Starting the Project

We started working on the project Yesterday. I am in a team with Birthe, Kerstin, Riche, and Ashley (all females). It's really exciting.

I bought some cuban cigars yesterday, too. Germany is very smoker friendly. You can smoke everywhere except a few train stations.

I will post some pictures as soon as I can find a computer that will take my card.

I Made It!

Greetings from Dortmund,

The flight was uneventful and long. No delays and I got to see the Life Aquatic again. We arrived at Frankfurt and customs was fast (even though I ended up being almost the last person to get through from our flight.

Our hosts, Kerstin and Birthe are very nice and generous. They both drink coffee (they made the coffee I'm drinking right now! (the kezboard is a little different here so I apoliye for anz spelling mistakes.)

We visited three sites today in the Rhur River area. I won't bore you with the details here, but it was very interesting. The steel and coal industry here are enormous - it is as big or bigger than Gary Indiana. We were at the top of the Gasometer tower and could see smokestacks all over the place mixed in with cities. This may sound strange - but I'll get the pictures up fast enough.

Not knowing German is not a problem. Our hosts are helping us along very nicely. (Although there is a small hangup with the word elevator.)

I don't have enough time for pictures, but I saw a car hanging from a cable inside an old boiler building.