Regensburg-orama

It was definitely a weekend for adventure. On Sunday, I popped down to Regensburg with Neil, who's a fulbrighter from Atlanta. Regensburg is about 2 hrs south of here and maybe an hour from Munich. The entire city was really beautiful, and we lucked out by showing up during their Fall Festival. There were stands all over the place selling many types of handmade goods and produce and all sorts of randomness. Lindsey, the fulbrighter from Ohio that lives in Regensburg, showed us around. Some of the highlights: the oldest fortified bridge (built in the 12th century) across the Danube is still there; the Schottenkirche St. Jakob is a super awesome church that was built by Irish monks in 1120 and has a portal that is one of the primary examples of romanesque architecture in Europe; and the Dom, which was built in the mid-13th century although the spires were added in the 1800s. Even though it was ridiculously cold out, we walked around for quite some time. Eventually we meandering into PamPam, this little Italian restaurant in a corner. The food was marvelous and cheap (ding!) and we spent a few hours just talking about how teaching and everything is going. All in all, great times. There are plans in the works to see some museums in Munich and cook some sort of harvest feast with pumpkins here in Bamberg. And from what I hear, there just might be a Halloween party in Berlin. BUT it requires a costume....any suggestions?