(sent on the 17th)
Hiya yous-all!!
I've got company on this trip... not usually the case when I travel, typically I go solo. Currently I've got 3 colleagues here, and a fourth is arriving Tuesday. Once the fourth arrives, I may get around to more serious wine sampling, as he a bit of an oenophile... hope there's time. These colleagues are top engineers and they are very busy supporting this project, so sacrifices may have to be made... we'll see...
The others are staying in Ulmen, different village...
Saturday and Sunday spent most of the day working, and am now quite tired.
Saturday late lunch in the form of Donner, very popular here as in the UK... sorry no pictures...
Sunday we got out to Cochem for lunch which I did get photos for, and dinner and a couple of beers as well at my colleague's hotel, also with photos...
Picked up a few affordable bottles of white Mosel wine in Cochem (apparently not know for it's wine)... I know this because the guys alughed at me when I told them... some tasting will likely happen tonight. Oh... those soft-boiled eggs served at breakfast are really delicious!!
Eyes are sore and throat as well, and still have a cough... what would it take to clear this up?
Me and TomTom (GPS/SATNAV) are getting on pretty well... she's speaking English and can get me where I need to go with surprising ease most of the time (just taking liberties Gilles!!).
Day one of the training session is over... Sebastian is doing fine...
Have got to find a bank which handles either my debit card or my company's corporate credit card, to get cash...
3 different ATM's so far, no luck. By far of the countries I've been to, I've had the easiest time using my debit card in India. More success there than USA even... did I not learn my lesson in Tokyo??
The good news is that we're respecting the client's schedule and we should be finished early enough in the day, so that some sight-seeing, or maybe even some rest will be possible. Weather here is much like Montreal right now, gray perhaps a little colder in the morning. This morning the dew was frozen on the pavement... the landscape at 07:30 was dew and frost laden do to the fog which hangs around. Maybe pictures tomorrow...
Pictures of lunch will likely not happen, as cameras are not allowed on site...
That's a shame because it's a really interesting lunch environment.
I am loving my commute... about 7 minutes accross beatiful countryside... if there happens to be congestion at the site gate the time may double (though theoretically the commute is over by that point).
I am certainly eating my fair share of pork (no doubt Lutzerath's literal life-blood).
I like Germany.
Photostream updated:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orbyroy/
Hope you're all well...
roy