Randoms #2

If you have been following this blog (and why wouldn't you?), you know by now that, every so often, I need to make a random post. These posts are full a pictures that tell a small story in themselves but do not warrant a blog post of their own. Therefore, I group them together in one big blog post. This was not the first blog post of this kind and it will not be the last. Enjoy!

Just some of the gang hanging out by a fountain. This was right before we toured the Fürstenberg Brauerei.

Anyone who knows me knows how amazing I think Kate Winslet is. I just couldn't escape her in Germany. There I was, minding my own business, and she found me!

This was a photo I took on the Helio Ship. It was just so quintessential Germany here. A beautiful lake with church steeple visible in the distance with a German flag blowing in the wind.

This was taken in front of a store in Ulm when we went to see the church. 

This was also taken in Ulm. When we had descended the church steps we wandered through the city and stumbled upon an international festival. I believe this was a Thai food booth. I saw this lady carving beautiful artwork out of fruit and just had to take a picture. 

I am almost as obsessed with argyle as I am with Kate Winslet. Just kidding. But seriously? I found an argyle house in Ulm! I wanted to wear it!

Ulm is a very interesting city which is why I have so many photos from there.  Someone in my group in Ulm spotted this on a house and I had to take a picture. It was situated on the house's roof. I can only speculate that it was there to ward off evil?

I know this photo has been done a million times but, when I saw the sunset, I just couldn't resist. This was taken after me and the other CBYXers had a fake Thanksgiving. You see, we will all be too far away from each other to see the entire group when the real Thanksgiving rolls around so we decided to have a make-shift Thanksgiving together at one of the participants' houses. When we were satt (full) we made our way to the nearby beach (which was, in fact, always near when you live on the Bodensee) and played on the playground. Natürlich!

This photo may seem familiar since it is the one you see when you first log onto this blog. This was also taken after our make-shift Thanksgiving. I decided to make it my blog photo because it represents what this journey is like. I am in Germany (as seen by the flag) and, although I am an important part of the big picture, I am, in the scheme of things, relatively small. 

What more is there to say. Swans at sunset. And yes, this is a real picture.

Yet more evidence that people are not that different from each other even if they come from other countries. Our defining characteristic? We all love a good deal! Or, in this case, cheap crap we don't actually need. This is a 1€ store in nearby Singen. Not everything was exactly 1€ but everything was pretty cheap. I bought some tupperware there. Three for 1€ baby! It made me feel like I was home.

I didn't really take too many pictures of Konstanz and I regret that. It is a very pretty city situated right on the Bodensee and it is very near to Radolfzell. I saw this and just had to have a picture of me on it. Who wouldn't want a picture of themselves on a metal 8-legged horse with corn-rows?

Axes for sale at Aldis. I mean, what more is there to say really? 

Me and a fellow CBYXer kissing a giant gnome at Konstanze Oktoberfest. That's an oxymoron isn't it? A giant gnome.