The weather has been gorgeous here. Temperatures have been in the 70s, it's been a little breezy, with big puffy clouds rolling across the sky all day.
I got a room today at the Waldhäuser Ost student village north of Tübingen. I am on the 14th floor! (In Germany it is the 13th floor. Numbered levels start after the ground floor in Europe.) It is small but comfortable. I'm happy with it. (Of course, I'll only be staying in it for a month; who knows how the dorm in Ludwigsburg will be!)
At the moment I'm in an internet café in Tübingen. I should have internet in my room tomorrow. I'm hanging out with Justin and another Oregon student, and having a blast.
Can't stay long here, but thought I'd give the quick update. Photos coming in the next several days!
About
I have been a student at Portland State University in my hometown of Portland, Oregon since autumn 2005. During the 2006-07 academic year, I will be attending the Pädagogische Hochschule Ludwigsburg in Germany as an exchange student through PSU.
About the photo - I took it in August 2006 in the hills southeast of Estacada, Oregon. Smoke from the Blister forest fire is visible hanging over the valley.
What's a Douglas-fir? - It's Oregon's official state tree, and once held great significance for the state's economy, in which timber harvesting once played a central role. Though logging now has less economic prominence than it once had, the Douglas-fir remains an icon of Oregon. Stands of centuries-old Douglas-firs are now the focus of conservation efforts. If you love to hike in Oregon's forests and wilderness areas, as I do, you will see many old and tall specimens of this stately tree.
Did you know? - "Douglas-fir" is properly spelled with a hyphen. The hyphen indicates that it is not a true fir. Douglas-firs are unique enough that botanists have classified them in their own genus, Pseudotsuga.
More information on Douglas-firs.
Douglas-firs in Thüringen, Germany.
Photo credit: Thomas Dreger.
Source: Wikipedia. Use subject to terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.
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