Ray made a quick trip to Singen and Bad Oeynhasuen in Germany. Both these towns are relatively small. Singen is in southern Germany just north of Swizterland. The city has a lot of small parks and artwork/sculptures displayed around town. There was even a large steel ping pong table in one park that utilized a steel net. It sure would be hard to vandelize.
In the downtown area, the streets are dedicated to pedestrians and shopping, although small delivery cars or vehicles occasionally drive down the streets. The city had done a series of statues of bears that were customized by various businesses, much like the Snoopy statures that were done in St. Paul years ago.
On the outskirts of town is a large volcanic upheaval called Hohentwiel, with old ruins of a fortress originally built in 914 on the very top, which is over 800' above the surrounding area.
About 40 miles west of town on Lake Constance is the Meersburg Castle. This castle was originally built in 630. It is amazing how old some of the original settlements are in this area, It was open for tours, and since it was getting late, it was very dark inside. There is some electrical lighting, but it is minimal, so some of the items and artifacts were very hard to see, and even harder to photograph since you could not use flash. 
Going up the streets to the castle, we saw neckties strung on lines between the buildings. This was decorations for the upcoming carnival time. One area had ties while another had material squares. The tradition is to use linen to make the carnival flags, and the ties were just a special case.
This is quiet season in the area so there were not many places open. With the nearby Lake Constance, this is a very busy place in the summer.
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