FMX 09, Day Zero
Finally. I arrived in my hotel in Stuttgart, eagerly anticipating the fmx launch tomorrow. The ride from Salzburg didn’t feel really long mostly because of the lovely company on the way, a wonderful sunset and some good music.
Currently I am in my bed at the Hotel Hottmann in southern Stuttgart. This year I got the room above the one I was in last year, unfortunately it is a bit smaller, still comfy. Most important to me is the radiator next to my bed because I freeze easily and the room was really cold. Even colder than the hallway. So I turned it all the way up and spend my time waiting for the WLAN to transmit data-packets, one at a time at about 25 baud. Every 5 min I have to attempt reconnecting for another ten to thirty minutes, so it’s quite tedious. But not as tedious as driving around for 20 minutes looking for a space to park the car — Stuttgart’s jammed!
In all the excitement of today’s journey I totally forgot to prepare me some food and all I ate today were gifts: A piece of sausage, a sip of apple juice and 24 thin Hello Kitty wafers. Now I count the hours until they serve breakfast around here – 6.5 more to go – d’oh!.
Continuing last year’s list of stuff I forgot at home there’s also one for today.
- shaver
- soap
What I have learned today:
- That sunsets still touch me.
- That 100 calories won’t make your day.
What surprised me today:
- How cold the Hotel Hottmann’s rooms really are.
- That a woman really said: “Hey, this cloud looks like the Enterprise!”
- How easily annoyed I get, when I can’t check my mail.
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