Germany                       Falkenstein                 10 August 2025


   Alright, Falkenstein.  A small town in the Vogtland district.  How
   did I end up here?  I keep a list of towns to visit on weekends, and
   I periodically pick a random one from this list when the mood
   strikes.  At some point, Falkenstein made its way onto the list: one
   of my prod servers is located there, so I thought it would be nice to
   pay my comrade a visit when I had the chance.  The internet also
   promised me some magnificent nature here, which was just what I
   needed after a recent illness.

   The town turned out to be truly wonderful.  I don't think I've ever
   enjoyed visiting random towns in Germany this much.  Of course, a lot
   of factors came together, without which I would have had a completely
   different impression of the town, and one of those factors was the
   weather: even when changing trains at Mehltheuer station for the
   train to Falkenstein, I could feel that the sun was scorching, as it
   is everywhere right now, but at the same time, the air was very fresh
   and cool.  Upon arrival at my destination, I was greeted by the same
   weather conditions.

   I didn't have a goal of getting right inside the Hetzner data centre,
   although it seems like there is such a possibility: they sometimes
   offer tours.  My German should be good enough by now to take part in
   something like that.  In any case, I wanted to take a look at the
   building from the outside, and I checked on the maps where it was
   located.  It was on the edge of town, and on my way there, I managed
   to spot a large, beautiful pond, a bunch of picturesque places with
   beautiful trees, a cornfield, and a forest in the distance.  The
   building turned out to be colossal and fenced off, as if it were a
   military object.

   It was an unusual feeling when I was walking past it.  I've never
   been so close to my servers, except for the time I was in Munich, and
   that's it.  Although, in the past, a ProLiant server from HP, which
   lived at my home back then, served me well, but we parted ways a long
   time ago.  By the way, I decided it would be amusing to connect to my
   server in Falkenstein while being in Falkenstein.  So I did, it was
   fun.  Though, it wasn't a direct connection, but through a server in
   the Czech Republic where WireGuard is running.  But who cares.
   Anyway.

   Even though it took almost five hours to get to Falkenstein one way,
   I'm already used to such outings and, having my laptop, charger, and
   phone with me, there's always something to do.  Yes, for example, at
   least writing the note I'm working on right now.  I think I'll come
   back here again, and more than once: plus, from Falkenstein you can
   get to the Czech Republic; I'm making a note of that for myself.
   It's so unusually beautiful here that I would move here to live with
   great pleasure.  The trip turned out wonderful, the day and the
   weather were excellent, the nature is beautiful, the data centre is
   red and huge.  Was für ein Spaß!





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