Guten Tag (01/09/08-03/09/08)

Just a very very quick update...

On the first of September Kent and I undertook a harrowing train journey to get from France to Germany. We left the comfot of St Etienne in the South of France at 6:48am and after 5 changes of trains, we arrived in Regensburg in Germany at about 12:30am...it was quite nice for the first 10 hours...but ill be honest, I was struggling by the end. To entertain myself I bought every English newspaper that I could lay my hands on to catch up on the issues of the world...I was about to get the international copy of the New York times and teh Independent...but also ended up buuying copies of the Daily Mail and Daily Express! So while I am very up to date with Hurricane Gustav, the choosing of Sarah Palin as John McCains running partner and teh growin crisis is the Caucasus...I am also up with British celebrity gossip and the tyrades against British welfare recipients!

While all this happened Laurent took a plane and then a train to Regensburg...he left with us in the morning and arrived just after midday. He complained about how hard it had been to get a bus because he did not speak German! I told him to get stuffed!

Luckily we are staying witht he very lovely Sophie Glas who is showing us some wonderful hospitality. Yesterday we took it fairly easy...rising late and then sitting around reading for several hours. Laurent, Kent and I, Sophie has to study for her final medicine exam, went for a walk around town. downtown Regensburg is world heritage listed and really does capture the vibe of beautiful little German town.

At night we went to the Regensburg beer festival...it was sooooooo awesome! All the beers were in litres, heaps of people wore teh very cool traditional German clothes, and there was a band from the local radio station playing the hits of the ninties. It was a lot of fun and involved a lot of standing on tables singing very loudly! I would say I was just embracing my German heritage...and what a heritage to embrace!