (and a dialect) all its own; with the EU parliament there, you could hear any number of languages.

  • The cathedrale, rising up out of the old town
  • The place de la Cathedrale
  • The EU parliament, along the River Ill
  • One of the many views inside the hypermodern parliament
  • Life's too short to ever pass up on the opportunity to pose with Eurochicken

    Frankfurt, Germany

    Frankfurt was the start and end of the journey, where our flights went. A business center, it was the most familiar to us, reminding me very much of New York City, with financial buildings everywhere. Still, it was a vibrant town with quite a multicultural flavor.

  • A view from the plane of the surrounding countryside, as we were landing
  • Valiantly fighting off jetlag
  • A central plaza
  • Late day light upon the buildings
  • Bridge over the River Main
  • Buildings in Old Frankfurt, one of the few areas not damaged in WW2