Time to Duck Out!
Freiburg, Aug 23, 2018
Photo: Sandra Meyndt
Summertime is vacation time – whether you're off from school, teaching, or you're an AbsolvEnte. The University of Freiburg's Social Media Team is using Instagram to invite everyone to take a rubber duck with them on holiday, photograph the faux fowl, and share the image for all to see. Whether it's a squeezy mallard, teal, or an eider, ducks enjoy flying south, east, or even towards colder climes, especially when there's no need to get in a flap because the trip can be made comfortably in staff members' or students' carry-on luggage. As an honorable representative of the University of Freiburg, the distinguished duck has a diploma under its wing and wears a stylish mortar board that seconds as a sun shade. Pauline Grünewald is keeping track of the birds' destinations.
Counting on contrast: The beautiful yellow plumage stands out brightly beneath the vermillion "torii," or gates, of the Fushimi Inari shine. Photo: Cornelia Chiorean
Basking on Slovenian shores: An "AbsolvEnte" explores the Soča Valley and Lake Bled. Photo: Nicolas Scherger
Quacking in the capital: This AbsolvEnte strikes a pose in front of the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin. Photo: Sarah Nieber
On tour in Alsace: An AbsolvEnte squeaks to the beat at the "Eurockéennes" music festival in Belfort and at "Décibulles" near Sélestat. Photo: Annette Bender
Kicking back in a tropical paradise: The crystal blue water of the Maldives beats bathwater every single time. Photo: Melanie Hübner
Our duck with diploma makes a new friend at a farmyard in the Eifel region.
Photo: Judith Burggrabe
Two bathing beauties: This AbsolvEnte enjoys a view of Copenhagen's harbor from the lap of the "Little Mermaid," a symbol of the Danish capital. Photo: Rimma Gerenstein
There's no place like home: A view out over the Black Forest is the best medicine for wanderlust. Photo: Sandra Meyndt