Jorg

For dinner, I persuaded the intrepid Jans-Jorg to leave his habilitation work, and show me a nice place.

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 3 2009

After the game Hannover's sporting director, Jorg Schmadtke, confirmed: "We have an agreement with Manchester United but now the player must give us the OK."

Manchester United agree to loan striker Mame Biram Diouf to Hannover 2012

Jans-Jorg and I head back to the Institut für Politische Wissenschaft, my new summer job, where I am to meet the Lehrstuhl II, Clemens Kauffmann, for lunch.

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 2 2009

So Jans-Jorg agrees to walk with me to go get a bike.

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 2 2009

Thanks to Xenia and Jans-Jorg, I feel like a REAL boy now.

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 2 2009

Second, we don't generally have anyone like Jans-Jorg, who voluntarily makes visitors feel welcome (like Eva and her family did last night.)

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 2 2009

At that moment, poor Jans-Jorg makes the mistake of calling to see if I need anything.

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 2 2009

The series introduced in 1995 by Jorg Zintzmeyer features not statements but artists, including Alberto Giacometti, Arthur Honegger, and, on the 10 Franc note, Charles-Edouard Jeanneret-Gris, better known as the modernist architect Le Corbusier.

Currency Exchange 2009

Then, off we go, Xenia race-walking, me trotting, and the indefatigable Jans-Jorg bringing up the rear.

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 2 2009

The most intrepid Jans-Jorg took down to visit the trolls of the OIT grotto twice today, and scored a major victory: my laptop is now registered on the University system!

Mungowitz in Deutschland--Day 4 2009