Duisburg

Little tribute in Duisburg.

Greetings from Duisburg!! This will be a rather quick post today, all I did was river things. It was actually very interesting. Duisburg is the hub of Europe's inland systems. Sorry Mayor Paxton, you are going to need a new punch line if you go abroad, Paducah doesnt compare to Duisburg. Duisburg serves Antwerp, Rotterdam, and Amsterdam. Its a blue collar type town, think of Huntington, WV without the hills. River town with a few industries that have struggled recently.

The German's really appreciate innovation and education. Of course, I am not on the forefront of marine engineering and physics in the States, but the ideas they showed me today were pretty intriguing. Also, they have a great FREE educational program specifically for professional inland mariners. Very different than home, but with all the different things we have put together in Paducah, we can somewhat compete.

So, I guess now you know why I dont post about work days. No one would come back for seconds. Tonight I wasnt planning on doing anything other than preparing for my trip to Brussels tomorrow and getting serious about narrowing down my Derby contenders. Those are still the plans with only one addition. I heard from the homeland that the beer maybe extra cold and tasty tonight, so you can bet your bottom dollar I am going to have one. U-S-A!