Saturday:
My fellow America expat and I made a trip to IKEA for a scratch and dent sale, and each ended up with a brand new couches. Good news is, I acquired a sofa-bed for the office to help accommodate visitors. Bad news is, I had to jump through about seventeen hoops to get up the cash necessary to buy it. German Travel Tip #1: Even places that you are certain will take credit cards, probably won't. Cash rules, credit drools. So, after signing up for some sort of IKEA family card (isn't that kind of like having family in a cheap trailer park?) and maxing out my daily withdrawal limit via 13 tries and 2 successes at the ATM, we are having the couch delivered Wednesday.
After dropping off Kevin's purchases and gathering up my wife, we headed into Regensburg to meet our British friend Ewan Scattergood for lunch and a personalized tour walking tour (provided we buy lunch.) Ewan's knowledge of Regensburg was impressive from the old Roman walls to the Thurn und Taxis castle. Cheers Ewan! We loved it!
In the evening we made our first trip to the supermarket, had our first meal at home, and headed to Kevin's to hijack some internet and make some phone calls. Good day.
Sunday:
Slept in again. We're still adjusting to the time zone. Tomorrow is my first day of work and getting up on time is going to hurt. We bummed around the house and sat on our front patio and soaked up some afternoon sun. Then our wonderful neighbor Claudia cam over and we chatted and borrowed her internet to answer some e-mails. She has been amazing and will continue to be a lifeline until our language and local knowledge improves.
This evening we decided to tackle the train system and fumbled our way onto the local train to Regensburg. We had a nice dinner outside and wandered the old city streets. Travel Tip #2: With the exception of a few restaurants, nothing is open on Sundays. We are sitting in the train station waiting for our return train and had time to type out the weekend. We hope to upload it tomorrow (which Heather is currently doing :) ) Love you all and miss you.
Klaus'
My fellow America expat and I made a trip to IKEA for a scratch and dent sale, and each ended up with a brand new couches. Good news is, I acquired a sofa-bed for the office to help accommodate visitors. Bad news is, I had to jump through about seventeen hoops to get up the cash necessary to buy it. German Travel Tip #1: Even places that you are certain will take credit cards, probably won't. Cash rules, credit drools. So, after signing up for some sort of IKEA family card (isn't that kind of like having family in a cheap trailer park?) and maxing out my daily withdrawal limit via 13 tries and 2 successes at the ATM, we are having the couch delivered Wednesday.
After dropping off Kevin's purchases and gathering up my wife, we headed into Regensburg to meet our British friend Ewan Scattergood for lunch and a personalized tour walking tour (provided we buy lunch.) Ewan's knowledge of Regensburg was impressive from the old Roman walls to the Thurn und Taxis castle. Cheers Ewan! We loved it!
In the evening we made our first trip to the supermarket, had our first meal at home, and headed to Kevin's to hijack some internet and make some phone calls. Good day.
Sunday:
Slept in again. We're still adjusting to the time zone. Tomorrow is my first day of work and getting up on time is going to hurt. We bummed around the house and sat on our front patio and soaked up some afternoon sun. Then our wonderful neighbor Claudia cam over and we chatted and borrowed her internet to answer some e-mails. She has been amazing and will continue to be a lifeline until our language and local knowledge improves.
This evening we decided to tackle the train system and fumbled our way onto the local train to Regensburg. We had a nice dinner outside and wandered the old city streets. Travel Tip #2: With the exception of a few restaurants, nothing is open on Sundays. We are sitting in the train station waiting for our return train and had time to type out the weekend. We hope to upload it tomorrow (which Heather is currently doing :) ) Love you all and miss you.
Klaus'
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