{"id":9579,"date":"2004-05-02T01:06:00","date_gmt":"2004-05-02T01:06:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sch1auh0s7.site.nfoservers.com\/wp_lew1slau\/?p=9579"},"modified":"2022-05-04T22:12:05","modified_gmt":"2022-05-04T22:12:05","slug":"drupa-2004-pt-2-moerlenbach-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/2004\/05\/02\/drupa-2004-pt-2-moerlenbach-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Drupa 2004 Pt. 2. Moerlenbach & Dusseldorf, 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. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuation of the day in Moerlenbach. I was invited to a nice barbeque at Helmut’s house (no we did NOT eat one of the giant bunnies). It was also an open-house at the local farmer\/butcher’s, so Helmut and his daughter Lena took me to check out the animals. On the way back to Hainburg I tried one last time to break the 118mph speed limit on the autobahn \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Speedometer testing on the Autobahn, part I<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Speedometer testing on the Autobahn – the stubborn needle refuses to go pass 180 kilometers per hour (112 miles per hour)!!!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Speedometer testing on the Autobahn – HORRAY! (118 miles per hour)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving towards the old woods (Odenwald)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Exit = Ausfahrt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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End of Autobahn<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Driving towards Moerlenbach, where my colleague\/friend Helmut lives.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Stop in English = Stop in German<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut and Rita’s home in Moerlenbach<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rabbit cage<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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GIANT rabbits<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My chapstick next to the rabbit, to show its scale<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rabbit attempts to eat the chapstick<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut gets the barbeque grill started, and Rita… plays with the bunnies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I swear these bunnies are the size of small dogs!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Is this what a jackelope looks like?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut hard at work<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Delicious dinner prepared by the Frankens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Sparglezeit! (White) Asparagus Time!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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It’s the farmer’s market so Helmut took me to the local farmer’s “open house” with his daughter Lena.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Free range hens<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut and his daughter Lena on right<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The farm owner himself<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut and Lena<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut’s dog Orsa<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And Lena’s dog Felix<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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On the way back to Frankfurt…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Final Autobahn speedometer test: HORRAY – 200 kph = 124 miles per hour!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n

My stay in Seligenstadt \/ Hainburg is over – on the way to Dusseldorf, Germany where Drupa 2004 is to take place for 13 days (I am only staying for 8 days, lucky me)…<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Partying with Bernd’s good friend Frank<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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My hotel in Seligenstadt, Hotel Columbus<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gas (or Petrol, as they call it), is about 4x the price in the United States!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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100-octane gasoline!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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DRUPA 2004 (The biggest print show on Earth, happens every 4 years).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The CGS booth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Reminds me of concert parking<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The CGS global proofing task force (yes Bernd and I are very geeky)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The show begins… nothing too exciting to take pictures of during the show… but after the show closes I get to hang out with my German colleagues and have some of the most memorable moments during my stay in Germany this time… One reason why I enjoy working alongside these fun-loving people \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lutz Semmel, my German colleague<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut sitting next to Ralf Siefert, and Nadja (now working for CGS) next to Thommy
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Let’s get to work! (Actually the day is over, and we are heading out for drinks!)
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Ran into a bachelorette party at a local bar. Lutz checking out the candies on the bride-to-be’s t-shirt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Bernd buys a candy…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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And gets a kiss on the cheek (bonus?)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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No idea who else she is kissing… oops is that me?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Drinkning Kolsh, a beer brewed daily in the city of Cologne<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I like beer!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ziggy Zagga Ziggy Zagga, Oi Oi Oi!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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David Arculus from our Canadian office<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Back to the hotel, there is a party going on already…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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CGS reserves the entire hotel for our staff<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Frank Kempf (Left) looks awfully tired<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Oy – Jagermeister…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut and Ralf, the party animals…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Yum – that was very satisfying!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Hey Lewis, get in here so we can have a picture with you!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Looked like they cut my head off<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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“Lewis, you look really sexy!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut and Ralf fighting over who gets me… ?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ralf wins and tries to kiss me<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The kissing game between Ralf beings… in 3 – 2 –<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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one!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Okay – you’re choking me…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ralf wants to stick the pretzel into Helmut’s ears<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut: “no F-ing way!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ralf: “C’mon – it’s just a short one!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut: “fine – only my LEFT ear though!”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ralf: “Let me show you – this is how I will do it”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ralf: “If I keep pushing, it will go through the other side!” (Helmut mesmerized)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Helmut rolls his eyes as Ralf fails at pushing the pretzel through his brain.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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The owner of our hotel behind Ralf<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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I DID IT! I DID IT!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Okay, wait a second… now for the final trick… 3 –<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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– 2 –<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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TA-DA!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Now if I can only get the smoke to come out of my ears…<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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This is really fun!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2:00am… time for bed everyone!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Who gets to sleep with Ralf tonight?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Ralf: “I like Helmut better”<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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. Continuation of the day in Moerlenbach. I was invited to a nice barbeque at Helmut’s house (no we did NOT eat one of the giant bunnies). It was also…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9703,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9579","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\/DSCN0488-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9579","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=9579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9735,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9579\/revisions\/9735"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9703"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lewislau.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}