Yesterday's neighborhood Maibaumfest diddied up the Schlager hits as well as the average age of each party goer. This makes sense because there is a nursing home just across the way. So there wasn't much to report. No one stole the Maypole or tried to randoms it for beer. But apparently this is a tradition in smaller towns. Nope. The white and blue diamonded pole stood proud and tall against a cloudless blue sky backdrop and the tiny crowd sat on the bierb?nke, maybe tapping their feet to the oompa band tunes.

Actually, yesterday was a better day for a bike ride toward the Hirschau (deer meadow), where few people go and we could enjoy the sun and listen to the wind rustle the leaves in the trees. I read about Süd Tirol and started plans for our vacation there at the end of Juli. It should be pretty relaxing with lots of biking and hiking.. oh, and eating to do. This got me pretty hungry so we headed to the Hirschau Biergarten for a plate of spareribs and spicy barbecue sauce. Yummy.

I can't believe it's Wednesday already we've had such a happy almost lazy time except for this past Sunday, where we had two couples over for a dinner party. Alex and I are really getting into entertaining at home. We calculated that everything for 6 people costed less than what the two of us alone would have paid to go out to a normal restaurant. This is considering a bottle of wine at a restaurant costs about 40 Euro, we paid only 8 Euro for a excellent wine recommended by the experts at WOW (world of wine). So now, we recommend the dry Riesling from the vineyard called, Weingut Angulus in the Rheingau. Der Wein war prima! And the bottle makes for a beautiful outdoor candle holder.