Grüße aus Deutschland

 Greetings from Germany!!

Well I have officially landed and am in Germany.  It was a long flight (7 hours!), sitting in a cramped seat with no way of really moving.  Every seat had a TV in it to watch a series of movies and such but of course, my luck, mine did not work, ugh...

Anyways, that is over and I have been here for almost 48 hours.  So far, so good.  I made it to my apartment (aka tiny hole in the wall, pictures to come).  Below is a map of where I am staying.  It is a small town with a very different lifestyle than back in the states (and one I am quickly becoming fond of).


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There is a much larger town with places to go shopping and entertainment (which I have been told gets to be pretty crowded on nice weekends) about 4 km (2.5 mi) down the road called Kuenzelsau.

The factory that I am working at is 16 km (10 mi) down the road through some very narrow roads and very open farm lands (again, map below).


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My first day was definitely an interesting one.  I met most of the R&D team that I will be working with for the next few months.  They are all very nice and are more than happy to help me out.  This is the first time this type of thing has ever been done.   They have never brought an engineer over to work at the factory so everyone over there is excited to meet me and talk to me.

There is a bit of a language barrier as there are quite a few people who speak very little English.  I need to start working on my german!

Anyways, I will have plenty of pictures as soon as I get a chance to get out and take some!

for now, as they say here, 'Ciao!'

p.s. - Don't forget to leave some comments! Its nice to know people are reading along!