it’s almost 230 in the morning… So I really need to go to sleep… But I just want to believe that I had a very wonderful afternoon and evening. Katharin and I drove together to Herzogenaurach and met up with Christoph, Sky, Jan, Steffen at my favorite Greek restaurant in the world Sarataki. I’ve been looking forward to seeing my good friend, Saki, Who runs the restaurant with his brother. When we got there I was surprised and saddened to find that the restaurant is closing down in just two weeks. You’re being forced out of their building due to a huge rent  hike.

it’s a long story… But I was able to spend enough time talking to Saki do you understand that it might be a good thing after all…

He and his brother were excellent host tonight to a really nice gathering of my very goid IBM friends. We talked work, life over our wonderful, wonderful Greek meal. Still my favorite of any place I’ve eaten Greek food in the world 

By the time all of the retsiba and ouzo was drunk when it solved most of the world’s problems…

 

I’ll post some pictures here tomorrow when I get some band width…

 

here’s the resturyant Sirtaki 

 

and here is my good freind Saki

 

and his Ouzo

 

absolutely the best mezes

 

octopus.. !

 

broiled fish

Joern !

 

Sakil and his brother Evnagelos 

 

Kathrin and Cristoph

 

sky drinking his maple syrup . 

 

tale of three tree saps

For now it was so great reconnecting with old friends and new…

to changes !

OMPAH !

 

 

Night all, night Sam

– Me

 

long day.. followed by long night.

we all went out to a local christmas market.. I did my best to blend in. 

 

here’s my posse already a few gluhwein ahead of me when I got there. 

 

markus shows us how it’s done !

we watched curling for about 15 seconds….. which is longer than I’ve ever watched curling !

 

 

then wolfed down a spinatknodel…and kraut.. mmmmm beginning to taste a lot like christmas ! (?????)

 

Dawn doing her best St Pauli girl imitation 

 

me in the tree 

 

afterwards we went to a bar and I Ordered a Tegernseer(a Beer) and got the Tagessuppe (Soup of the day .. here lentil) ..   my colleagues got a great laugh out of my mistake.. I however got delicious lentil soup !

he who laughs last gets soup !

nite all, nite sam

-me

hello from my tiny cell in Munich. (I like my tiny cell.. actually). Had a busy day here.. ended with a nice dinner at my friends John and Heathers.. Great meal, great conversation.. .. nice to see them enjying Munich.

 

one of the great things they had in their Apt. was this flask

 

great philosophy for a Tuesday evening !

noite all, nite sam

-me

 

Reember the stove project i’ve been doing over the last couple of days ? welll. it isnt over. Rust had its revenge. One of the burned out steel pieces managed to get rust all over the seat of our car.. not just a little.. but huge

I sat on it on the way to the airport…

 

diane txted me to ask if I’d got any on me.. My pants were  COVERED in red rust.   I went into the bathroom of the plane from BTV to DUlles… and basically washed my pants in the sink.. .  paper towels, hot water and soap. 

It took so long that the flight attendant  had to politely bang on the door..

luckily about 80%bof it came off..

here’s whats lest from the United club bathroom.  Not bad.. it was much worse on the plane !

 

Rust never sleeps !

nite all, nite sam

-me