(I should probably break the pics up with a bit of text here)
Since the last time I wrote about ISU...
Classes continued for a couple of weeks. There were many Introductions to Space Things, and it rocked. We had lots of parties to get to know each other and hang out, and we had the first field trip. We went to the Vosges, nearby mountains, to do a remote sensing/GPS field experience. First we stopped off at Rosheim, which is a small village with the oldest bakery in France (celebrating its 400th anniversary) and the "most ancient house in Alsace" which is said to date back to the last half of the 12th century.
(This is where the picture break is here... I'll post the pictures corresponding to the rest of this post after I post the post.)
After that, it was on to Mont Ste.-Odile, the convent site and tourist stop where we did our GPS activity and compared satellite images of the area to what we could visually observe. After a couple (cold/rainy) hours to meet with the GPS folks and lunch, we took a little (also cold/rainy, but more fun) walk on the paths nearby. The paths are along the Mur Paien (Pagan Wall), a prehistoric winding wall (the largest mysterious old wall in Europe). Estimated to have been built around 1000 BC, it's about six miles in perimeter, six feet wide and nine to fifteen feet tall.
After that, we got back in the fancy bus and headed to a local winery to get a tour and sample the products in a professionally led tasting. Educational school-sponsored fun.
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