{"id":9436,"date":"2004-05-01T00:40:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-01T00:40:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=9436"},"modified":"2022-05-04T01:05:30","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T01:05:30","slug":"drupa-2004-selingenstadt-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2004\/05\/01\/drupa-2004-selingenstadt-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Drupa 2004. Selingenstadt, Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Spend 2 weeks in Germany for Drupa 2004 – one of the biggest trade shows in the world, dedicated to graphic arts and the printing industry. While helping with the preparation of the show I was invited by Waldemar (Dieter’s father) to a soccer (football) game with the Offenback Kickers, one of the local clubs which Waldemar is involved in. I also had the chance to hang out in Seligenstadt visiting the Klein Brewery (no relations) nearby with my friends Bernd, Jana, and Thommy. Right before we left for Cologne (where Drupa takes place) I borrowed Bernd’s VW Golf to drive to my friend Helmut’s house in Moerlenbach (and tested the top speed on the Autobahn, naturally).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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CGS Hainburg<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My colleague\/friend Bernd hard at work.
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Bernd’s home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving to Waldemar’s home<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My grandpa Waldemar and me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waldemar and Barbara<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving to an Offenbach Kickers game with Waldemar – he is an honorary member of the football (soccer) club<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gigantic German pretzels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My first profession football game<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Beer-drinking VIP football fans<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Perfectionist German beer-pouring in action<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In Germany, the bartenders have to (by law) pour beer to the line marked on all beer glasses\/mugs: 0.3 liter.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waldemar summons me…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The sign across the field reads “In honor of Waldemar Klein”. COOL.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Waldemar tells some reporter that I am a Japanese football scout…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Some famous German football star<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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In the VIP lounge, Bernd underneath a portrait of Waldemar<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next morning we hung out in Frankfurt<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Weekend. Touring downtown Frankfurt. The famous hammer-man.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bernd and his girlfriend Jana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No starbucks in Germany – we are in a local cafe sipping latte<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GIANT chair, or small Lewis?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Body worlds<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Authentic German Pretzels<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back in Selingenstadt. Traditional German Building<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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More perfectly-poured German beer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It’s white-asparagus season in Germany, so we got to have a feast of them – much, much softer and flavorful than the green ones you get in the U.S.!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The church of Selingenstadt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Next stop – Klein’s Brewhouse…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Why are we always talking about work?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Fine – let’s talk about girls instead…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I have a pretty girl sitting next to me!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Christoph Thommy” Thommesen
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Jana “Mama Sanchez” Schreiber<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Spend 2 weeks in Germany for Drupa 2004 – one of the biggest trade shows in the world, dedicated to graphic arts and the printing industry. While helping with the preparation of the show I was invited by Waldemar (Dieter’s father) to a soccer (football) game with the Offenback Kickers, one of the local clubs…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9458,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9436","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","wpcat-1-id"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/DSCN0250.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9436"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9578,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9436\/revisions\/9578"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9458"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9436"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9436"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9436"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}