Obama in Straßburg

I almost forgot one of the highlights in recent German-American relations: Obama came to Straßburg and I got a chance to see him up close at a town hall meeting there.
Unfortunately, I did not get to shake his hand :-(















The light in the gym was pretty crappy but this is President Obama!
















The stage and some of the people (mostly students actually, that was the main goal of the meeting...). The photo is taken from where I sat, right behind him during the speech.






So much police everywhere!!!! On both sides of the border, too. And almost no civilians. The French were told to either go visit relatives anf friends or lock themselves in. If they urgently needed to leave their houses, they were accompanied by the police. Really strange....