Traveling…a lot!

To start out my month, I traveled to Ulm and Blauburen. Ulm is known for its eponymous Muenster. It is the tallest church cathedral in the world. Blauburen is known for its 21 meter deep karst spring. I went alone and while hiking through the mountains, got a bit lost but still found some amazing views (and my way back).

While in Munich for Oktoberfest, we went on a walking tour and enjoyed lively scenes such as this. It was a very fun place to be.

The next day we went to Heidelberg and climbed a mountain to a ruined castle. The view from the castle was amazing. This was the view from another castle looking west down the Neckar River and through Heidelberg.

A few days of rest in between travels…but still some late nights shooting astrophotos. There is much less light pollution in Germany than in America.

After a week of classes, two other students and I went to the train station, got on the first train we saw and ended up in Switzerland! With no plan, over the course of two days we saw Zurich(by night), Luzern(also mostly by night), Interlaken, Meiringen, St. Gallen, Kreuzlingen, and Konstanz. It was quite a wild and extremely fun trip.

This is a typical view in the Jungfrau Region, where Interlaken is. You can see the silhouttes of paragliders in the sky.

A quick stop in Meiringen…an absolutely beautiful town.

A late night view from a beach in Luzern.