Last day in Germany - well, last full day, anyway! There was a lot to be done on this day as well - when haven't we had a full day? This day too was extremely cool. We hopped on a train this morning (our last train ride of the trip) out to what seemed the middle of nowhere. We walked down this little wooded path (again, I thought I was out in nowhere land), when all of a sudden the CommerzBank Arena just popped uo out of nowhere. This is the largest stadium in Frankfurt - I think Madonna just gave a concert there not too long ago. It is also where football is played. You know, European football - what we call soccer. We had a meeting with the organizers of the Women's World Cup for soccer that will be held in 2011 throughout Germany. This was an extremely cool meeting, and I don't even like sports that much! It was just cool to see how much work goes into planning such a massive event. And, we got free stuff. Score!
After that meeting, it was back on the bus with Crazy Driver Guy, and we were off to Darmstadt to see the winning entry of the Solar Decathlon 2007 that was held on the National Mall at the Smithsonian in DC. The houses were understandably small (we also saw th entry for this year). There are strict limits as to what the size of the houses can be, and you also have to understand that these house must first be constructed wherever their home base is, then dismantled and shipped overseas - in pieces - to Washington, where they are reassembled.
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