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From September 3 to 5, an official delegation of the City of Freiburg headed by Mayor Dr. Dieter Salomon returned the visit Mayor Paul Soglin had made to Freiburg at the beginning of June, celebrating the 25th anniversary of the sister city partnership between our cities. Freiburg's delegation visiting Madison comprised the Mayor for Social Affairs Ulrich von Kirchbach and seven municipal councilors of various parties. Five members of the Freiburg-Madison-Gesellschaft (Freiburg's Sister City Committee, abbreviated FMG) traveled to Madison too. They were invited to participate in a program that the City of Madison and the Madison-Freiburg Sister City Committee had generously prepared. The following picture gallery only poorly reflects the hospitality of the people of Madison and the impressive program arranged for us.
First Impressions on Arrival
Mayor Paul Soglin welcomed his visitors at the hotel and took his time taking us for a walk down State Street. Mayor Dr. Dieter Salomon, his Chief of Staff Helga Mayer, and Municipal Councilor Anke Dallmann on the right as well as the President of the Freiburg Madison Gesellschaft (FMG) Toni Schlegel and Vice-President Frauke Feix, left, attentively listen to Mayor Soglin's explanations. In the back green energy counselor Ted Petith is watching the scene.
Following the walk in the sunshine, the group had lunch at the food carts down State Street. Toni talks with Mayor Soglin while Mayor Salomon and the ladies dig into their food. Two of those famous food carts are seen in the back.
A Visit to the State Capitol and Its Rotunda
In the early afternoon, the group was taken for a guided tour around the impressive State Capitol.
On Our Way to the Common Council Meeting
On our way to the Common Council, Mayors Dieter Salomon and Ulrich von Kirchbach paused briefly to commemorate the partnership between Madison and Freiburg.
Attending the Common Council Session
Again St. George's Cross: Madison welcomes Freiburg. People
in the
photo not
yet introduced are
Mayor Soglin is at the rostrum presiding at Madison's
Common
Council.
The Freiburg Resolution of the Madison City Council:
Here is the German translation:
Sister City Committee Dinner at the Madison Club
At the terrace of the Madison Club: Mayor Salomon in discussion with the
former Sheriff of Dane County
President Michael von Schneidemesser
addresses the guests at the dinner organized by the Sister City Committee
At the Wednesday Farmers' Market
At the Children's Museum
Waiting for access while the freshly washed floor in the Children's Museum dried up. To the left is Freiburg's international relations expert Petra Heß, and to the right stands Municipal Councilor Michael Moos. In the back to the left of Toni Schlegel smiles Steve Cover, Head of Madison City Planning.
Admire Madison's Children's Museum with "hanging gardens" on the roof.
Brainstorming, brainwashing, or just relaxing?
At the New Central Library
More than a renovated building. The new Public Library invites the user to a complete communication package, that in times of e-books, still includes "old-fashioned" paper books. Will this work with food permitted in the reading rooms? The building has the fastest WLAN I have ever used. Still, the project's primary goal is not internet use or reading but to establish personal communications between visiting people.
The children's corner. The director explains to his visitors the equipment permitting children to play and learn.
Organ Concert at the Overture Center
This was the most impressive acoustic ever heard.
Wisconsin Institutes of Discovery Reception
Mayor Salomon addressed the crowd jokingly. To the
right are three members of the University of Wisconsin:
Familiar faces grouped with Art Shegonee,Wisconsin Menominee and Potowatomi tribes
member..
Frauke and Mike are posing with Art. On the right is Steve Cover (©CJ).
Official Dinner at the Monona Terrace Community and Convention Center
Toni Schlegel hands over to Mayor Soglin a gift of the FMG (©CJ).
Although it does not start in Madison
it winds from
Chicago to LA more than two thousand miles all the way.
City Planning and Transportation
Steve Cover gave a well-balanced presentation on Madison's city planning and development.
Sector 67 Maker Space
The mix of gas bottles and electricity apparently
presents no hazard.
The Visit to Madison in Freiburg's Local Press
Pub Crawl
As soon as the official delegation had checked in at the Madison Airport for their flight to New York, the Sister City Committee invited the remaining members of the FMG to a pub crawl. The American beer scene, not hampered by the German Reinheitsgebot, is experimenting a lot and developing new flavors. The first microbrewery we visited was the Ale Asylum.
We were waitingfor the next round of beer.
Ted and Red Baron were in good humor.
The colors of the various beers offered at KARBEN4 were terrific and just simply inviting.
Not only Luanne and Charles had a good time.
Boat Tour on Lake Mendota
While Eric studies the beer list, I take a photo of (©KS) ...
... Carol, Eric's daughter-in-law, and Kendall, who already was going strong on a Guinness.
The boat people are back ashore. Thank you all for such a beautiful stay in Madison.
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