Blogging

So I am very happy to have learned how to set up this blog and look forward to adding photos and copy from Don's and my trip from this summer. So called the 'trip of a lifetime'. We were in Europe for 8 weeks, rented/leased a very cool Peugeot that got 45 mpg on diesel fuel... they have increased the fuel efficiency and cleanliness over the past 10 years so that their Diesel is cleaner and more efficient than our unleaded.... but of course our car manufacturers can't seem to get beyond 28 mpg... more on this later.....The car had this red license plate.. which invariably in every town and village in Italy, France, Germany and England brought stares, and double takes that Don likened to us having a rotating flashing lite on our heads that screamed "Foreigner"... We did love this car tho.. and managed to put 7,000 miles on it...

Germany Leads the World in Solar Electric!!

Solarpark Pocking, Germany 10MW powering 3500 households

This was one of the 4 solarparks that we visited in Bavaria, in southern Germany during our trip this summer. Note the sheep that graze underneath the panels. (I think they like the shade sometimes.) Don and I traveled in Germany for 2 weeks. We spent 3 days at the Intersolar, an annual conference and trade show on solar electric innovations, held in Freiburg. We had a good time but were a bit overwhelmed (as folks from the education world) to see how much $$ is spent on booths and accoutrement for same. The solar technology was very exciting. We then visited 4 of the largest solar electric installations in the world (all in S. Germany).