August Break: Tourism

On August 11, 2013May 30, 2020 By StevenIn Life In Germany6 Comments

I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s pictures.

Regensburg is fairly popular with tourists. Besides having a first rate Dom and a great Stone Bridge that has been in use since the Crusades. We’re also on the Donau river, and the river tour boats like to stop here, so it’s not uncommon to see tour groups in the Altstadt on weekends.

There’s also this, the city tour. I went on it once- It was interesting, but not the sort of thing I’d bother doing over again. It’s fun to see this winding its way through the city on weekends though- if you hang out for a while, you’ll see it two or three times in a day.

Have you ever been a tourist in your own city?

August Break: Ice Cream Break!

On August 10, 2013August 6, 2013 By StevenIn Life In Germany1 Comment

I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.

Germans love their Eis, or ice cream. Especially on a hot day. Every day, I see people with ice cream cones. Yesterday, I rode past one “Eiscafe” that had a line out the door.

Even these guys took the time for an ice cream break.

What’s your favorite flavor? (Mine is chocolate, naturally.)

August Break: Ich sitze.

On August 9, 2013May 30, 2020 By StevenIn Life In Germany3 Comments

I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.

We’ve all been these guys at some point in our lives. You get halfway through moving a big heavy object, and need to take a break. It’s nice when the thing you’re moving is this comfortable to sit on.

Do you have any fun moving-house stories?

August Break: Produce

On August 8, 2013May 30, 2020 By StevenIn Life In Germany6 Comments

I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s pictures.

I don’t cook much in my apartment, but it’s not because of a lack of food choices. It’s because of the space- my kitchen is the size of a postage stamp, barely a kitchenette. The available variety, though- that’s another thing entirely.

The produce here is amazing. Just to give you an example, this is the produce section in the grocery store that I do about half my shopping in.

These pictures are of another small store in the Altstadt. I walk past this store several times a week. The produce here is amazingly fresh and they always seem to have the best. Avocados, strawberries, you name it- it’s all available here.

What would you cook if you had this much fresh produce available to you every day?

August Break: Dom and Donau

On August 7, 2013May 30, 2020 By StevenIn Life In Germany6 Comments

I’m on an August Break from my regular blogging schedule. Here’s today’s picture.

When I started thinking about how I was going to fill my August Break with photos, I decided that I wanted to showcase things that are part of my life here- things that are commonplace to me, but that don’t really get into other posts very much. This is a big one- it’s turned up in a few of my posts, but I don’t really focus on it all that much most of the time.

This is the view of my adopted German hometown that I never really get tired of: Looking south from the Stone Bridge over the Donau river, looking toward the Altstadt and the Dom, our amazing cathedral.

I joke that Germany (and Europe) is full of churches the way Georgia is full of Waffle Houses, but it’s still pretty amazing to see them in person.