Photo Tour through Tübingen
Having been on a photo tour in Tübingen today, I can say that Tübinger people seem to be pretty friendly and communicative. When I left the train station a guy asked me why I was so interested in a motive I was standing in front of. He explained that these used to be barns of the former casern (which is now used for administrative offices). He also told me that Tübingen was indeed a military town in the past.
University Town Tübingen
However, usually Tübingen is well-known as university town, it is even called University Town Tübingen (Universitätsstadt Tübingen) by the administration. The university itself is—if I know it correctly—famous for studies like politics or philosophy, which are called Geisteswissenschaften in Germany. Moreover, there is a university hospital, so medicine should not be unfamous.
There is also a castle in Tübingen, but you have to prepare for a steep way if you want to visit it. You have to find a way through the labyrinthine alleys of the Old Town up to the castle. However, once you have reached it, you can enjoy a magnificient view on the whole town.
Boule players and a photographer
On my further way through town I met some boule players. I watched them for some time, which was quite interesting, because I did not understand directly that they were playing in teams. They allowed me to take some pictures and told me that they would not play in winter, but they had read it would work if the snow was hard enough. Since the weather was nice today they just went out and tried.
The players even invited me to drink a French wine and eat something of their French sausage.
Only some minutes later a photographer talked to me, since he saw my tele-lens. He told me something about Dohlen (jackdows, some kind of bird), which made me look at a hole in the tree, because I only knew Dolinen (holes in the ground). He explained that he was talking about birds and showed me some. Quite a nice guy ;)
Images
You can find some images in my Tübingen album at 23hq.
Saturday, January 16, 2010
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