{"id":8239,"date":"2013-11-17T13:46:23","date_gmt":"2013-11-17T12:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ryan.hellyer.kiwi\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2025-07-27T14:59:44","modified_gmt":"2025-07-27T13:59:44","slug":"visiting-vikas-tubingen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wordpress.hellyer.kiwi\/ryanhellyer\/2013\/visiting-vikas-tubingen\/","title":{"rendered":"Visiting Vikas in T\u00fcbingen"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I met up with my old chemistry colleague Vikas in T\u00fcbingen, Germany. We met at the University of Otago many years ago and it was nice to catch up once again. We had some genuine German food from the region and had a beautiful view of houses beside the Neckar river. 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