Rick's adventures

For those of you that don't know, Rick switched up his job this year and took a position working in Customer First for Westinghouse. His new job has entailed a great deal of traveling this year.  He's been lucky enough to have some fun opportunities to go to a few places he has never visited - Like Germany, Sweden, and Minnesota.  He's off to Pennsylvania today and had a layover in the Detroit airport.  He says it's one of the most amazing airports he has ever seen.


The following are pictures from his travels this year.


Germany.

 Windeck Castle.  I think the castle is just beautiful and I was so dang jealous I didn't get to go after seeing these pictures.

Talk about a room with a view.

For sure I could live here....In this castle.  Rick said I'd never be able to eat the food though.

 Rick went to a International Hockey League playoff game while he was in Germany.  He said it was fun.

I'm not sure what building this is but it sure reminds me of the Connecticut Capital building.  It made me wonder if Richard Upjohn had visited this building before he designed the Capital building.

All the old churches made me jealous too.  This looks like the most amazing trip.  I really hope I get to go someday.

Oh the German Beer Gods.  Well, I told you I'd give you more info on Rick's broken foot.  He broke it here in Germany.  No, he wasn't drunk.  He was totally sober.  He doesn't drink. He fell down some stairs coming out of a Pub he was visiting with his coworkers (mind you, they all were drinking.)  They all said it was the wrath of the German Beer Gods for not drinking their beer.  Rick was in a boot for over 10 weeks.  His foot is still broken and it will likely take at least a year to heal, so no running for Rick this year.  He as been kind of sad about that.

Sweden.

Well looky here.  We found Rick in another drinking establishment.  The Sweden ice bar.  What can I say, it's his coworkers favorite past time.  This was a pretty "cool" bar though.  Even the drinks are served in a glass of ice, and they give you these "cool" Harry Potter robes to wear inside to keep warm.

Rick's cranberry juice served up in ice.

Harry Potter robes for everyone!

They had some really cool ice sculptures in there too.

More sculpture.

They had the royal wedding of one of the Swedish Princesses while he was there.  Rick said it was crazy with security.  This is the castle, but it must be the back side because it's really ugly.

This must be the front.

 The whole front.

I think Rick enjoyed the country side of Sweden more than the city.

He loved these homes along this canal. Look at the roofs and walls.  It would be a pretty peaceful place to live.

This picture makes me jealous too.  :(  I wanna go!!!!

More cool churches I would have liked to see.  This is a tomb inside the church.

The stinking rich.  This is the church where Rick learned about the "stinking rich".  If you don't know, the rich would buy burial plots under the church floor.  They weren't buried very deep and in the summer especially when it was warm the parishioners were treated to their decaying stench during services.

This building's archway leads from the newer and more modern part of Stockholm to the "old town". I'll show the difference.

Shopping in the modern part of Stockholm.

Shopping in old town.

Some of Rick's coworkers having dinner on the waterfront.

The waterfront.

I think I could live here too....but Rick said the food sucks here too, and I'd never make it, ha, ha.  There are so many other great pictures.  I wish I could share them all. Rick is one lucky guy.  He's had a lot of fun adventures so far this year.