Just yesterday started the MobileVision presented by Intertrade AG in Wallenhorst near Osnabrück.
So my Chef and I started at half past nine and reached Wallenhorst at 10 am. We filled our standing with life and cleaned up a bit. The MobileVision is a fair on an acre nearby Wallenhorst. Three big tents are building the fair area. Maybe you can imagine, how warm it was in those tents, when the sun shines all day long and the temperatures reach 30°C in the shadow - it was not nice - but after the organizers lifted the side parts of the tents, air circulation brought some fresh air into the tents.
Before the fair started at 1 pm, we went to our hotel. Now I know, why this guy drove into the river a few years ago: you can't trust navigation systems
We drove through Osnabrück and stopped at the end of the street, where a fence made it impossible to drive by. Well, to shorten it up, after another 30 minutes we found our hotel. Because Osnabrück has four UK force barracks all across the city, we also had a meeting with a tank - it was very strange to see a tank driving over "normal" streets.
After changing clothes we went back to the fair area and got some tasty food - the catering company does its job very well
. Well, I used the afternoon to develop some lines of code for an internal project - you see, there weren't so much users as we expected. At 6 pm the fair has closed and some of the exhibitiants organized a little evening program.
At 8 pm we all met at "Grüner Jäger" in Osnabrück. The cab drive to the meeting point was some kind of strange and so we first needed some alcohol to calm down. The worst thing about Osnabrück: They don't have the right beer here - no Alt :-( So I was forced to drink "Osnabrücker Pils" - well, I can't recommend it. At 12 pm we went back to hotel. My boss, our company's management consultant and me went to the hotel bar just to drink a glas of water - well it ended with some more beers and "HKT" - "herzhafter Kräuter-Tropfen" (some kind of shot).
Well, this was the first day of MobileVision... more to come soon. (Tonight, "Torfrock" will give a concert on fair centre at the Wiking party. (You know Torfrock, if you know the "Werner" movies)