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[mikimeiko]

Day 19 - Freiburg im Breisgau (Germany)

I could've done without a heatwave in my last days of travel. It's the second night in a row that I sleep like shit because of the heat in these places that are not really prepared to handle it.

I walk around parts of the old town that I didn't see yesterday, and parts I did see but look so different with more people around and more shops open.

There are stalls selling small wooden boats with strings that kids can carry in the tiny canals, and I actually see a couple of kids using them <3

I go to the bigger city park, find a bench shaded by the trees and enjoy a light breeze that comes and goes.

I was thinking of going up the castle hill with the funicular that starts in this park, but it's a really short funicular (doesn't get you very high) and is a little expensive for what it is, so in the end I decide against it.

I keep waking around old town alternating sightseeing and entering big shops to find reprieve from the heat XD

There's a path along the river, but when I get there I see that it is mostly for bikes, and more of a "walk along" than a "stay a little while" path (like, no benches or larger areas, at least in the portion I see).

There's also a spot in the river with large rocks where many people are bathing and/or sunbathing.

There's also a canal, and along its course a pleasant area of bars, cafés and pubs - but the only seating left is in the sun, so I keep walking.

The university is quite beautiful, made from the same dark pink stone used for the cathedral (I suppose it's some kind of local stone? Usually when many buildings are made from the same material that's the case, though you never know. In any case is a wonderful shade of pink).

Around sunset the tempersture and the humidity decrease slightly, and it's actually pleasant eating a (cold) dinner on a bench in the park.