Terracotta Warriors in Xi'an

I went to India to present "The Vision Shield" to participants of an event organized by The Dehli Textile Association in cooperation with RIETER.

ITMA Munich was the start of a long suffering originating from a "Intervertebral Disk Herniation". This diagnosis could only be established after a long time and many visits to hospitals. After many painful business trips, in Munich, the pain got unbearable and I could hardly walk. After a cortisone injection at a clinic the pain became bearable and I put down 7 "Mass of beer" at the Hofbräuhaus! The bad news was that the condition got worse and I got almost paralyzed. Two operations spanning till 2016 were necessary but still the pain is there. Getting used to it! (last edited 03.01.2022)

This year we were only 4, Silvano, Rolf, Roman and myself. The trip was uneventful. Shopping at the "Carefour" in Mulhouse, than overloaded to Magny-Cours. We found a place for our van, tents and other gear and got it set up. Than full blast with our sound system to announce our presence. Firing up the grill and cremating the thin "Carefour" steaks were the next tasks! Anyway, the stuff was good! We had plenty of booze of all grades and since the temperature was on the lower side, we preferred to he higher ones! I got eventually pissed and lost on the campsite but managed to crawl, around 4:00am, into my mini igloo tent. Too bad, I forgot my sleeping bag and this proved to be fatal! During the day, "sleep-watching" the qualifying than we concentrated on the main reason of being here, booze & loud horrible music, crazy people and food! When negotiating my way to the toilet a "mob" throw me in a swimming pool, than appeased me with a couple of beers. Luckily my digital camera, in the shirt pocket, survived the dive!

The next day hangover and later watching the race. Ferrari won double with Raikkonen, Massa & Hamilton came third. Rather noisy! The start of the GP2 ended in a scary crash and the race was put on hold for over one hour. We had to stay another cold and windy night at the almost deserted campsite. Toilets were full of shit and I felt lousy. My old back pain took hold on me in a big way and hampered my movements. After a long, cold , night we packed and made it back home! A great weekend!

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