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Foto Friday
Couldn’t resist a stroll in my neighborhood after consecutive days of rain. Here’s what I saw yesterday.
Nestlé Quik Surfing
Wittelsbacherbrücke
submerged – Weideninsel
abridged Reflections – Wittelsbacherbrücke
Heizkraft Reflections of Thalkirchen
Pentecost Weekend Highlights
Breakfast on our balcony. Alex makes a heart in his tea.
Grilling for two on the Isar river. Things we (I) forgot: fire and plates. Time to cook: 35 minutes. We watched a group of three try get their fire going for over an hour. I’m now a believer of Metzger steak, esp. with Bärlauch marinade. After dinner, I heated stones over the hot coals. I handed one to a cute older couple.
Eva and Me – City Mädchen. Behind us is Rapeseed (used to make canola oil). We rode to Lake Starnberg and then over to Schäflarn. More highlights on my travel blog to come.
One of the wonders we discovered on our bike trip of the terrain between Munich and Lake Starnberg. We also saw a frog crossing sign but missed the photo op.
The Isar River Floods
It’s 22:13 Uhr and I am feeling defeated. I hated studying vocabulary words in junior high and I am not relishing them now. But the Hell’s Angel on my shoulder is telling me DO IT! Okay Okay!
Alex arrived last night from Regensburg by train. He forgot the key to the apartment/building so he waited for me outside. I was running by the Isar‘raging’ River and didn’t realize the time. My regular route was closed off. Normally I run across a foot bridge over the river but it was closed because the river water was flowing over the weirs and splashing against the boardwalk deck. Normally its about a 15 foot drop to the water level from the deck! I heard on the radio the water level in the Isar rose 5 Meters within the last week. This is all the water from the mountain range on the southern border of Germany. The 50 yard field next to river that I normally run along is completely covered by chocolate milk. This is apparently a common occurrence here in Munich, but normally in the Spring when all the snow melts off the mountains. Tomorrow, I will take pictures and upload them later in the week.
Alex left for Regensburg a few hours ago to return to work. He came to Munich to work on his dissertation. He’s almost complete with the thesis and a little nervous. Getting a PhD is extremely intensive work and I am proud that he pushing his way through the jungle. You’ll be okay, Babe. 
I will take the train to Regensburg tomorrow. I need to purchase a ticket after class at the Hauptbahnhof. That means exercising my language skills with the natives, which is a little harder. Today we ate a Turkish lunch and our Turkish waiter friend asked if I really studied about 10 hours a day. He doesn’t speak Hochdeutsch (the equivalent to the Queen of England’s English) so I didn’t get that he was saying “Stunden” or hours.
…Anyway back to studying.
