It’s been 10 years since our little prince made us parents. We celebrated the occasion with a relatively understated party (by B’s standards) with about 10 kids at the Luxor Theater in Walldorf. Robert wanted to see the new Chipmunks movie and it turned out to be a highly enjoyable, low maintenance way to commemorate this most important of dates. 
B arranged for the birthday party a week or two ahead of time, including a tour of the inner workings of the theater. It was pretty interesting. Walldorf still has old analog projectors with film reals the diameter of monster truck tires. They also have digital projectors.
I was most impressed by how well-behaved the kids were. Although they were let loose around probably millions of Euros worth of equipment, there were no admonishments or threats required on the part of the young gentleman who gave the tour. I was clearly more nervous than he.
Another nice attraction is the huge aquarium. The tour ended earlier than we expected so we had to kill about 30 minutes before the beginning of the movie (much of which I slept through!).
It is with some risk that I post a short clip of the tour taken before I was asked not to film anything. I’ve probably violated German theater tour laws, so this may be my last blog for 5-10. If the worst comes to pass, please send paperbacks and lots of (American)smokes.
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