Guter Tag!

Hello from Munich. The flight here was fine, despite the odd woman who was sitting next to me and couldn't stop talking...until I finally put on my Bose headphones. That finally shut her up.

I heard all about her 3 kids, her husband in Afghanistan (as an ex-military contractor, not a soldier), her love of shopping, etc. What pushed me over the edge was when she said to me, "Why didn't you bring your wife on this trip?" and before I could say anything, she answered her own question by saying, "Right. I guess with the kids starting back in school someone had to stay home and take care of them." Excuse me, wife? kids? school? I guess we're all odd in some way. All I can say is thank god for Bose headphones, and iPod's!

Sorry to say that even though I'm technically in Munich, I really could be anywhere. I'm in a nice but bland hotel in the middle of nowhere. I'm listening to "The Big 80's" on Sirius, and working on my laptop. I could just as easily be in Munich, North Dakota, as Munich Germany. Oh well, hopefully things will improve on Friday and Saturday when I have a chance to actually see something.

Time for some beer and sausages for dinner and then I'll try to stay up at least 9.