October 28, 2009

I was really missing Wyatt on my trip, so I had make friends with other dogs during the trip.  I was staying with this dog, who reminds me of a dog we used to watch named Rufus.  I think this dog's name was Tessa.

But, I really wish I was staying with the dog that belonged to Dena's host family.  His name is Bach.

After my dog interactions, we met at one factory that makes fabric and got random fabric samples.  Then we met at another steel factory only because the president of the company is from the United States.  He had a puppy that Ryan and I wanted to play with, but he put the puppy away and made us look at his factory.  After that we ended up at a castle. 

Rumor was that the girls would be staying there.  I thought that was unlikey as we toured the castle, but eventually we went through a tunnel that lead to the guesthouses at the castle.  Dena and I were roommates again.  After lunch we went to the Deutsch-Deutsches Museum Modlareuth.  It was a city divided in half by a wall to separate East and West Germany.  It was interesting to see how a wall could be put up right in the middle of a town.  Now you can see some remainders of the wall, the watch towers, and the attack/guard dog runs and hutches. 

That night we went to the Hof Film Festival, which is actually pretty famous after some freetime for shopping.  I thought for sure I would fall asleep, but the films were excellent. 

The first film we saw was a short.  It was great, but I didn't get the name.  The main film we saw was called "Nothing Personal."  It was about a woman who ends up working for a man at his house in a deserted area of Ireland.  She explains that she doesn't want to get to know him and share nothing personal.  The question is, who will give in first.  To my surprise, the director was in the audience with us.  At the end she basically asked what we thought.  It was a little overwhelming to comment on someone's work, so I think most people kept quiet... except for Ryan.