The Mountains

We are on the last lag of the trip. It has been a little hectic that last couple days, so I have not been able to reach a computer.

We are at the Transatlantic Conference at Schloss Elmau. I'm very happy to be here because it is in the mountains and it feels a little bit like home. The setting is absolutely gorgeous. The conference is for former Fellows to get back together and discuss transatlantic issues. There looks like some good topics and we have had a couple of good talks already. However, I'll probably find some time to get out and about.

Here is a link to the resort we are staying at:

http://www.schloss-elmau.de/

We spent about a day in Munich before we came up to the castle. Munich is a very beautiful city. It was great to have 18 people back together again and we were sharing all the stories about our trips. We also got to tour the BMW factory in Munich which was quite impressive. It looked a little like a robot factory. The robotics they have working there was incredible. We had a nice little lunch and then got on the train to Klais. That was the stop to get up to Elmau.

The train ride was great. A nice view as we headed to the mountains.

Not a whole lot else to report. I will be flying home on Sunday. It promises to be quite a long day.

Not sure if I will get a post up between now and then.