Here are some pictures taken during my first days in Bamberg. Located in Oberfranken, Bamberg is home to the Otto-Friedrich-Universität. I began taking classes here in April 2006. Most of the following pictures were taken during the pre-semester period when I attended the Vorbereitungskurs, a preparatory course for exchange students to ramp up your language skills before the actual classes started.
 my room, it is probably 12 feet by 18 feet wide. The wohnheim where I live is about 10 minutes from Bamberg's altstadt by bike and two blocks from Aldi. |
 The view from my window. |
 That church rings it's bells once for every quarter of an hour that has past and then again on the hour, so at 5pm it rings four times and then five more time. On Sundays it rings its bells practically nonstop from 7:30 until noon |
 Markushaus: this is where I have class every day until May, the bike in the lower left foreground is mine, it cost 65€ I haven't taken it off any sweet jumps... yet |
 Der Gabelmann (the fork guy) a statue of Neptune at the southern end of the Grünermarkt. |
 Bamberg's Rathaus, the old town hall, it was built on an island in the middle of the Regnitz river. |
 The view of the Regnitz from the bridge going through the Rathaus. |
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 ALDI, this is where i buy groceries, mostly just Paprika chips (0,59€ a bag) and Apfelsaf (applejuice 0,45€ for 1,5 liter). a liter and a half of pop in a plastic bottle costs 0,59€ and you can return the bottle to the store and get 0,25€ back. |
 St. Martin's Kirche, in the middle of Grünermarkt in the Altstadt. |
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 Maximillianplatz, where farmers and Bratwurst venders set up shop on Saturdays. Maxplatz is on the far side of Grünermarkt from the Gabelmann. |