Friday, April 3, 2009

Back in time for Spring

Well, the snow is long gone, and today is about the fourth day of what feels like Spring here in Munich.

The people of Munich have reemerged en masse from their houses , on foot, bicycle, roller blades, and even surf boards.

Springtime activity in the English Garden.

A view of Karlsplatz in downtown Munich looking towards the Justizpalast (Palace of Justice).

The winter has been long yet eventful, and my 2 month winter semester break is slowly drawing to a close. The summer semester begins on April 20th, and will continue until near the end of July. I will stick around here in Germany until September, to allow me to take all my exams, which will occur during still to be finalized dates during the summer semester break.

What that all means, is that with about another 5 or so months ahead of me I'm only about halfway done with my time here in Munich, and the lovely weather has (somewhat ironically) inspired me to spend more time inside on the computer and try and update this blog, seeing as how I have fallen oh so far behind with it.

Tomorrow morning I head to Switzerland on a four day field trip of sorts organized by the the Environmental Engineering department at the TUM. We will be touring environmentally friendly construction methods for tunnels and highways, as well as visiting some engineering firms. Look for an upcoming post chronicling some of my travels and such from winter.