October 26, 2004
Germany Overview
So we went to Germany for the second part of the Pygmalion programme. Maybe it was the weather — the fall finally settling in — but the whole trip was far less festive than the Kent excursion. Or maybe it was that I actually get some work done, despite corporate nonsense and some of my typical Quixotic seizures. Chumbacca enjoyed it. He liked the hotel in Berlin (spent hours luring insects into the sauna) and was particularly happy to meet the daughters (ages 3 and 6) of my friend Franz, at whose place we stayed on our way back. He didn't socialize much in Eyba. Not with the Pygmalion participants, that is: he's an expert on the behavior of German horses and squirrels. He took archery lessons. More than once I spotted him picking leaves and branches outside my window in the Schlosshotel and wondered if he wouldn't be happier in a rural setting, without the bullshit that comes with the fame he claims to be destined to. Probably not. It's just a vacation he needs.