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Date Posted: 19:10:29 05/02/12 Wed

So far Germany is great. The weather has been outstanding and I'm really liking the area where my hotel is. I'm not sure what a skat show is but I'm confident in saying that I haven't seen one. I will say this, the beer is delicious. But we already knew that. I've had at least 2 beers each day I've been here. They charge about 2,10 for water and 3,50 for beer so it really doesn't make sense to drink anything other than beer. I would describe the beer as more refreshing here. Goes down real easy and doesn't give you the beer headaches. Hooray for zero preservatives!

I arrived on Monday with all my luggage. My boss picked me up from the airport and took me to my hotel. Then I went to the ministry of foreigners and got a temporary residence permit. Afterwards, I did a small amount of grocery shopping. After that, I met up with one of the 2 guys that started in March for dinner and a little bit of walking.

Tuesday was May Day and the entire city was shut down (other than gas stations, bars and restaurants). I met up with the same guy as the previous day and he showed me more of Munich. I also got most of my gadgetry set up (iphone and magicjack).

Today was my first day of work. I wore a suit mostly for my pictures. Everyone else wears jeans every single day! I met the second of the two new hires. He's cool and knows a bit of German. Lots of admin matters today and I got my first assignment. I would have thought they would have given me a US keyboard, but nein. It's goofy and the Y and Z are switched. Nothing special to report. Everyone is super friendly.

Tomorrow the group is having a Weisswurst Fruhstuck for welcoming all the recent new hires in the group. Basically, it's a celebration with meat (traditional white sausage -- considered their 'breakfast' or pre-noon sausage). Then more admin matters and perhaps starting on my first project.

Friday, more work in the morning and then apartment hunting in the afternoon.

Kate is getting some real good interest on the house. Hopefully it'll sell in the next week. Erikka had her baby yesterday. A nearly 10 lb. girl named Isabel.

It's about 1 AM here, so it's time to hit the hay.

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