After fighting jet lag all morning as well as a hangover from all the German beer (which is apparently much stronger than American beer), Leni and I finally got ready to head out to the "Stapler Cup," which is an annual local company/town event with live music, food/beer tents, and the main event... forklift competitions. The company Linde manufactures high quality forklifts, or "stapler," thus, the Stapler Cup. Anyway, its a cool event where the best forklift drivers in the company and subsidiarity companies compete in various events with a grandstand/spectators and the whole deal. After enjoying a beer and walking around for a while (the event is also right next to the huge castle in the city on the river which adds to the awesomeness), Leni and I decided to head home because we were meeting her parents for cake and coffee. But before we left, a lady from the local newspaper asked if she could take a quick picture of us for tomorrow's paper. I thought she was just bs-ing us, but, after returning from our camping trip today, what do we find at Leni's apartment??? A newspaper with our picture on the FRONT PAGE! Well, maybe not on the front page. But on something like page 5 there is a small pic of us with a bunch of other people who attended the festival. haha See for yourself! Although I was a little bummed that they didn't include that I was from Aschaffenburg. Oh well, haha.
Meet the Parents
After a good time at the Stapler Cup, Leni and I drove across town to have coffee and cake with her parents. Man do they have a nice house! And her parents were extremely friendly and could surprisingly speak pretty good english. Leni's mom made a homemade apple streussel cake, that was delicious and called for lots of homemade whipped cream on top. The coffee was also incredible. mmmm.... I can't wait to have some more when I go to their house Sunday night when we have Schnitzel for dinner (which is tonight actually tonight btw). Anyway, i gotta run. Leni and i are going to a soccer game, then to her parents house for dinner. I'll blog about the sweet camping trip we went on last night and how I burned my had pretty bad later tonight hopefully. Later
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