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I read this in the news and it made me angry.

http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/08/24/coke-schools-cutbacks-cx_tvr_0824coke.html?partner=rss

[edit: AHHHH Thats bullshit! The link doesn't seem to work anymore. I just read the story a few days ago. Basically it said that Coke and Pepsi were pulling their pop machines out of elementary or middle schools or something because people were whining about the unhealthy kids in America and blaming the soda companies that peddle their wares in schools. If kids knew enough about their health and about moderation, selling soda in schools wouldn't be profitable for Pepsi and Coke and there would be no problem. But people in the US seem to have no idea what it means to be healthy and children don't seem to understand that they shouldn't drink whatever they want whenever they want. Damned, spoiled brats.]

Capitalism would fix this problem on its own if students were smart enough not to buy so much junk food. Why children aren't that smart? I blame the parents.

I replaced all the cables for all of my electronics so that I don't have to buy adapters. WOOHOO! I bought all three cables for cheaper than i could have purchased one of the adapters. WTF? I guess its good that everything runs on 120-240V, 50-60Hz.

I took a few pictures for people to see of Germany and of my apartment and so on and so forth and on and on and on.

So this is my apartment living room/dining room/bedroom.




























This is my "kitchen"














And my beautiful bathroom.














This is the view out of my door to my balcony. I live on the second floor. Here in Europe, they call the second floor the first floor. The first american floor is the ground floor here, or Erdetage or something like that.











These are from my balcony. I can see a few trees, the street, and another apartment complex...YAY!
























The front of my building looks like this...










Based on a schedule I haven't quite figured out yet, there is a farmers market about 50 yards from my front door. They drive these portable stands to the parking lot and sell their fresh meats, vegetables, flowers and eggs. Theres also a bakery right next door to my place that I like to stop at on my way to work. I've been trying a new danish every day so far.











This is my train stop. (It is what appears to be a typical Hannover summer day. Its chilly, sunny and cloudy and rainy and nice. The weather seriously changed polar opposites every 4 minutes on my trip to the internet cafe. It was sunny, then there were HUGE storm clouds overhead and it poured, then it was sunny again, und so wieder.)











Hannover is full of Fussgangerzones (big pedestrian streets, which I have talked about before.)





















The main train station is GLORIOUS! Right outside the main trainstation, between it and the next station, Kröpke, there is a huge subground shopping area. Completely different stores than are above ground.
























There's a beach volleyball tournament this weekend, which cracks me up because it feels like November here. So I took a picture.











Then I ordered a brat. Apparently I ordered the Adkins version without even knowing it.











Matt, I apologize ex post facto for the immense number of images, but you're going to have to learn to deal with it. You're a CS, I'm sure you can find a way to not load the thumbnails until you want to see them.