Stephanie, Max, and I have dedicated ourselves to hitting the ten most famous breweries in Bamberg. We picked up a local guide and are crossing them off our list. Lesson learned: With Max we really have to pace ourselves. Yesterday we hit three brauereis for lunch. Max now has a hat shaped like a chicken, [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Sabbatical’
3 Sep
Class Has Begun!
Classes began on Monday. I was too nervous to post on Sunday night and too busy to post the last few nights. My work book and lessons are all in German. Also all of the out of class activities are in German, although the professor asked me in English to promise not to sue when [...]
30 Aug
About the Strauch's
Winfried and Evelyn Strauch, from whom we are renting an apartment, have been wonderfully accommodating. The apartment is clean and orderly, all very German according to Stephanie. The only weirdness is that the bathroom is not exactly in the apartment, but rather in a hallway that connects the courtyard/parking area to the rest of the [...]
29 Aug
Day Three: Luggage Arrives
Jet lag is wearing off, so I am not as loopy as yesterday. Or drunk, hmmm, I’ll be right back…. So anyway, after three days we finally have all of our luggage. Thanks to Stephanie’s planning this was not as big a problem as you would expect. She made sure that our carry-on had a [...]
