So, the teambuilder went off without a hitch today.. Well, as long as you can consider 7 hours of mountain hiking, a few litres of Bier and a couple of hookers… Wait.. nix the hookers. Anyhow, I’ll pose my first question of the day: What do a group of 23 engineers do in the woods near the peak of a mountain when they’re waiting for the rest of the group to catch up?

Well, at least half of them grab long blades of grass and make whistles out of them.. That”s right, we’re a rowdy group. We’re just f-ing crazy when left alone with nature. LOL I think I was even embarrassed to be a part of this crew for a few minutes. Then I decided I could whistle louder than the rest and proceeded to prove it. No one had a portable decibel meter in their back pocket, but I’m convinced I was loudest. It even made the hookers shriek… Wait, no it didn’t since there weren’t any 300 Koruna per hour hookers (~10 Eur / hour) there…

After our hike, then we decided to sonder through the small Czech town and try to find an open restaurant that could handle our group. 3rd time is a charm since the others were closed.. Or at least they said they were when a group of 23 uber-nerds came walking up.

Once the meal was over, we piled into the cars and all headed back to Dresden. The vehicle I was in got held up at the border on both the way out AND the way back in.. I bet they don’t like americans..

Then about 10 Km further down the road we got pulled over in a random vehicle registration check. I was beginning to think I would never make it back home. But alas, nearly 15 hours after we left work, I was able to drag my tired sorry ass back up the stairs from hell in into our top floor flat. I think I’ll call in sore tomorrow…. Oh yeah…. All this and not a single pair of grossen titsens.. I’m bummed..

On this day..

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