Went up to Hohenfels, Germany last week for IRT (Individual Readiness Training) or pre-deployment training. The training was alright, the instructions were very knowledgeable. It did not really teach me anything new, but I was able to brush up on some of the basic tasks I will be conducting in Iraq. The week went by real fast.
After we got back, we headed up to Koln with a new edition to the LT crew, Geordan, and his wife. I met him at RTB when we were on holdover. Koln is one of the largest cities in Germany, and there was alot to see, but we only had a short time to see it. The Cathedral in the center of the city was awesome. Not as big as the one we saw at Metz, but it was much more pleasing to the eye. We came in during a service, and when the organs went off with the choir in the background... breathtaking. It was a nice experience. When we first got in, we basically went on a pub crawl/ Restaurant bar crawl. Had some good beer, good wine, good times. Also visited an old Gestapo prison, Very cool stuff. Saw the small stagnant cells the prisoners were held, the torture chambers, etc. Very eerie, but educational.
The most embarrassing thing about the weekend was my crash course in driving a manual transmission car. When I first got it at the rental shop, I decided to take the opportunity to learn how to drive. It was a roooouuggh time trying to get the car out of the parking lot. Driving on the autobahn was no problem, but the stop and go of the city and some of the hills in Baumholder... made for a bumpy ride. When we rode into post last night, I was stalled at the gate, and kept stalling for about 10 minutes until I finally was able to get the car going... everyone was cracking up.. got to learn sometime right?
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