Work was pretty uneventful today after having worked some pretty long days in the past three weeks, and that was nice because it gave me time to come back to the hotel, get some room service (it was raining so I didn't go out), pack my suitcase, and reflect on my trip. I'm very excited to be leaving tomorrow morning, but it's not without a little bit of that bittersweet feeling. I've really enjoyed my time here in Munich, even though it was four weeks longer than originally planned. Munich is a great city with so many things to offer that I didn't even get to do nearly as many things as I would have liked. Looking back though, I have no regrets about any of it. I saw a lot, ate a lot, went to a lot of new places, and just generally enjoyed all of the time I've spent in Bavaria. I could easily see this being a place I could live and feel comfortable in, if I learn a little bit more German, of course. Don't worry though. It's a bit too far away from family for me to really want to do that, but it's nice to think about in case candidate X, Y, or Z gets elected. I'd much rather go here than Canada like what everyone else says.
Also, I probably haven't mentioned this very much, if at all, but I really liked all of the people I got to work with at MTU. Everyone was super friendly and had such a different, more positive attitude about their work that really made me happy to work with them. On top of that, everyone always loved to strike up conversations that didn't have to do with work. Most of the time it was asking me what I had done that past weekend and what my plans were for the next one. They were full of tips and suggestions for where to go next, and all of those suggestions turned out really great for me. I will miss all of them, especially their very great, accented, and sometimes goofy English. One of my favorite phrases is when they tell me "we'll see us later" instead of "we'll see you later." I love it because it's the literal word-for-word translation of the German phrase of the same meaning ("Wir sehen uns später") and almost every single person said it to me the same way. Of course, I can't knock them too hard because my German skills were terrible, but let's not dwell on that. They were also very amused that one time I did the Arnold Schwarzenegger impression ("I'll be back" and "Hasta la vista, baby"). Glad I could make them laugh.
Anyway, enough rambling. This was the best business trip I've been on yet and could have even qualified as a vacation with the amount of sight-seeing I was able to do on the weekends. I had a great time, but I'm so glad to be going home.
If you made it through to the end of my trip with me, I really appreciate you reading and hope you enjoyed. I'll leave you with one parting quote from the great Sheriff Bart: "Auf Wiedersehen, baby."
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