kallie.elizabeth.walker

I thought before I left off on my month of travels, I would write a little bit about this little city I love, and just happen to live in called Freiburg.

On the American scale, Freiburg is pretty small, but on the Lake Odessa scale, it's huge. Freiburg has about 200,000 people, but never feels that big. I see the same faces everyday, run into the "crazy man" a couple times of week, and I learn to appreciate this city more and more with every passing day.

Freiburg just has it's own little charm, a welcoming dialect, and has a beautiful setting on the edge of the Black Forest. It's right on the French/Swiss border, so it's so easy to catch the ICE to Paris, the Alps, or even Italy for the weekend.

Freiburg is also super green, and has some very impressive eco-friendly principles and structures as well.

At our farewell party this past December, we were trying to pinpoint why we all loved Freiburg so much. We concluded: "It's a great place to live in, in every stage of life."

Bruce Webber:


Not Bruce Webber (aka me):

So on the rare occasion that it's nice outside, I get to go out and a) film or b) take pictures. The other day I got to go out and give the new Canon 5D Mark II a test drive. I would almost sell my soul to the devil for this camera.

Eight days until I head out on a train and won't be back for over a month. I'll be living out of a backpack, composed mostly of heavy camera equipment, and a couple extra shirts. I will not only be acquiring hundreds of photos along the way, I will also be accumulating a great stench as well. What out Europe. Here comes Kallie.

First stop: Norway.

So apparently was a sweet, huge, Carnivale parade downtown that I missed out on. Instead I was outside taking a walk and crappy pictures.. Dang