Making a Quick Stop in Muenster, Germany

We left Koblenz and had one free day on our way to Braunschweig.  My (distant) relatives, Gunter, Claudia, and Philip Gremmler met us at the Muenster train station at about 11:00 a.m. and treated us to coffee in their village, Handorf.  Then the took us to Telgte and we walked around that village for a little while.  We ended up at a strawberry farm near their house and where they treated us to a wonderful strawberry drink (loaded with strawberries).

Dwayne, Claudia, Philip, Candy, and Gunter

The Gremmlers took us back to Muenster where we had coffee with Christof and Paula Backhaus.  It was a coffee shop where Paula's daughter Luana works.  And while we were there her son, Gabriel, stopped by, said hello, and introduced us to his girlfriend.

After coffee we took a taxi over to visit Thorsten and Claudia Hennig-Thurau.  We first met via email (Thorsten introduced himself electronically back in 1998) and eventually collaborated on several research projects.  (One of our published research papers has now received more than 11,000 citations.)  Several years later I taught an MBA course on Services Marketing annually...until COVID arrived.

Dwayne and Thorsten

Thorsten grilled bratwurst for us and Claudia made several excellent salads for our dinner.  We stayed up late while getting caught up on each other's lives.  We left shortly after noon for Braunschweig, the next stop on our tour.  It was a quick 25 hours in Muenster!