Craig's Pictures: EMG02

Craig's Pictures: Seventh European Multigrid Conference (EMG02)

The Seventh European Multigrid Conference was held at the Howenwart Conference Center near Howenwart, Germany (the nearest major train station is Pforzheim).No serious multigrid researcher misses any of this series.This is worth paying for out of your own pocket if necessary, particularly for young researchers.It is held once every three years.The next one will be in Delft.

I went to Germany a day earlier than I expected, kicking and screaming the whole way (well, maybe not), due to the airlines selling out their planes the day I wanted to go.I had not been in Heidelberg since 1965, when I spent an afternoon there as a kid.

The old bridge leading across the river from the old town.This is the view towards the old town.

The Hollander Hotel (where I stayed) is the Dutch looking building to the right of the old bridge.The building is from the 17th century.The hotel interior was 20th century. The ear plugs on the nightstand were appropriate since the students kept making noise until the wee hours of the morning.

A statue outside of my hotel and next to the old bridge.Across the river is the Philosophers Way (the horizontal cut in the trees halfway up the hill).I walked up there while waiting for my hotel room to be available the first morning.

An old street at the end of the old bridge. The cathedral is at the end of the street.

Another old street.

The main, old street.

A charming building with a very good restaurant on the ground floor according to my hotel's recommendations.

Getting up or down the hill is easy: just take the train.

The ruins of the old castle sit above the old town. I never did see the top of the hill in two days due to the fog and rain.

The guardhouse for the ruins.This would make a nice weekend shack.

Never let your relatives squabble over your castle. They are not good visitors.In fact, they might get so mad that they blow up... well maybe they blow up the house instead of letting someone else have it.This is one of the views from the east.

Another view from the east.The gardens are here, too.There is not much left to them, but they are nice nonetheless.

The Southeast Tower, or the ruins of it.

Fountains in the grotto at the far east of the gardens.Fig leaves rule.

The Clock Tower.I walked through here to get to the courtyard.

To the left of the Clock Tower was the old library. Its books now reside in the Vatican.If you look carefully, you will see three bathrooms on the wall (two below, one above). Good German engineering means they still work and will as long as gravity still works.You did not want to be below the upper one, however, since they shared the same exit route through the lower one.

The view from the west.The restored building is peeking over the ruins.

Inside the courtyard looking back at the Clock Tower.Tours start inside the building on the right.

The back of the courtyard with the one restored building on the left.

A better view of the restored building.

What house is complete without a 222,000 liter wine barrel? It was filled twice and leaked both times.It did meet the requirement among nobility of, "My wine barrel is bigger than your wine barrel." This thing is huge. Sadly, it was filled with rotgut since it was a tax fulfilling proposition.

I always try to collect some pictures of participants of conferences.

Gabriel WIttum (our host) and Harry Yserentant (see Tiegla below).

Walter Zulehner (Linz) with the monks' quadrangle behind him.

Lots of the participants inside the monks' cloisters.Our tour guide is explaining something to us.

The conference always has a cultural activity. This time we went to a 900 year old monastery, Maulbronn.For 400+ years it was a Catholic monastery.Then Martin Luther occurred. Then it was taken over and became a school for 400 years.Now it is a working museum.It is wonderfully preserved.I had read about Maulbronn a long time ago and visiting it was really quite a nice experience.What I expected and what I saw corresponded, which was pleasant.

A picture of the whole site.Sorry about the light from above (not my flash, which was turned off).The monks lived in the upper section with their cloister inside.

This is the monks' area from the main square inside Maulbronn.Behind me is the area that the commoners lived in. It now houses tourist stores and places to sit down and get something to eat or drink.

The arches in the cloisters are really nice, particularly since they are very, very old.

This fine construction houses the 600+ year old fountain and is one of many styles in the cloisters.

I just liked this view of the fountain exterior from another point in the cloisters.I would have liked to sit under the tree with my back to the wall, a cat in my lap, and written a multigrid paper.

Alright, there really is a fountain.It feeds from a spring that is some distance off and piped underground to this structure.The original is 600+ years old and the addition is about 200 years old.

Maulbronn is located where it is because the original site did not have the right combination of water, stone, and wood.The site was a trade.Obviously, the final site has it all.

After the visit to Maulbronn, we walked through the woods and over the mountain to dinner at a farm.I was reminded of the wonderful Mostbauers in Austria that I have enjoyed many an evening.At this farm, the owners have many cats.Teigla is allowed indoors. Gabriel Wittum has trained her to jump on his lap only when he is dressed correctly.I did not know this.Teigla spent well over an hour on my lap and then tried to take the bus back to Howenwart with me. She was a real cutie.My two kitties (Purrpuss, age 18, and Socks, age 4) probably would have been jealous if I had brought her home. However, Harry Yserentant took a fine picture of the two of us.

Teigla, the farm cat.This was shortly before she and I shared a desert that I always associate with my childhood in Texas: Strawberry, Vanilla, and Chocolate ice cream. Teigla likes vanilla.

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	The old bridge leading across the river from the old town.This is the view towards the old town.
	The Hollander Hotel (where I stayed) is the Dutch looking building to the right of the old bridge.The building is from the 17th century.The hotel interior was 20th century. The ear plugs on the nightstand were appropriate since the students kept making noise until the wee hours of the morning.
	A statue outside of my hotel and next to the old bridge.Across the river is the Philosophers Way (the horizontal cut in the trees halfway up the hill).I walked up there while waiting for my hotel room to be available the first morning.
	An old street at the end of the old bridge. The cathedral is at the end of the street.
	Another old street.
	The main, old street.
	A charming building with a very good restaurant on the ground floor according to my hotel's recommendations.
	Getting up or down the hill is easy: just take the train.
	The ruins of the old castle sit above the old town. I never did see the top of the hill in two days due to the fog and rain.
	The guardhouse for the ruins.This would make a nice weekend shack.
	Never let your relatives squabble over your castle. They are not good visitors.In fact, they might get so mad that they blow up... well maybe they blow up the house instead of letting someone else have it.This is one of the views from the east.
	Another view from the east.The gardens are here, too.There is not much left to them, but they are nice nonetheless.
	The Southeast Tower, or the ruins of it.
	Fountains in the grotto at the far east of the gardens.Fig leaves rule.
	The Clock Tower.I walked through here to get to the courtyard.
	To the left of the Clock Tower was the old library. Its books now reside in the Vatican.If you look carefully, you will see three bathrooms on the wall (two below, one above). Good German engineering means they still work and will as long as gravity still works.You did not want to be below the upper one, however, since they shared the same exit route through the lower one.
	The view from the west.The restored building is peeking over the ruins.
	Inside the courtyard looking back at the Clock Tower.Tours start inside the building on the right.
	The back of the courtyard with the one restored building on the left.
	A better view of the restored building.
	What house is complete without a 222,000 liter wine barrel? It was filled twice and leaked both times.It did meet the requirement among nobility of, "My wine barrel is bigger than your wine barrel." This thing is huge. Sadly, it was filled with rotgut since it was a tax fulfilling proposition.

	Gabriel WIttum (our host) and Harry Yserentant (see Tiegla below).
	Walter Zulehner (Linz) with the monks' quadrangle behind him.
	Lots of the participants inside the monks' cloisters.Our tour guide is explaining something to us.

	A picture of the whole site.Sorry about the light from above (not my flash, which was turned off).The monks lived in the upper section with their cloister inside.
	This is the monks' area from the main square inside Maulbronn.Behind me is the area that the commoners lived in. It now houses tourist stores and places to sit down and get something to eat or drink.
	The arches in the cloisters are really nice, particularly since they are very, very old.
	This fine construction houses the 600+ year old fountain and is one of many styles in the cloisters.
	I just liked this view of the fountain exterior from another point in the cloisters.I would have liked to sit under the tree with my back to the wall, a cat in my lap, and written a multigrid paper.
	Alright, there really is a fountain.It feeds from a spring that is some distance off and piped underground to this structure.The original is 600+ years old and the addition is about 200 years old.
	Maulbronn is located where it is because the original site did not have the right combination of water, stone, and wood.The site was a trade.Obviously, the final site has it all.