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Photo's from my trip to Germany
posted by Steve on July 21, 2007 @ 12:03PM
Sign at the entrance to the town of Baumbach in Germany:
Berg Tannenburg, formerly the Baumbach family Castle 
Sign showing that the castle was built around 1300 AD by/for Ludwig von Baumbach, "The Severe Knight." A typical church in a small town in Germany. It was neat that as I drove through the countryside, the first thing you would see in a town were the spires of the church in the town. Typically, there was nothing even close to the same height as the church spires in each town. And yes, even the very small towns had quite attractive churches in them. 
A collection of castles along the Rhine river. The photo's aren't great, as it was raining when I took most of the pictures. I was amazed by how many castles there really are in Germany.           
My trusty steed for the trip, albeit a fair bit dirty after driving through the rain all day Thursday. It was a 2007 Audi A4 Avant 2.0L turbo diesel 6 speed manual with the "S Line" package, which is their sport package. 
Here's a watch tower from East Germany, as well as the second longest section of the Berlin Wall still standing, the longest section within Berlin city limits. There is a brick line that outlines where the wall formerly stood. It's kinda strange though, as the line runs right through buildings and such (buildings that have been built since the fall of the wall). The rebuilding in Eat Berlin has been incredible since the wall fell back in 1989. If not for the brick line, it would be very difficult to discern where West Berlin ended and East Berlin began.  
The TV Tower in Berlin behind a Church Steeple (sorry, it's my lame attempt at trying to take a cool picture or two)  
Some interesting things at the Auto & Technik Museum in Sinsheim, Germany. The first two planes are a Concorde, and a Russian plane built to compete with the Concorde. I still remember Dad taking me to go see an actual Concorde fly into Hancock airport in Syracuse, which probably helped feed my interest in planes.                    
And finally, my favorite part of the trip, pictures from the Nurburgring Nordschleife. Oh what a memorable time I had here. I drove there Monday, and had so much fun, I altered my trip plans to run there again on Tuesday. The people there were all quite friendly. I met a few Americans there, including a couple (Jeff and Cindy) from Cortland, NY, whom I went to dinner with after our time on the track there. Jeff is a retired Math teacher, and Cindy teaches both French and German in a high school in Courtland. They both graduated from the University of Michigan. Small world, huh? Aside from the motorcycle picture, the other pictures were done by someone else, but they are so good at depicting the track, I had to share them. For those like GJ that have "driven" this track in Forza Motorsport (it's also on Gran Turismo 4), the computer games do not even come close to doing this track justice. The elevation changes, blind corners, and sheer speed are incredible. It was awesome. I had a lot of fun there. The first day, I passed a late model 911 Carrera 4, and kept up with another late model 911. Yup, while driving an Audi diesel station wagon!! Hehehe. That said, I did get blown away by a fair number of cars, and I even got passed by some little Opel van thing that was chasing down another Porsche.         
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