Ha, ha... yes, I know, I'm still using the "new baby" method of marking time!
As time passes, I realize in pratical terms and otherwise that this trip is an entity unto itself, and while sharing similarities, is very different from past adventures abroad.
I am not backpacking through, or sleeping in youth hoselts - not yet, anyway, until I start my weekend travels and on vacation around Europe... this is drive in to work, work for the weekend, get into the daily life of Germany stuff.
Alas, I still have not received the household goods shipment! Although in the UK (and thus much closer now), I still do not have that elusive and dreamt-about chair to sit on!
Of course, I do need to do the "IKEA thing" German-style, but I was hoping to wait until the other things got here to know what I needed to buy... I cannot wait for simple household pleasure like watching TV, surfing the internet without going to an internet cafe, sitting in a chair to read one of my travel books, etc.!
That said, though... once my paychecks begin coming in on a regular basis, it's "out the door" most nights and weekends for yours truly - within reason, I am 38 now, not 23!
I just mean that on a sunny Saturday I will be in Bavaria or in Prague, not playing the latest Playstation 3 game at home in Schwetzingen - if I am there, I will be out exploring the Schlossgarten, enjoying a Pilsner while studying Deutsch in the town square (Schlossplatz)... all the things that make this part of Germany such a special place.
I am off to Frankfurt next weekend... and then Munich the week after that! I cannot wait to get out and begin exploring.
Enough of an update for now... bis bald (until next time)!
Brett
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Best cheeseburger in the world in Munich - when you are downtown and facing the rathaus, there is a tall, red brick tower behind it that's part of a church (the name starts with a 'k' but I can't remember it). Head toward that tower on the right side of the little square that the church sits in, there's a combo Australian and Irish pub. The Irish pub has (well, had in 2003) the best cheeseburger I've found in a restaurant yet.
ReplyDeleteCool tip, friend! Danke schoen...
ReplyDeleteIt's as Jimmy Buffett said... a "Cheesburger in Paradise"! Paradise for me is the Expatriate lifestyle abroad, surrounded by intriguing and warm people from all over the world. It just follows that this shanri-la could only be enhanced by some lettuce, tomato, ketchup, pickles, and 2 slices of juicy beef! Ha, ha... a little slice of our American Pie every once in a while is a good thing. Cheers, and keep traveling. B.