Back in Germany, I managed to get to Mannheim. I didn’t really have a plan for Mannheim..so I picked a park that the TomTom920 said I should go see. What did I have to loose?

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This was a realllly big park. At first, I didn’t figure out how to get inside the fence. I found a bunch of exits…no you couldn’t walk in them. So I probably wasted an hour as i wandered around outside the fence. Finally, I turned around and there was the entrance..about 20 feet from where I made a right turn. d’oh!

They had a neat gondola ride in the pond thing that was the length of the park. I bought a round trip ticket…and was kicked off at the far end.

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The sights from the boat ride..

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That was really it for the park. It was closing, and everyone was leaving. So I took a boat ride, which was very nice and relaxing after such a long walk around the exterior of the park… and a nice walk back where I entered.

As I was leaving, I crossed a cool bridge: [flickr]photo:2460205480[/flickr]

It was getting late, and I needed to hurry up a bit.

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Sorry, I couldn’t manage a picture at faster speeds…I tried, but it never worked out. Besides, I was getting passed..often…even at that speed.

Tchuse!