Octoberfest

[singlepic id=1848 w=480 float=left] One of the evenings when we weren’t cramming schnitzel into our faces, we went out to Octoberfest to drink large volumes of fair-to-middlin’ beer.  In hindsight, this was not a good idea, but it would have been rude to decline our hosts’ invitation. The entire todo… Continue reading

German Countryside

[singlepic id=1847 w=480 float=left] What’s interesting about this picture is not the pretty little village, it’s that this was a typical two lane road that we were on every day going to and from the plant.  Germany is known for the autobahn, a road engineered to be almost 2x as… Continue reading

Schnitzel

[singlepic id=1846 w=680] And, what does one get to eat at the Werner restaurant?  A meter long schnitzel!  For those who might not know, schnitzel is fried steak.  This place served schnitzel that was a meter long… and our table downed two of them.  It was not a healthy trip. … Continue reading

Uncle John’s Cider Mill

[singlepic id=1843 w=480 float=left] Happy Halloween!  This is the most Halloween picture I could find in my archives and it’s completely a shill for a place that I don’t really care about.  I might have some pictures of pumpkins somewhere else in the archives, but I’m not sure where they’re… Continue reading