Word: klaus
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...morning, I attempt to slip out before Klaus’ awakening, but he catches me at it. Breakfast? Unfortunately I need to make a train. No talk of motorbikes, but a hurt Klaus herds me to his car. Ever hospitable, he drives me to the train station on an empty stomach...
Over our beers, Klaus tells me he’s a national pool champ. He has also been to all the countries in the world, except for Brazil and Corsica, which are too dangerous. It’s hard to believe what he says. But I don’t have the guts to admit that I’m exhausted and just want to sleep. An hour after midnight, we still look at his holiday photos. Then, he reveals his big dream...
...Klaus will leave his job soon and move to Marseilles to open a German Bierhaus on the seafront, featuring perfect Bavarian cuisine and, of course, proper Bavarian beer. After that, he will open a Provencal restaurant in Bavaria. Students will travel back and forth, learn each language in a beer-based cultural exchange. It’s not clear whether it will work, he says, but it’s exciting and worth...
...like Klaus more after this revelation...
Admitting I need sleep, I sweeten the assertion with a promise. One day I will drive all along the Marseilles seafront in search of a German pub. If I find it, I’ll know Klaus was successful. Before falling asleep, I put my backpack against the door. It’s still uncomfortable to be in the house of a stranger who lives alone. A stranger who, for unclear reasons, has taken in a random person from the street...