If you go to germany to do more research

You sell your house, car , comics collection, and your left testicle for a plane ticket to Germany. This is where the T T N started it's permanent reign of terror, this is where they reverse engineered the U F O's they still fly about through time/space with. When you get off the plane you by a Veiner Snitzal with your last bit of money, you wash it down with a drink from the water fountain and your off on your research adventure!