Peter Schultz smiled politely and then habitually shrugged, refraining from commenting further.
Many of his colleagues had the habit of grabbing a drink after work; the atmosphere at the pubs near the university town was fairly decent. Most didn't drink excessively—nursing a single beer for the entire evening didn't cost much. After all, the salary of an ordinary professor wasn't particularly high.
But Peter Schultz didn't enjoy the pub atmosphere—too noisy, and the overpowering smells were headache-inducing.
Luckily, after exchanging a few more words, it was time for the two to part ways.
Strictly speaking, the University of Bonn didn't have a centralized campus. The university owned over 370 buildings scattered across the city, with various research institutes, seminar rooms, and academic departments spread all around the area. Peter Schultz worked in the Faculty of Mathematics and Natural Sciences.
