Helio Ship

So apparently "Helios" means sun in Greek which makes perfect sense since this ship in Radolfzell called Helio Ship is a solar powered ship!!!!!! It makes trips every Tuesday and Friday on the Bodensee. As a former Prius driver and a self proclaimed tree hugger, I was ecstatic to take a ride on such an unmwelt freundlich (environmentally friendly) piece of engineering. The ship was designed partly by Konstanz University students. Konstanz is a city about 20 minutes from Radolfzell by train. The outing was very beautiful and serene made even better by one of my fellow CBYXers getting his guitar out and playing "solar" themed songs in honor of the ship. Everyone was silent and watched when he started singing "Here Comes The Sun". He even got a complimentary Apfelschorle (carbonated water + apple juice) from the captain. The director of our language school even came along and treated us to a Kugel of Eis (scoop of ice cream) afterwards which was really cool since she can be kind of intimidating at times. It was one of those days where all the lights seemed to turn green just as you reached them and it seemed as though things couldn't have gotten any more perfect.

See the solar panels?