Jewish Museum

Yesterday my class and I went to a jewish museum. Unfortunately my camera died so I only have a few good pictures. There was one room that was designed to give you the feeling of solitude. The only light coming in was at the very top. Made you feel like there was virtually no hope!

Christina sitting on the floor...very eerie!

In this room you could walk on the "faces" they would clang as you walked across them. Sounded as if they were all crying for help...

Grill project

My group was given the task of improving the grilling experience for Germans. We chose to create a multi purpose pillar. It provides water that can be drank, used to wash up, cool off the grill before leaving, and even mist people on a hot sunny day!

Grilling, the german way!

My project in studio right now is dealing with grilling. We are tasked to improve the grilling experience at the abandoned airfield. My group and I went to the air field and grilled using everything a German would bring. The disposable grill was only two euros and came with charcoal!

V2 rockets from WWII

Here is part of a German V2 rocket. 3,000 of these pounded England during four months of the war! They were manufactured by Jewish prisoners.

Here is something that's different!

Slugs over here have shells on their back.

Lauterbrunnen Switzerland

Two weeks from I am going to be going to visiting the town of Lauterbrunnen in Switzerland. Here are some of the pictures of the town i will be staying in and the mountain range that I will be hiking!

CAN'T WAIT!

Chillon Castle in Switzerland

Hello all, 

I'm working in studio today because it is very rainy here right now. I was looking back through my photos and found some worth posting of a castle in Switzerland. We were passing through a city in Switzerland when we made a "pit stop" at the Chillon castle. We literally had fifteen min to explore the castle. To check out the castle, CLICK HERE. When inside I heard music and was instantly raw in that direction  I had never seen an instrument like these before. The sound was so awesome! 

I have found a group playing on YouTube. Turn up the volume!

CLICK HERE TO LISTEN

Random cool pictures

One day at the Vitra Museum I took these photos. I thought they looked pretty cool. See if you can guess what they are pictures of! Here is your hint (not really a hint) all the pictures below are taken inside a fire station. 

My new whip

Got a board yesterday so I can easily cover more ground when exploring!

Cool thing about the board is its made in Germany by a team of four guys. The bearing are made by a German company that massive bearings. Ones that stand five feet in diameter!

Eiffel Tower..at night

I know what you might be thinking, wait did you go back to paris? These pictures are ones that I didn't get to post when I was in Paris. The tower is beautiful at night. Every hour on the hour the tower sparkels with lights. 

My favorite atribute of the tower is its styling. It looks very "steampunk". If you don't know what steampunk looks like, click HERE. This next photo is looking up underneath the tower at one of the legs.  

The all-mighty wall

As I was walking around the city I found a piece of the old Berlin wall. It's not as sturdy and monolithic as I thought it would be. It stands twice my hight and only 30cm thick!

I will survive!

I have found two places to eat that have great food and are right next to my studio! One of the pictures are of shaved....steak?....and the other is the best pizza I've ever had. Everything is homemade and fresh!

Palace of Versailles

A few days ago my class went to the outskirts of Paris. We saw the Palace of Versailles! This is the largest "house" I have ever seen. Inside and out the detail of the palace is mind blowing. The gardens outside are so impressive. Having done landscaping before I could only image how many hours go into keeping there bushes...and trees perfectly square!

The inside of every room was even more beautiful than the gardens outside. Just about every room had massive paintings on the walls and the ceiling. 

You don't have murals on your ceiling too? Maybe you should get some...

Paris France....Busy place

Hello from Paris! Today has been a very long day. My class traveled to the Arc de Triomphe, Tesla building (US car manufacturer), Mercedes show room, BMW show room and the Eiffel tower. The Eiffel tower was a lot more modernized than I thought. There are lifts that bring you up the tower; I thought people had to climb up the tower.

I was trying to get my picture with the tower in the background when some guy started posing for his own photo...he kept backing up into me, so I just posed with him.

This photos is a detail  shot of the Arc de Triomphe, I thought it was pretty cool! To think that what you see below was all hand carved is unbelievable. 

Fiat's old manufacturing plant

Fiat has been producing cars since 1900. They are one of the largest manufacturers still to this day. Recently they purchased Chrysler motors and will be cross breeding the two brands. Yesterday I got to stand atop one of their old manufacturing plants. Raw stock would be dropped off at the bottom of the plant and finished cars would be tested on the roof!

Ferrari Plant

So today was another boring day at another car manufacturer...just kidding...

Today was very cool. I got a tour of the Ferrari plant and got to walk through their museum. Learned that you have to wait 2 years after ordering a Ferrari until you can take it home! While you wait you'll have a die-cast model of your car to hold and dream with.

Less is more

This here is the quarter ton pick-up sold in italy...it weighs a quarter ton. I can't prove that but it looks like it weighs only 500lbs!

I'm off to continue exploring bologna Italy!

Atop the world

Took the tram up the tallest mountain in the French Alps today. I was standing over two miles high...12,603 feet! There are no words to describe the shear awesomeness of this place. I hope people travel to Chamonix and experience this wonderful town for themselves. 

Just put my laundry in!

Doing a load of laundry before we leave tomorrow.

I see london, I see France...

What better place to spend your birthday than the French alps! This town (chamonix) is the best place on earth. Everyone should try and get here at some point in their life. There is the best rock climbing in the world, best skiing and a plethora of snow!

Oh and the picture was taken from my room!