Living in Bavaria is interesting because there are so many engineers and technicians, here, that energy modernization, drones and environmental sensors, and electrical motor developments aren't as much of a politically-polarizing topic.

It's just stuff that guys fiddle with, like they all used to mess around with old cars or vintage tractors. Now, they sit around the Stammtisch and compare solar panel monitoring apps, or talk about how they hooked up a Bitcoin miner to the wood-burning water heater in their barn.

Laptop and Lederhosen is real.