We came, we saw, we conquered

Since I was sick the first weekend I had not seen much of Marburg so we decided to take a blitzkrieg approach (when in Germany do as ze Germans do) and walk around the city for two straight days.

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Our friend Conner from MIT (doing an internship at Audi) came to Marburg this weekend to visit friends so he joined/escorted us while touring the city.  Conner did a semester abroad in undergrad to learn German and he did that semester in Marburg, so a number of his friends are still in the area.

First we just walked around the city.



saw a cool little one person car



Then we went up to the castle.

• Bottom middle: Johanna and I are drinking water from a statue of a pig's head.  It is the ONLY water fountain I have seen in Germany.  They simply prefer beer.

On Sunday, we hiked up the hill to Rapunzal's castle and got a view of Marburg from the other side of the valley (and of course, there is a biergarten there).

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All in all, a great weekend.