I had an interesting weekend. The city tour of
Tubingen was pretty good, even though I didn’t understand a word that was said.
Tubingen is an amazing city, some of the buildings were constructed in the 11
th century! Truly amazing to a NZer, when you consider our oldest building is probably struggling to nudge 150 years. The area down by the Neckar river reminded me a lot of the Avon river in
Christchurch, with the punts, the willow trees and a meandering shallowish river.
Their was one interesting story that Martin Schmit translated for me. If you look at the photo
you will see that on the second floor of the building on the left, the window frame on the right most side is painted white, unlike all the other windows which are painted brown. Anyway, as the story goes their was a game of cards and one of the guys lost all his money. Wanting to keep playing though, he decided to put up his room as collateral and sure enough he lost it to the guy who owned the building beside his. So, a door was put through from the building on the right and the poor saps room became legally part of the building on the right. A distinction that remains even today!
After the tour we went back to the office for the annual company party, where a huge BBQ feed was put on plus champers, and bier. I also managed to scavenge some of the left over food – I’m still a student at heart even though it’s been years!
Okay, I’m sitting in my apartment chilling out in shorts and a singlet, it’s 9:15pm and still real warm. One thing I have noticed about the buildings in Germany is that they are damn solid. They really keep the heat in. NZers could learn a thing or two about insulation from these guys. Although judging by the number of heaters in my apartment, I think they need it in the winter!
A picture of my 1.2L L Renault Clio. Oh well, at least it’s a manual and economical…
I had an interesting weekend. The city tour of 
you will see that on the second floor of the building on the left, the window frame on the right most side is painted white, unlike all the other windows which are painted brown. Anyway, as the story goes their was a game of cards and one of the guys lost all his money. Wanting to keep playing though, he decided to put up his room as collateral and sure enough he lost it to the guy who owned the building beside his. So, a door was put through from the building on the right and the poor saps room became legally part of the building on the right. A distinction that remains even today!
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