CHAPTER 8
By this time I'd been on the job for three weeks. It felt like three months. Meanwhile, though, I had managed to find a flat in the small town of Eltville, a wine-growing region on the Rhine. It was within walking distance to the shops and only a quick drive to the firm's offices in Wiesbaden. The flat was small and fully furnished with a large living room, which I soon converted into a second office, and windows looking down to the Rhine river.
Most importantly, I had been able to move in immediately.
Having my own four walls made my twelve-to-fourteen hour workdays more tolerable. Also, being in the countryside had its own attraction. If I felt the need for fresh air, I would go for walks along the river or sit on the terrace of a vineyard restaurant and, sipping local wine
