First week in Germany

So I've officially made it through my first week here in Germany.  So far everything is good.  I really enjoy the area and the people here are super nice.  The waiter sat down with me tonight and was showing me different places he suggested to go and visit!  Not something you would get in the States.

So, on to the item that i know many people want to see... some pictures!  So, here you go!

 This is a picture of my room.  If you can't tell from the picture, it is TINY!!

This is my desk (where I sit and type right now).  And yes, that is my TV, all 10 inches of it...

My wonderful(ly small) bathroom.  Notice the double-button on the toilet... take a guess what the two buttons do.

I think one of the few things I do like about my place is the view out my back window.  Pretty sweet, eh?

So this is typical Germany - miles and miles of farm land with not much to see.  This is pretty much what the majority of my drive to work looks like every day.  There is a village or two on my way but this is pretty much it.  Hell, beats traffic and a city any day.

Some great examples of how awesome-ly forward Germany is in renewable energy sources.  The top picture shows some wind turbines in the farm fields where as the bottom picture shows a solar farm.  I saw these and thought that they were amazing.

Here is a picture of Kunzelsau, the equivalent of a state capitol.  It is about 5 minutes down the road from my apartment and there are a bunch of shops and small cafe's on the cobblestone streets.  This picture shows some houses on the hill.  A lot of the villages are in valleys and are based around rivers (water sources).

There are bike paths and walking paths all around the village.  Here is a picture of one of the bike bridges that crosses the river.

More examples of solar being used on houses.  There are lots of government incentives for 'being green' in Germany (which I think is really amazing).

For now, this is all the pictures I have.  I plan to take tons and tons more.  I hate looking like a tourist though, but I will do my best to take some wonderful shots.  Now if I only had my tripod....

Hope you enjoy the shots and be sure to leave some comments!

Ciao!