Update from Deutschland....It's 11:44 PM here, and I just got in from dinner a little while ago. Today went to the office (it overlooks the Rhine), then we went to Castrop-Rauxel to one of our plants and I spent the afternoon being ogled by hard working German men because I put on the steel toes and asked smart questions about machinery just like the guys did. I also laughed at them when they made a comment about why they'd never hire a woman in that plant. It's a much different culture here, that's for sure.
Highlights from the day before I collapse into bed:
* We went on the autobahn. There is no speed limit on certain parts. We were on one of those parts. Did you know a VW Passat can go at LEAST 230 km/hr? For those of you who don't speak metric, that's about 142 mph. I can only say that I wish I had been driving. It was awesome.
* We ate dinner at El Chango Argentinian Steakhouse. Yum!
Link Removed There was a spoon on the wall. And a clock made of spoons and forks, and a clock that ran backward - and the pictures are below.
* I saw the music store we're going to on Wednesday night. OMG!!! It's 4 stories tall and the warehouse attached to it by a catwalk takes up at least 2 city blocks (and it's 3 or 4 stories tall, too).
* Tomorrow's a late morning, so I'm hitting the gym for an extra hour in the morning because they have a tanning bed, a wet sauna and a dry sauna, and these awesome heated chaise lounges that can only feel absolutely amazing on the achy bits. If I'm not feeling spectacular after that, I'm on death's door.
* Tomorrow we go to Biebisheim to see another factory. That should be good.