{"id":3067,"date":"2011-06-17T00:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-06-17T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/?p=3067"},"modified":"2011-06-21T12:04:03","modified_gmt":"2011-06-21T15:04:03","slug":"pit-stop-in-germany","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2011\/06\/17\/pit-stop-in-germany\/","title":{"rendered":"Pit Stop in Germany &#8211; Wohoo!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Most flights from South America to Asia go via Europe, often even via Frankfurt. So I spontaneously decided to pit stop back home. It would have felt too strange to touch down in Frankfurt and not say hi to my parents and friends.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3133\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3133\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2527\" data-lbwps-height=\"1893\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Arriving at Frankfurt. Do you see me SMILE?\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3133\" title=\"Arriving at Frankfurt. Do you see me SMILE?\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-300x224.jpg\" alt=\"Arriving at Frankfurt. Do you see me SMILE?\" width=\"300\" height=\"224\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-1024x767.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3133\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Arriving at Frankfurt. Do you see me SMILE?<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>When booking the flight back home I was quite doubtful whether it would  be a good idea to stop by or not, &#8217;cause a lot of travelers told me, that  they would not do it. However, once the opportunity to see my parents  and friends was there, I decided to give it a try.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3134\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3134\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"4000\" data-lbwps-height=\"3000\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-1.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Great welcome by my parents! Thanks!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3134\" title=\"Great welcome by my parents! Thanks!\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-1-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Great welcome by my parents! Thanks!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-1-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-1-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3134\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Great welcome by my parents! Thanks!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>And the five weeks have just been awesome. I deeply enjoyed my time back  home. Spent a lot time relaxing and enjoying all the little pleasures that I often missed while traveling (my own room, my own bed, my own bathroom, my own tea pot :-)<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3144\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3144\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-21.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"4608\" data-lbwps-height=\"3456\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-21.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Lying in my bed. Awesome!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3144\" title=\"Lying in my bed. Awesome!\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-21-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Lying in my bed. Awesome!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-21-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-21-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3144\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Lying in my bed. Awesome!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Aside from that I had such a great time seeing my parents and my friends (at least  the ones who live close by).\u00a0 So many nice phone talks, great meetings, good talks, invitations, shuttle services, parties, &#8230;<br \/>\nI also enjoyed doing some <a title=\"Karate Dojo Darmstadt\" href=\"http:\/\/www.karate-dojo.de\/\">Karate<\/a> again. Basically I was pampered by  everybody I met. I can&#8217;t list every little pleasure I have gotten from a close one in these weeks. But there have been a lot! <strong>Thanks to  everybody who contributed in making these five weeks so fantastic! I  just have unbelievable parents and friends! Got so much love and joy!  Thanks, thanks, thanks!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3136\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3136\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-3.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"4608\" data-lbwps-height=\"3456\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-3.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Barbeque in Germany&amp;#8230; heavy rain :-) THANKS UNDINE &amp;#038; HEIKO FOR ALL THE &amp;#8216;DATES&amp;#8217; IN THESE FIVE WEEKS!\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3136\" title=\"Barbeque in Germany... heavy rain :-) Thanks Undine &amp; Heiko for all the 'dates' in these five weeks!\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-3-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Barbeque in Germany... heavy rain :-) Thanks Undine &amp; Heiko for all the 'dates' in these five weeks!\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-3-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-3-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3136\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Barbeque in Germany... heavy rain :-) <strong>Thanks Undine &amp; Heiko for all the &#039;dates&#039; in these five weeks!<\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It would be beyond the scope of this post to list every person whose  company I deeply enjoyed during my stay back home, but I want to mention  a few, who have been particularly special for me during these five weeks:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Mum &amp; Dad:<\/strong> Thanks for your  arms always being wide open. For all your support throughout my life.  For greeting me with such a warm welcome. For the full service program I  got from you. For the good talks. All your help. Just for being the best  parents in the world!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Claudi:<\/strong> Big thanks for hearty hugs and good and honest talks.  For letting your thesis be your thesis and going for a coffee or beer whenever I  dropped by at the university. And for enduring the traffic jam to say  goodbye!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Elli:<\/strong> Thanks for introducing me to the art of drinking delicious <a title=\"Matcha\" href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Matcha\">Matcha<\/a>. And for a wonderful Saturday evening. Thanks a lot for your time and the deep talking you have shared with me!<\/li>\n<li><strong>Torsten:<\/strong> Hm. Where to start? And where to end? Thanks for giving me the key of your flat and offering me your couch so that I could sleep in Darmstadt whenever I  wanted to. Helped <em>a lot<\/em> to enjoy the five  weeks. Thanks for having become such a good friend in so short time. For all the encouraging\u00a0 and open talks with you. Thanks for all my friend!<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3143\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3143\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-10.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"2560\" data-lbwps-height=\"1920\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-10.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"Me at the wedding of Melanie &amp;#038; Bj\u00f6rn. Yes, there are other dresses in my wardrobe than outdoor stuff ;-)\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3143\" title=\"Me at the wedding of Melanie &amp; Bj\u00f6rn. Yes, there are other dresses in my wardrobe than outdoor stuff ;-)\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-10-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"Me at the wedding of Melanie &amp; Bj\u00f6rn. Yes, there are other dresses in my wardrobe than outdoor stuff ;-)\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-10-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-10-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3143\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Me at the wedding of Melanie &amp; Bj\u00f6rn. Yes, there are other dresses in my wardrobe than outdoor stuff ;-)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As I was invited to two weddings I finally decided to stay five weeks in Germany. <strong>Thanks Inken &amp; Kai<\/strong> for inviting my to a fantastic weeding (and planning me in on a very short notice!) on my first weekend in Germany. <strong>What a great start!<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Thanks Melanie &amp; Bj\u00f6rn<\/strong> for inviting me to a fantastic weeding on my last weekend in Germany. <strong>What a great end!<\/strong><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3142\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3142\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-9.jpg\" data-lbwps-width=\"4608\" data-lbwps-height=\"3456\" data-lbwps-srcsmall=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-9.jpg\" data-lbwps-caption=\"My parents and I. On my last day back home :-(\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3142\" title=\"My parents and I. On my last day back home :-(\" src=\"http:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-9-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"My parents and I. On my last day back home :-(\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-9-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-9-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3142\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">My parents and I. On my last day back home :-(<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>I am deeply grateful for these five weeks in my life! Thanks to all of you! I MISS you all already! A lot.<\/strong><br \/>\nMichael<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3067 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-7.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-7-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"My bed.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3140\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3140'>\n\t\t\t\tMy bed.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-6.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-6-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"View to the balcony.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3139\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3139'>\n\t\t\t\tView to the balcony.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-8.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-8-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"The balcony.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3141\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3141'>\n\t\t\t\tThe balcony.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-5.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-5-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"Enjoying a good cup of tea.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3138\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3138'>\n\t\t\t\tEnjoying a good cup of tea.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-4.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/06\/pit-stop-germany-4-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"View from the balcony in the garden.\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3137\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3137'>\n\t\t\t\tView from the balcony in the garden.\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I spontaneously decided to pit stop back home. Thanks to everybody who contributed in making these five weeks so fantastic! Got so much love and joy! Thanks, thanks, thanks!<\/p>\n<div class=\"more-link-wrapper\"><a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/2011\/06\/17\/pit-stop-in-germany\/\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Pit Stop in Germany &#8211; Wohoo!<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3134,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[285,170],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-trip-i","category-germany","entry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3067"}],"version-history":[{"count":84,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3192,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3067\/revisions\/3192"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3134"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/mb.rivulet.org\/journal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}