Es war im Sommer 2009, als mich eine Fügung der modernen Industriewelt überraschend für einen Tag in die USA verschlug - eine einzigartige Gelegenheit für technische Gespräche, die nicht ungenutzt verstreichen durfte.
Der Flug war chaotisch. Unter anderem fehlten, als die 747 in Amsterdam vom Gate ging, noch die Kollegen, die alle wichtigen Informationen - welches Hotel, wo findet das Treffen statt, mit wem denn eigentlich genau, usw. - in den Taschen respektive Köpfen hatten. Nur eine Nachricht auf meiner Mailbox führte mich schließlich ins richtige Hotel (Danke, Daniela!), das Hyatt Regency in Detroit/Dearborn, gleich neben Ford (well, all Detroit is "right next to Ford). But the room was nice and big. Then came
by tension and jet lag. Despite fatigue was not to think of sleep. Outside, the sun was shining ... In addition, a huge hotel that you are in effect by itself, boring and depressing. Alone and to go on trips, I also was not used to. What we do - the bar?
Finally, I followed my old habit of exploring the area on foot. This has caused in my former "adopted country" South Africa has plenty of head shaking, and no less in the U.S. - a view in google earth immediately shows why: In addition to the hotel and a giant Mall in the center of a nearly endless parking lot (ok, and a few trees), there are around the Hyatt nothing you could be so easily reached on foot (except Ford).
But the air was beautiful and smelled why some unknown reason actually to cotton candy, coupled with my tiredness probably mean - hah! - Has awakened of adventure. I also heard from somewhere, music ... The trail led
me to a really nice restaurant ("The Big Fish"), full of lively, young people and with an ample supply of ice cold beer (I love it). Abroad, it is usually quick with the people in conversation, then, again, at the open-air bar, where a small band played really good. Fish balls on plates wandered, more beer was flowing, a detached himself from the round, for he was the guitarist for the band, and his break was over. The evening was entertaining and really nice, and the U.S. rummaged in spite of the crisis, which was already hit real inroads in Detroit, out of all their hospitality, and the tired guest from 'good ole Europe "felt a fiddle.
came almost exactly a year later in the same place the following YouTube video. By the way, who typical blue rock ballad stuff with good instrumentation, may I recommend the song "Bob's Tavern" by Pat Brennan - that was the keyboard player, and my "beer buddy" Dan spielt darauf die Gitarre, und der Saxophonist - nun der mache durchgehend Musik und hatte kaum Zeit zum Bier trinken ...
PS: Ich nenne zwar das gleiche Keyboard mein Eigen, aber damit hören auch schon die Parallelen auf ...
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