I last day in Germany for me. Geoff got up at the crack of dawn to take the Snake River brewer to the Weyerman Malting brewery to brew. I was supposed to go with them, but when the alarm went off at 5:30 am I was not into it. I slept in. Got up late relaxed a little, slowly got into the shower. I was moving really slow. Partially because the run in with the Danish the night before and partially because I wanted to soak up all of Germany I could. I don't want to go home. I strolled down the street. Got some coffee and took in all of Bamberg I could. I tried to go down all the streets I hadn't been down yet and see if I had missed anything. Stopped in at few of my favorites places for a beer. I also stopped into to see if I could find the vest I had lost the night before. No luck. I day went by very quickly.
A very large group was invited the the Weyerman Malting party at a local brewery for a dinner. This was to be the last thing for me to do in town. I had to catch a train as soon as the dinner was over back to Munich. The Weyerman's put on a great dinner. Very traditional Bavarian meal. Roast goose with kanoddle sp? (a potato dumpling) and creamed cabbage. It was so good, even though it wasn't more pork. After dinner we took a tour of the brewery. The brewery was old. Some of their equipment was just ancient. After that I talked with a few of the people at dinner, including Ramona, the N. American sales rep for Weyerman Malting. She is just a sweetheart. Not enough time talking to her though, I was off to the train station.
The Training leaving Bamberg was 15 minutes late getting in and I was standing on the platform in very fitting weather. It was misty and foggy and cold. Perfect for a midnight train out of town. The train ride was fine although since it was a little behind I missed one of the last subways back in Munich to the airport. So I had to wait in the Subway at 1:30 in the morning for 2 hours for the next train. Finally made it to the airport so I could find a place to sleep for a few hours before I could check-in for my flight. Then I checked-in and got though security and found yet another place to sleep for a few hours before my plane took off. I knew it was going to be a long trip home.
Bye, Bye Germany