I had a meeting over at Hackclub today and was excited to see their new home. They’ve always worked out of this old house on the corner of Route seven in Shelburne but now they are in a gleaming cool retro icehouse right down on battery Street. They just moved in but it is an amazing space.

This afternoon Diane and I took our neighbor Oaklee for a walk on the river shore. . Oaklee is a very energetic Shepherd poodle mix. She is so fun to play with and so active.

Walkign Ooaklee is really helping with our doggie withdrawal

nite all. nite sam
-me

It was wonderful being back home. We took a quick run this morning on Rivershore… No more snow but no leaves yet either. It’s always an interesting time of year.

We always run by the little tribute place to our friend Frances. This is the last place he was alive. I always feel his presence on this trail. What a great guy.

It was great being back at work… I hadn’t really taken off. I’ve been working pretty hard on a project that was in England so I don’t really feel it was a vacation but still it was nice to see everybody. And fun just driving around with all the road signs are in my chosen language.

 

A funny and weird thing happened… When I got to work as always, the parking lot at Northanger was full so I parked over at the C lot which is kind of a pleasant 10 minute walk back to work. On the way I was standing in front of The Burlington airport parking garage and there was a beautiful old tree that had a hollow part in it. I just took a look inside and was surprised to see two eyes looking back at me. This little guy was in there kind of eyeing me but also kind of saying would you please leave me alone? I’m trying to sleep.

Funny thing was is that when it was time to go home I walked by and he was still in the tree. He really is a night guy.

We had WRUJ meeting after work and my friend Dan had brought in some real vintage mixer equipment that he’s been donated. It was like old TTL level logic.

nice nice nice to be home !
nite all, nite sam
-me

We got up around five grabbed our stuff walked about 10 minutes to the bus station. Got a bus about 545 got to the train station and got on the one hour train to Frankfurt… Well, it was supposed to be an hour, but it turned out to be closer to two and so we were very glad that we had opted for an earlier train. Anyway, getting off the train and walking to the plane, couldn’t be easier in Frankfurt… it’s actually easier than driving to an airport. We spent some time in the very nice Lufthansa lounge and then got on a plane and flew first to Dulles and then onto Burlington. It was great to be back home.

gabe sent us a picture with his car.. he did some more racticing today.. and now feels ready to drive on real roads.  His girlfreind Mya comes in 2 days.. so she can be the copilot !

so nice to be home !

nite all. nite sam
-me

Today Diane and I drove our rental car Sixt .. and then walked to the used car dealer and finished the deal. It had been such a pleasure working with Tall at cara. This was exactly the car that we were looking for inexpensive, low mileage, fund to drive and safe.

On the way over, we walked by a traditional German clothing store where you could buy things like lederhosen and dirndls..  we coudn’t resist ! !

Talat gone early this morning with our registration and insurance to get the plates made for the car… And with that the car was ours! 

He said goodbye to our friends at Kara Auto. Talat I’ve been very wonderful to work with and we would recommend these guys to anyone who wants to buy a car there. Drove the car over to the university and gabe got to come out and take a look.

We left the car there and headed home. We noticed on the little picture frame with the video camera that it was snowing at home. !

Diane and I took a nice hike down through Gerbrunn and into the trails. its such a cute town !

Then a quick pasta dinner at home and then over to the parking lot near gabe’s lab to give him his first, and I believe only lesson on driving a stick

After a few rough starts, Gabe was driving around like a champ. I think he’s gonna really love having this car. On the way home we stopped to check the bus schedule. Diane and I have to leave at like a quarter before six tomorrow to get to the bus station to get to the train station to get to the airport in Frankfurt.

Then some quick packing and dog scratching, and then some sleep !

This had been a fantastic stay.  Gabriel has found a great place and a great situation. He’s been such a great host too.1

 

Early morning travels  tomorrow !

nite all, nite sam
_me