Well today is my last full day in Europe which is good and bad. It is good because we only have one meeting left and bad because I am really starting to warm up to this place. It is a lot of fun. Right now i am in Ghent. The hotel is totally kick ass. If you are ever in Ghent you need to go here. it rocks the name of the hotel is Carlton Hotel. We got here after a trip though Paris. My feelings changed about 3 times during our trip. When I first arrived i thought who in their right mind would want to go here, that lasted until we got into the heart of the city and in view of the Arc de Tripmphe. That was really fun and really cool. My opinion changed at that point to this place is really cool and I now Know why people love this place. That feeling did not last long though. Once we got out of that area of town, the traffic was crazy. I wanted to go on a 3 country killing spree the traffic was so bad. When in Paris do not drive. It is not worth your time or your health. So there you go. Life is good and it will be good to be back. Oh one other thing. They are having a Monster Jam over here. This is the same thing that I took my girlfriend to for Valentine's day. Yea it is world wide and totally kick ass. I do not know if Belgium has enough rednecks, hillbillies and mullets to make the show work but it sure looked fun. We will be chatting and as always MORE TO COME.
Peace out.
Kirk
Thursday, April 3, 2008
Wednesday, April 2, 2008
the last 24?
Let’s talk about the food for a minute. When I was in France I made it a speacil point to stop by and check out a McDonald’s. As they say in Pulp Fiction, it is true that in France they call the ¼ pounder with cheese the Royal Cheese. Just Like Vincent said it is because of the metric system. It just proves to you that all movies are true. So we are headed back to France from Germany for the last time and that should be good.
Germany is a trip. We started in Nuremburg. and then went to Wertzberg and then and back. The best part about Nuremburg is that it is the heart of where they wear lederhosen . I was this close to being the new owner of a pair, but it was a little steep. Man, I would have looked awesome in it.
It is very easy to see that English came from German. We use a lot of words that they use and so getting around was not too bad. We tried to take the bus to our meeting but it got to the end of the line and 1) did not make everyone get off and 2) did not say anything. It was really odd. So we rode a couple of more stops back down the route and got off and found a taxi. I tell you that story to tell you this one. So maybe getting around was worse than I thought.
So we get a taxi and the guy says he knows where it is and drives us over there. Well the company had moved. He speaks with the woman in the box and she gives the directions to the correct place. At this point our fare is €10.10 and we are not in the correct location. Now this driver is really upset and is very sorry that he took us to the wrong place. So he resets the meter to take us to the correct place. We finally get to the correct place and the fare this time is €10.10. That was too strange. The people in Germany are very nice. I think I am going to move here not because the people are nice but they eat everything that I really enjoy.
After the meeting, we get back to Nuremburg and we are looking for something to eat. For breakfast I had a croissant with a hot dog in it. Wow is that good. How could the morning start any better than that? Stay away from the coffee because that does not taste good. Then we had to stop and get a soft pretzel. What a deal. Maybe the best soft pretzel that I have ever had and it was €.60. So we get back from our meeting and now we are looking for some lunch. We start walking in a smaller section of town and we find this place that sells all of the great German food (schnitzel, sauerkraut and sausages). So this place rocked. It was just like something that you would see out a movie. The head waitress was older and had short hair and looked not so nice. Kind of like a mean Grandma, and the young waitress looked like she used to party quite a bit but still had some life left in her. The cook was a big man who after he was done making our meals came out and poured himself a beer. Man it was awesome, so when in Germany act like the Germans. I thought about getting the 50 sausage plate because of how awesome it was but instead I got the 6 sausage plate with warm potato salad and it was so good. The soft pretzels at the restaurant were quite good. The pretzel bread itself was salty so they did not have any added on. As we are leaving the restaurant we notice that there is a peep show right next to us, and it opened at 10 am. It was also a sex shop so they were open for all of those early morning sex needs.
As for Sex in Germany, man do they love there S&M.. You should see some of the stuff that they had on display I could only imagine what they had in the back of the store. In the .5 km that it took to find us this restaurant we must have passed 3 S&M stores. It was unreal. I would have thought we were in the wrong section of town but there were a lot of other more normal stores in that area. So who knows, but I can tell you that they are there, and the German’s love to get beat.
The biggest bummer about being in Germany was that I did not hear one Techno song. That was really too bad. Their style is awesome though. I saw one business man who looked like he was a professional, and he was wearing a brown striped shirt, black striped pants that were a different size stripe, brown jacket and dark shoes. Clearly he does not the rules even I would not wear that outfit.
This maybe the best story of the trip. So we go through security in Nuremburg (without having to take our shoes off) and everything is good. Nothing beeps and we are good to go. Then we are walking around and in one of the gift shops we see them selling standard gift shop stuff except for one item. That item is Swiss Army knives. Who needs to bring weapons through security when you can just by them after you are through. Man this is a different place. I almost bought one just to say that I did. I think America has other things to worry about than if people are bringing weed or whatever through the airport. So that is want is going on. We more than half way done with the trip. Sorry for the long post but as usual, MORE TO COME.
Peace out.
Kirk
Germany is a trip. We started in Nuremburg. and then went to Wertzberg and then and back. The best part about Nuremburg is that it is the heart of where they wear lederhosen . I was this close to being the new owner of a pair, but it was a little steep. Man, I would have looked awesome in it.
It is very easy to see that English came from German. We use a lot of words that they use and so getting around was not too bad. We tried to take the bus to our meeting but it got to the end of the line and 1) did not make everyone get off and 2) did not say anything. It was really odd. So we rode a couple of more stops back down the route and got off and found a taxi. I tell you that story to tell you this one. So maybe getting around was worse than I thought.
So we get a taxi and the guy says he knows where it is and drives us over there. Well the company had moved. He speaks with the woman in the box and she gives the directions to the correct place. At this point our fare is €10.10 and we are not in the correct location. Now this driver is really upset and is very sorry that he took us to the wrong place. So he resets the meter to take us to the correct place. We finally get to the correct place and the fare this time is €10.10. That was too strange. The people in Germany are very nice. I think I am going to move here not because the people are nice but they eat everything that I really enjoy.
After the meeting, we get back to Nuremburg and we are looking for something to eat. For breakfast I had a croissant with a hot dog in it. Wow is that good. How could the morning start any better than that? Stay away from the coffee because that does not taste good. Then we had to stop and get a soft pretzel. What a deal. Maybe the best soft pretzel that I have ever had and it was €.60. So we get back from our meeting and now we are looking for some lunch. We start walking in a smaller section of town and we find this place that sells all of the great German food (schnitzel, sauerkraut and sausages). So this place rocked. It was just like something that you would see out a movie. The head waitress was older and had short hair and looked not so nice. Kind of like a mean Grandma, and the young waitress looked like she used to party quite a bit but still had some life left in her. The cook was a big man who after he was done making our meals came out and poured himself a beer. Man it was awesome, so when in Germany act like the Germans. I thought about getting the 50 sausage plate because of how awesome it was but instead I got the 6 sausage plate with warm potato salad and it was so good. The soft pretzels at the restaurant were quite good. The pretzel bread itself was salty so they did not have any added on. As we are leaving the restaurant we notice that there is a peep show right next to us, and it opened at 10 am. It was also a sex shop so they were open for all of those early morning sex needs.
As for Sex in Germany, man do they love there S&M.. You should see some of the stuff that they had on display I could only imagine what they had in the back of the store. In the .5 km that it took to find us this restaurant we must have passed 3 S&M stores. It was unreal. I would have thought we were in the wrong section of town but there were a lot of other more normal stores in that area. So who knows, but I can tell you that they are there, and the German’s love to get beat.
The biggest bummer about being in Germany was that I did not hear one Techno song. That was really too bad. Their style is awesome though. I saw one business man who looked like he was a professional, and he was wearing a brown striped shirt, black striped pants that were a different size stripe, brown jacket and dark shoes. Clearly he does not the rules even I would not wear that outfit.
This maybe the best story of the trip. So we go through security in Nuremburg (without having to take our shoes off) and everything is good. Nothing beeps and we are good to go. Then we are walking around and in one of the gift shops we see them selling standard gift shop stuff except for one item. That item is Swiss Army knives. Who needs to bring weapons through security when you can just by them after you are through. Man this is a different place. I almost bought one just to say that I did. I think America has other things to worry about than if people are bringing weed or whatever through the airport. So that is want is going on. We more than half way done with the trip. Sorry for the long post but as usual, MORE TO COME.
Peace out.
Kirk
Tuesday, April 1, 2008
Travel, Travel, Travel
Well today went well. It started in France and we are now in Germany. We did three countries in one day. Only in Europe. We had a great meeting and hopefully we will get a big order. Everyone has been very friendly and very helpful.
Here is the total bummer; now that there is the EU there are no customs and no passport stamps. What a bummer. So I will only get 2 stamps for all of the countries that I am visiting. I have one from the Netherlands and I am getting on from Belgium when I leave. So that is a bummer but I could imagine what a hassle it was when you had to clear customs like every 15 minutes. I guess you win some and you lose some. As of now I have been to 2 countries every day so far.
They way we boarded was very interesting. First the woman takes our tickets and we walk out to a bus. Once on the bus we waited for everyone to get their tickets ripped. Once we had everyone on the bus we went to the plane. It felt like we were taking the bus to Nuremberg. Then we get to the plane and everyone gets on in the back of the plane. I have never done that before where we get in on the side and in the back of the plane. Who knew? We are on the flight to Nuremburg we got on the plane (not a jet but a plane with propellers) and the people have left the luggage from the last fight on our plane. It was so funny. Could you imagine standing waiting for your bags because the guys forgot them on the plane? That is just so funny. Never that would have happened in America.
Once we arrived in needed to get to the hotel and we were wondering if it would be faster to take the subway or take a taxi, Well here is your answer, it is the same. We were trying to buy tickets to the subway (because I am cheap) and there was a very helpful man who helped us buy tickets and get to the correct train stop on the subway. So we take the train to the central station and that same helpful man (who worked for the railway and spoke flawless English, like something out of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusades) said we need we needed to go one more stop. So we hop back on the train and take it one more stop. We get off the train and start walking in what we think is the correct direction and we get to the 1st hotel we see (not ours) and who is pulling up in a taxi? Yep that is correct the flight crew for the plane we flew in on. So there you go it does not pay to take a taxi and the subways are very friendly, very cheap and easy.
Tomorrow is a very busy day with some train rides and some taxis with a meeting in the middle. We start in Nuremberg and then we end outside of Paris in a town which I think is called Pigville or something similar in French. We shall see. MORE TO COME.
Peace out.
Kirk
Here is the total bummer; now that there is the EU there are no customs and no passport stamps. What a bummer. So I will only get 2 stamps for all of the countries that I am visiting. I have one from the Netherlands and I am getting on from Belgium when I leave. So that is a bummer but I could imagine what a hassle it was when you had to clear customs like every 15 minutes. I guess you win some and you lose some. As of now I have been to 2 countries every day so far.
They way we boarded was very interesting. First the woman takes our tickets and we walk out to a bus. Once on the bus we waited for everyone to get their tickets ripped. Once we had everyone on the bus we went to the plane. It felt like we were taking the bus to Nuremberg. Then we get to the plane and everyone gets on in the back of the plane. I have never done that before where we get in on the side and in the back of the plane. Who knew? We are on the flight to Nuremburg we got on the plane (not a jet but a plane with propellers) and the people have left the luggage from the last fight on our plane. It was so funny. Could you imagine standing waiting for your bags because the guys forgot them on the plane? That is just so funny. Never that would have happened in America.
Once we arrived in needed to get to the hotel and we were wondering if it would be faster to take the subway or take a taxi, Well here is your answer, it is the same. We were trying to buy tickets to the subway (because I am cheap) and there was a very helpful man who helped us buy tickets and get to the correct train stop on the subway. So we take the train to the central station and that same helpful man (who worked for the railway and spoke flawless English, like something out of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusades) said we need we needed to go one more stop. So we hop back on the train and take it one more stop. We get off the train and start walking in what we think is the correct direction and we get to the 1st hotel we see (not ours) and who is pulling up in a taxi? Yep that is correct the flight crew for the plane we flew in on. So there you go it does not pay to take a taxi and the subways are very friendly, very cheap and easy.
Tomorrow is a very busy day with some train rides and some taxis with a meeting in the middle. We start in Nuremberg and then we end outside of Paris in a town which I think is called Pigville or something similar in French. We shall see. MORE TO COME.
Peace out.
Kirk
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
