This morning I got up early and was picked up by Ralf, who got up even earlier. We drove down to Lübbecke, a little town by Osnabrück where the furniture manufacturing equipment manufacturer IMA Klessmann has its factory. We went through some of my training materials all day. I'm glad I prepared so well. It's the first technical training I've ever done in German. My language doesn't seem to be much of a hindrance (I can understand myself, anyways), but it's good to have Ralf dabei.
We took a few breaks, and on one break the engineers I'm training took me on a tour of the factory floor. It was one of the coolest things I have ever seen. There were people making everything from conveyors to robotic milling machines the size of my entire apartment. Like the VW factory, I think every engineering student ought to see something like that.
At the end of the day, we went to a little Gasthof, where we'll spend the night. I had a really hammer Jägerschnitzel. I'm really tired and ready for bed. A picture cannot adequately portray just how German this place looks and feels, but here's one anyway:
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