EMEA Trip - Day 4 - Walldorf to Munich

Another light coating of snow – the trail I went running on last night is now covered in Snow. I had to go outside since my room was in the basement – must not be on the frequent stay program with Holiday Inn (just what I need is another card).

From 2009 - Feb - Germany 3 Days

Sunrise over the SAP campus.

From 2009 - Feb - Germany 3 Days

This is the main headquarters – started here in this farm town in Germany and now has 55,000+ employees, it’s own futbol team, a work out facitility that would make most Olympic stadiums jealous, several bars, a bus service and a couple of restaurants.

Another long day of meetings – these trips would be so much more fun if I wasn’t working (then again, I probably wouldn’t choose Germany in February – unless I was going skiing). The day went well and it only took 4 hours to drive back to Munich this evening. I followed my GPS – bad idea – it doesn’t understand the concept of the Autobahn – much better to drive an extra 60 km (at 180 km) than drive 120 km through small towns and traffic lights in the dark.

Tomorrow is a travel day - I've only added the pics from above the Germany Album – looking forward to being home. Hope all is well with each of you.

Travel’n Jay

EMEA Trip - Day 3 - Munich to Walldorf

Starting the day with a light snow storm in Munich

From 2009 - Feb - Germany 3 Days

I had a morning full of meetings. Not much fun to report, I finished up in Munich around 2 PM and then took off for Walldorf. It’s a 300 km trip that takes about 3 hours (sometimes a bit less). I’m not sure driving 200 km/hr (124 mph) is a good thing for a brand new car, but it sure is fun. I did learn that at speeds over 150 km/hr (93 mph) that the wind shield washer doesn't work very well - it just blows over the car.

The town of Walldorf where SAP is Headquartered (there are 5 Walldorf's in Germany) is a small town - it doesn't cover the space that the SAP Campus does. It was a nice sunset.

From 2009 - Feb - Germany 3 Days

I took a chance to spend some time in the Sauna to warm up before dinner. We had dinner in an italian restaurant that is in the middle of SAP's sports complexes and their own football (soccer) team that is doing very well this year.

I've got one last day before heading home. I've updated the Germany Photo album. Looking forward to some rest.

Travel'n Jay