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