{"id":967,"date":"2007-06-27T11:42:55","date_gmt":"2007-06-27T18:42:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/?p=967"},"modified":"2012-05-11T08:20:29","modified_gmt":"2012-05-11T15:20:29","slug":"more-of-kassel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/writtenbymurphy.com\/wonderblog\/2007\/06\/more-of-kassel\/","title":{"rendered":"More of Kassel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Chris dove in right away to talk to the manufacturers and collectors:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/murphy_pics\/533153189\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1348\/533153189_0f9b3ad060.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7403\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As you see, they are very intent on their discussions.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/murphy_pics\/533057372\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1122\/533057372_e92ec4fd8d.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7404\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I thought the garden was lovely.<\/p>\n<p>But..I forgot to mention. The airport had lost my bag.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;d been wearing grubby tourist clothes this whole trip, but i had kept in reserve a nice dress shirt and skirt to wear for the Kassel pre-show dinner. I remembered it being formal.<\/p>\n<p>But my bag was lost. The aiport was supposed to deliver it, but it didn&#8217;t come.<\/p>\n<p>I remained in my grubbies, trying to carry it off with some level of suavity.<\/p>\n<p>But here is the dining room:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/murphy_pics\/533061814\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1271\/533061814_40b3e26fe9.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7417\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I tried not to think about how I was wearing a black t-shirt and jeans.<\/p>\n<p>There seemed to be a lot of suits and ties in the house:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/murphy_pics\/533063562\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1339\/533063562_f6efda551a.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7423\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>But before I could worry too much about it, Norbert the German hippie arrived:<br \/>\n<a title=\"Photo Sharing\" href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/murphy_pics\/533160733\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/farm2.static.flickr.com\/1082\/533160733_b5fc50c880.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7425\" width=\"500\" height=\"333\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>You can&#8217;t see it, but he has Birkenstocks on. He is an excellent model ship maker, and a truly wonderful man. He speaks fluent English and uses the term &#8220;hella&#8221; liberally.<\/p>\n<p>But of course, the ship collectors were all very polite and did not make me feel out of place. They had lots of things to say about ships and models.<\/p>\n<p>My bag arrived at last, right before desert. In addition to my pretty outfit, it also had some treasured ship models for the show. So, we had a great time at dinner and all agreed to get up early and see the show.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chris dove in right away to talk to the manufacturers and collectors: As you see, they are very intent on their discussions. I thought the garden was lovely. But..I forgot to mention. The airport had lost my bag. 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