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Gerhard, I'm sorry I wasn't available to meet you while you were here.. Eric and I are friends and I really wanted to meet with you both together..
only trouble is Eric teases me about my short beer cans
I enjoy your sense of humor and it reminds me of my time stationed in Germany and great friends I met there..
I had the privilege of traveling around Germany quite a bit..
stationed in Stuttgart, toured Porsche and Mercedes..
road trip to Bavaria for staufest but BMW was closed
did make it to Neuschwanstein but so hungover the walk up the hill almost killed us
road trip to black forest, saw world's biggest cuckoo clock in Triberg..
bought several cuckoo clocks and shipped home from stores..
water falls and forest hikes, beautiful!
and took a few exciting trips out of country..
road trip to Innsbruck
road trip to Zurich x2
road trip to Paris
road trip to Praha
I very much admire German culture, discipline, engineering, courtesy, etc.
people are wonderful, polite, and fun to be around..
traveling the roads and autobahns are a pleasure compared to selfish Americans..
I've lived and traveled more than 30 countries and Germany is the first on the list I'll take my family when kids are a little older..
cheers!