Deutscheland!
OK... so first of all... the house is done, and we moved in Monday before last. It was exactly 6 months, to the day from the fire. It is REALLY REALLY so much better than we ever imagined it would be. Just great. I will post some final pics and all soon.
The funny thing is, I only got to spend a few days there because I was scheduled to come to Germany for work to do some training. So I flew out that Saturday, the 8th. Austin to Chicago to London to Stuttgart, then a taxi to Boeblingen.
We got to the hotel and immediately went out to try to keep the momentum and not go to sleep. We ended up walking around the lakes in town, checking out some awesome architecture and ended up (where else but) at the local brewery. We ordered some Mai Bock beers (their newest brew) and the waitress asked if we wanted small or large. When we said large she said "but it is VERY strong beer!!". Well then, bring us two! hahaha not the thing to do. Challenging two Texans on beer. We drank a couple then in walk the customers that we will be training for the week. They sat down and ate with us and it was a really cool way to get to know them before the training. 30 minutes pass and in walks my father-in-law and his wife!! I had spoken with him just a little while before. He didn't mention that they were going to try to come meet up with me. Boy, was it great seeing them walk in! I had a really good time chatting it up with them and drinking beers. Nice to see family that we rarely get to see.
We asked if they had anything stronger and the waitress turned us on to their Bock beer. It literally said in big block letters on the bottle "REAL STRONG BEER". Not too bad!
After chatting and chatting we headed back to the hotel for the night and bid Bobby and Edith good night. And we were so exhausted and relaxed that we both passed out in our rooms around 6pm. Not a good move. I woke up at 11:30pm. Couldn't get back to sleep until 4:30am and up at 6am. Not a good night's sleep at all. The next day I was SOOOO tired. But the training went very well.
First day. Walk around the Boeblingen lakes.
There is art everywhere around Boeblingen.
It was some kind of fountain.
German pigeons. Also, German grass, and German concrete.
The church at the top of the hill in Boeblingen.
Closer picture of the towering church.
That looks VERY German, no?
Zee churchenzeinen.
.
This roof just looked awesome. They looked like metal shingles. Had to take a picture. The satellite dishes are a trip.
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The funny thing is, I only got to spend a few days there because I was scheduled to come to Germany for work to do some training. So I flew out that Saturday, the 8th. Austin to Chicago to London to Stuttgart, then a taxi to Boeblingen.
We got to the hotel and immediately went out to try to keep the momentum and not go to sleep. We ended up walking around the lakes in town, checking out some awesome architecture and ended up (where else but) at the local brewery. We ordered some Mai Bock beers (their newest brew) and the waitress asked if we wanted small or large. When we said large she said "but it is VERY strong beer!!". Well then, bring us two! hahaha not the thing to do. Challenging two Texans on beer. We drank a couple then in walk the customers that we will be training for the week. They sat down and ate with us and it was a really cool way to get to know them before the training. 30 minutes pass and in walks my father-in-law and his wife!! I had spoken with him just a little while before. He didn't mention that they were going to try to come meet up with me. Boy, was it great seeing them walk in! I had a really good time chatting it up with them and drinking beers. Nice to see family that we rarely get to see.
We asked if they had anything stronger and the waitress turned us on to their Bock beer. It literally said in big block letters on the bottle "REAL STRONG BEER". Not too bad!
After chatting and chatting we headed back to the hotel for the night and bid Bobby and Edith good night. And we were so exhausted and relaxed that we both passed out in our rooms around 6pm. Not a good move. I woke up at 11:30pm. Couldn't get back to sleep until 4:30am and up at 6am. Not a good night's sleep at all. The next day I was SOOOO tired. But the training went very well.
First day. Walk around the Boeblingen lakes.
There is art everywhere around Boeblingen.
It was some kind of fountain.
German pigeons. Also, German grass, and German concrete.
The church at the top of the hill in Boeblingen.
Closer picture of the towering church.
That looks VERY German, no?
Zee churchenzeinen.
.
This roof just looked awesome. They looked like metal shingles. Had to take a picture. The satellite dishes are a trip.
Read the rest of this post - CLICK here!
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