{"id":1555,"date":"2000-05-13T17:12:00","date_gmt":"2000-05-13T17:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=1555"},"modified":"2022-03-17T22:59:58","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T22:59:58","slug":"germany-may-2000-pt-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2000\/05\/13\/germany-may-2000-pt-6\/","title":{"rendered":"Germany May 2000 (Pt. 6)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>We drove to Am Steigkopf, a restaurant in the middle of the forest. There we bumped into Nadja, who was there with her friend Claudia, both riding their horses:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-198.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1556\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-198.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-198-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-199.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1557\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-199.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-199-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>The Frankens and Claudia<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"202\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1558\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-200.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1558\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-200.png 202w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-200-173x300.png 173w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"280\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1559\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-201.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1559\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-201.png 280w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-201-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 280px) 100vw, 280px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1560\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-202.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-202.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-202-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>For dinner, I was invited to one of Helmut&#8217;s friend&#8217;s house, in Lorsch: The host, Franz, grilling pork steaks, chicken, and bratwurst. The party went on into the night, and ended around 2am&#8230; some funny pictures:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-203.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1561\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-203.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-203-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-2 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1562\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-204.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1562\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-204.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-204-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>Gerhard: &#8220;I will kick your @$$ if you don&#8217;t bring me some beer!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1563\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-205.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1563\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-205.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-205-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Just kidding &#8211; here I brought you some beer&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1564\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-206.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1564\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-206.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-206-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>&#8220;Prost! Prost! Prost!&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1565\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-207.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1565\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-207.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-207-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Midway through the party&#8230; Helmut: &#8220;There&#8217;s a fly in my beer!?!?! I am going to get another one&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-208.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1567\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-208.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-208-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, Horst disappeared first into the cellar&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-209.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1569\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-209.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-209-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230; and got the last beer. Horst: &#8220;Hee hee!&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-210.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1570\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-210.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-210-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-211.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1571\" width=\"279\" height=\"349\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-211.png 280w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-211-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 279px) 100vw, 279px\" \/><figcaption>Helmut &#8220;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"298\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-212.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1572\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-212.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-212-300x204.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>May 14. Woke up and went to the Franken&#8217;s, but Helmut had already left with Gerhard (TOUGH MEN!) for their bike-ride. Decided to take Orsa out for a walk in the mountains behind Helmut&#8217;s back yard&#8230; then got lost:<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>A word from the wise, Helmut: &#8220;Enjoy this last weekend in Moerlenbach &#8211; next week we&#8217;re in Dusseldorf&#8221;&#8230; The mental preparation begins. Helmut prepared dinner with his Weber grill (my last BBQ for this trip in Germany)&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-214.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1575\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-214.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-214-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-213.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-213.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-213-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-3 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1576\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-215.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-215.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-215-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>Lena giving Felix and Orsa a bath.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"364\" data-id=\"1577\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-216.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1577\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-216.png 291w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-216-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1578\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-217.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1578\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-217.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-217-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><figcaption>Took a picture of Felix&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"364\" data-id=\"1579\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-218.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1579\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-218.png 291w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-218-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><figcaption>&#8230; and then I got a designer T-shirt in return&#8230;<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"438\" height=\"350\" data-id=\"1580\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-219.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1580\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-219.png 438w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-219-300x240.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 438px) 100vw, 438px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"291\" height=\"364\" data-id=\"1581\" src=\"http:\/\/www.lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-220.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1581\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-220.png 291w, https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/image-220-240x300.png 240w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 291px) 100vw, 291px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We drove to Am Steigkopf, a restaurant in the middle of the forest. 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