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Oct 26, 2026
Carmine DeniscoHOST
when I
Graham HarrisGUEST
got to Heidelberg? So I went to a place called Ludwigsburg in Germany, where it was set up in this massive building where, It was kind of that they were going to say yes or no to my product.
Graham HarrisGUEST
So I sat with the product manager and I put my my Tricruise on the desk and they had their solution, which was I knew it wasn't very good at all because I tested it.
Graham HarrisGUEST
That's why I invented my
ConstantineGUEST
Yeah.
ConstantineGUEST
And there's always been a very, so, at least here in Germany, or here locally, in Stuttgart, the Ludwigsburg area, has always had a very high density of extremely competitive Russian people, so it was never the kind of game that was like, that tended to attract narrative gamers or casual gamers.
ConstantineGUEST
It seemed very tournament-focused.
ConstantineGUEST
Do you still have that impression of it? Does it still work like that?
Dan RyanGUEST
He doesn't remember the first time I spoke to him on the phone.
Dan RyanGUEST
We had like a 90 minute conversation about, cause I was trying to learn about the recruiting landscape over there and hadn't, had much of a thought that I'd be a professional basketball coach and so we had intermittently stayed in touch for a couple years and then um yeah so his second year as the head coach in Ludwigsburg in Germany was my first year with him you copped a Dan Ryan rocket
Aaron PereiraHOST
before
Dan RyanGUEST
talk to
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Dan RyanGUEST
And Carlos is one of my favorite people I've ever been around.
Dan RyanGUEST
And full, full circle, he's now the head coach.
Dan RyanGUEST
Carlos Duran is now the head coach at Ludwigsburg, where Josh and I started together.
Dan RyanGUEST
So it's all kind of come together.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
And yes, pumpkins are officially classified as a fruit, not a vegetable.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
In the historic town of Ludwigsburg, which is a 30-minute train ride away from Stuttgart in Germany, you're gonna find the home of the world's largest pumpkin exhibition and horticultural show.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
The Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival happens every year at this place called the Blühendes Barock Ludwigsburg, which is a garden of sorts.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
And starting from end of August each year until the 1st of November every year, they showcase over 450,000 pumpkins with 600 different varieties in all different ways, shapes, and forms, from elaborately carved pumpkin sculptures and pumpkin-based dishes, like a pumpkin version of the Bavarian favorite Maultaschen, which is a ravioli-like dumpling.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
They will also make Germany's biggest bowl of pumpkin soup every year.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
That's right.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
It's Charmaine Poi with you here on KISS Cafe for your Travel Thursday.
Charmaine PhuaHOST
And it started off as a joke, but 20 years ago at the Ludwigsburg Pumpkin Festival, which is the world's largest pumpkin exhibition and horticultural show, someone thought it would be fun to carve out giant pumpkins and use them as boats in a boat race.