Note of absence

[Tender Branson]

I'm in Passau, which is in Bayern/Germany, over the next week for vacation.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Passau

So, please someone else post the polls in the 2012 board (but I guess there won't be many of them anyway). I don't think I have internet access there, because there's no WiFi and surfing on the Internet in Germany with an Austrian SIM-card costs like a ton of money.

[Tender Branson]

Crap, that means I probably cannot comment on the 1st round of the French Presidential Election on Sunday ...

Hopefully this place where we are sleeping has WiFi ...

[Tender Branson]

So, I'll be gone tomorrow morning. See you in about 1 week (maybe on Sunday even if they have WiFi).

[Platypus]

Enjoy the trip!

[Tender Branson]

Up on the hills near Passau, slightly before sundown:



Austria (or better said Salzburg) is about where the sun is. You can see the mountains in the background.

I have more pictures later.

[Tender Branson]

Also on top of a hill (very good place for reading a book):



Tender next to the "worried Jesus" in Passau:



Rural Bavaria (a little bit like Texas, a church every 1 or 2 km ... )



More rural Bavaria:



Even more:



And more:



Tender Branson in a so called dungeon of an old "Burg" (castle), where the rulers in the time from 1200 to 1700 or so imprisoned and tortured and killed people (heretics, witches etc.):



Tender Branson above Passau, looking down on the city:



Bavaria, looking into Austria/Salzburg:




Hitler-country (rural Braunau am Inn, while driving through):