Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
1. How on earth did you swing this?
2. How will the plant manage not to explode in your absence?
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 31, 2013, 03:15:38 AM
1. How on earth did you swing this?
2. How will the plant manage not to explode in your absence?
1. My boss doesn't trust Mike the Engineer to travel on his own, much less with two hourly guys in tow. Are you seeing the fatal flaw in his reasoning here? Because I am.
2. It explodes when I'm HERE. Also, I have built a good department. They should manage.
I'm sure you'll be just as responsible in Germany, unsupervised, as you are anywhere else , unsupervised.
Oh, dear.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on December 31, 2013, 03:28:40 AM
I'm sure you'll be just as responsible in Germany, unsupervised, as you are anywhere else , unsupervised.
Oh, dear.
Oh, it's better than that. I am in charge of the expedition. muhaha.
This chaps Mike's ass, by the way. He makes 3 times what I make, but
he's not a manager.
DANCE FOR ME, FAT BOY! DANCE, I SAID!
:banana:
Also, Mike wanted to arrange two rental cars, because there's four of us.
Translation: He wants to rent a Porshe. NOT HAPPENING ON MY WATCH. We're going to rent a KIA or something.
Because a Canadian with a Mexican and two Americans from a South African company driving a South Korean car on the autobahn is COSMOPOLITAN AS FUCK.
All I ever hear about Germany is that there's castles, people walk around with really big beers, nobody gives a shit what you do and the gay bars are NUTS.
Do with that what thou wilt.
Wow. You'll be three hours away from one of my favorite yarn stores. With money. I am a jealous thing that is jealous.
I vote Staedel Museum. It has three floors of art. 1800's painters and such. From what my German yarn buddies say, it's pretty kick-ass.
I second Castles.
Also, Schwarzwald. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest)
It has beauty.
Dammit, forgot how to change the size of a pic.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Teichschlucht_Schwarzwald_03.jpg)
Quote from: Cardinal Pizza Deliverance. on December 31, 2013, 07:49:38 AM
Wow. You'll be three hours away from one of my favorite yarn stores. With money. I am a jealous thing that is jealous.
I vote Staedel Museum. It has three floors of art. 1800's painters and such. From what my German yarn buddies say, it's pretty kick-ass.
THIS.
Quote from: :regret: on December 31, 2013, 09:15:14 AM
I second Castles.
Also, Schwarzwald. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Forest)
It has beauty.
Dammit, forgot how to change the size of a pic.
(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2b/Teichschlucht_Schwarzwald_03.jpg)
AND THAT.
Culture-wise, Goethe House and Historisches Museum Frankfurt are must sees. The Palmengarten is the largest botanical garden in Germany.
Avoid all bars in the central district - Frankfurt is Yuppie central, and German yuppies are even more annoying than British or American ones. If it has glass, steel and doesn't serve beer in steins, it's not worth going in.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
Oh, and if you could leave Mike there . . . that'd be great.
And I don't know if Bald Friede and Bald Jean still have their restaurant 'Bald Angels', in Cologne, but it's only two hours-ish away from Frankfurt and those chicks rock.
I'm glad :regret: couldn't resize that photo. I got lost in that thing for a few minutes. :)
I'm not so familiar with Frankfurt but I heard the Senkenberg museum is worth visiting if you're into natural history. They have dinosaurs, a geopark etc:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=5256
If you're willing to travel, there's Heidelberg about 20 minutes south, which is a famed to be really beautiful:
http://www.heidelberg.de/english,Len/Home/Visit.html
If you're willing to travel even further, there's the volcanic area 2 hours northeast:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/global-geoparks/members/germany/vulkaneifel-european-geopark/
If I hear anything else about the area there I'll post.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
You got to go to Nashville.
I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
Quote from: GrannySmith on January 01, 2014, 08:56:28 AM
I'm not so familiar with Frankfurt but I heard the Senkenberg museum is worth visiting if you're into natural history. They have dinosaurs, a geopark etc:
http://www.senckenberg.de/root/index.php?page_id=5256
If you're willing to travel, there's Heidelberg about 20 minutes south, which is a famed to be really beautiful:
http://www.heidelberg.de/english,Len/Home/Visit.html
If you're willing to travel even further, there's the volcanic area 2 hours northeast:
http://www.unesco.org/new/en/natural-sciences/environment/earth-sciences/global-geoparks/members/germany/vulkaneifel-european-geopark/
If I hear anything else about the area there I'll post.
Thank you. Heidelberg has been on my list.
Have fun man, and take lots of pictures.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
You got to go to Nashville.
I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
You got to go to Nashville.
I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.
Well, yes and no. I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.
But Germans build some kickass castles. I can't deny that.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 02, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
You got to go to Nashville.
I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.
Well, yes and no. I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.
But Germans build some kickass castles. I can't deny that.
If you like castles and if you're planning to visit Heidelberg anyway (by the way I typed something wrong i think, Heidelberg is a bit less than an hour south of Frankfurt, not just 20 minutes), anyway, you should consider visiting Hornberg castle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hornberg_Castle
That's about an hour to the east of Heidelberg but it's on the Neckar valley, which apparently is every castle lover's dreamland:
http://www.theguardian.com/travel/2008/mar/01/germany.walkingholidays
QuoteMost of these villages were fortified. The Neckar valley was like a corridor of castles. It wasn't just a question of a few walls and a big door. Each of these bastions was a stupendous, almost Disneyesque creation. Neckarsteinach had three of these fortresses, all built by thugs with names like "The Grand Wrecker of the Country". Hirschhorn had only one fortress but it was a particularly virulent orange, and dangled off the top of a hill.
and
QuoteI spent my last night at Hornberg Castle, as Twain had. It was once the home of robber barons (their family shield, I noticed, depicted a wolf devouring a sheep) but is now a hotel.
(Hornberg is also a museum - pardon the badly written article, it's just to give an impression of the area)
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 02, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
You got to go to Nashville.
I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.
Well, yes and no. I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.
But Germans build some kickass castles. I can't deny that.
The only places outside of the US I've been able to visit are Agua Prieta for about ten minutes, and various places in British Columbia, which barely counts.
20 minutes west of Frankfurt is the land of Squiddy birth.
Interesting little town with a quite excellent market platz.
Also, don't miss out on THIS bitch right here!
http://www.neuschwanstein.de/index.htm
http://www.youwall.com/papel/neuschwanstein_castle_wallpaper_9729b.jpg
Quote from: Sir Squid Diddimus on January 04, 2014, 04:28:02 AM
20 minutes west of Frankfurt is the land of Squiddy birth.
Interesting little town with a quite excellent market platz.
Also, don't miss out on THIS bitch right here!
http://www.neuschwanstein.de/index.htm
http://www.youwall.com/papel/neuschwanstein_castle_wallpaper_9729b.jpg
That's on my list. For reals.
DOUR,
Like Pappenhiem up in this bitch.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:39:42 AM
Also, Mike wanted to arrange two rental cars, because there's four of us.
Translation: He wants to rent a Porshe. NOT HAPPENING ON MY WATCH. We're going to rent a KIA or something.
Because a Canadian with a Mexican and two Americans from a South African company driving a South Korean car on the autobahn is COSMOPOLITAN AS FUCK.
,
:mittens:
Well played.
Also, if you're making a day of Heidelberg, I should mention the Philosopher's way, good walk, great views, liable to put the other 3 through hell if they hate movement under their own power.
Quote from: Junkenstein on January 05, 2014, 12:52:10 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:39:42 AM
Also, Mike wanted to arrange two rental cars, because there's four of us.
Translation: He wants to rent a Porshe. NOT HAPPENING ON MY WATCH. We're going to rent a KIA or something.
Because a Canadian with a Mexican and two Americans from a South African company driving a South Korean car on the autobahn is COSMOPOLITAN AS FUCK.
,
:mittens:
Well played.
Also, if you're making a day of Heidelberg, I should mention the Philosopher's way, good walk, great views, liable to put the other 3 through hell if they hate movement under their own power.
See dispatches thread.
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
I STILL WANT HITLER'S DOG!
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Congrats!
So, do we now have to start calling you "Herr Doktor"?
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Duuude!
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 09, 2014, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Duuude!
Bringing Filipe again (who travels very well, and is also a born wanderer/tourist, surprisingly enough), Tiny Killer Neckbeard, and one of the lead operators.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 09, 2014, 12:09:00 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 09, 2014, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Duuude!
Bringing Filipe again (who travels very well, and is also a born wanderer/tourist, surprisingly enough), Tiny Killer Neckbeard, and one of the lead operators.
So... your favorite coworkers?
Duuuude!
Quote from: :regret: on January 09, 2014, 12:15:54 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 09, 2014, 12:09:00 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 09, 2014, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Duuude!
Bringing Filipe again (who travels very well, and is also a born wanderer/tourist, surprisingly enough), Tiny Killer Neckbeard, and one of the lead operators.
So... your favorite coworkers?
Duuuude!
Yes. Mike and Steve bitch and cry too much when I drive on ZE AUTOBAHNS!
Oh, that sounds brilliant. Now those are stories I'd like to hear!
Get them roaringly drunk, then give them a workshop with ALL THE TOOLS. Record for posterity (since none of you will survive it)
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 09, 2014, 01:48:10 PM
Oh, that sounds brilliant. Now those are stories I'd like to hear!
Which? The autobahn? Already told it.
No, the future stories about a mad crew from Tucson wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting Germans.
Quote from: LMNO, PhD (life continues) on January 09, 2014, 05:41:15 PM
No, the future stories about a mad crew from Tucson wreaking havoc on the unsuspecting Germans.
That would feel rude.
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 09, 2014, 12:09:00 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 09, 2014, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Duuude!
Bringing Filipe again (who travels very well, and is also a born wanderer/tourist, surprisingly enough), Tiny Killer Neckbeard, and one of the lead operators.
That sounds WAY more fun than bringing Mike.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 09, 2014, 06:03:59 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 09, 2014, 12:09:00 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 09, 2014, 07:03:28 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 07, 2014, 10:31:49 PM
Annnnd I just scored another trip here.
:banana:
DOUR,
Off to bed.
Duuude!
Bringing Filipe again (who travels very well, and is also a born wanderer/tourist, surprisingly enough), Tiny Killer Neckbeard, and one of the lead operators.
That sounds WAY more fun than bringing Mike.
Mike can be fun. For a given value of fun.
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 07:40:21 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 02, 2014, 07:43:58 AM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on January 02, 2014, 03:25:20 AM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on January 01, 2014, 05:47:31 PM
Quote from: Nigel's Red Velveteen Skinmeat Snacks on December 31, 2013, 06:08:03 PM
Quote from: Dirty Old Uncle Roger on December 31, 2013, 03:12:12 AM
Spending a week in Germany on the company dime. Specifically, Frankfurt. I will have about 5 days of Roger time while I do this, as this trip is basically a junket. I will have a rental car and no intention of driving on a different side of the street or whatever people do in Europe. And essentially unlimited credit, provided I can shoehorn it into "entertainment expenses".
What do I need to do and see?
I have major envy.
You got to go to Nashville.
I'm pretty sure there's no Music Row in Frankfurt.
I feel like A WHOLE OTHER CONTINENT trumps visiting anywhere in Tennessee.
Well, yes and no. I've been in Europe, Asia, Africa, and South America, and spags are spags wherever you go.
But Germans build some kickass castles. I can't deny that.
The only places outside of the US I've been able to visit are Agua Prieta for about ten minutes, and various places in British Columbia, which barely counts.
Mexican border towns here.
The most interesting thing that happened was drinking in Garcia's Bar in Matamoros in 1989, and it was only later that I found out that could have possibly landed me in a nganga pot, so it was really only interesting after the fact.