...had a pretty sweet weekend.

On Friday afternoon, I had the feeling that this was going to be a quiet weekend so I decided to go for a run, take it easy at home and maybe swing by work. The run went well and I was relaxing when I got a SMS inviting me out to a guy's house for a few drinks before going out to a club.
I'd never been for a real night out in Germany. We hung out at his place until about 1am (they roll a bit differently over here) before heading to a bar. The people I was with knew the bartenders and so upon the beer we ordered, we all got free shots of I-don't-know-what. Later I would find out that it's a herb-based liquor, similar to Unicum. When we got to the club one of the guys was so drunk that the bouncer said that if we wanted to go in, I had to take care of him. I think I lost him after about three minutes but the club was fun -- people were talkative, even if you couldn't speak German. Club ended at 4:15ish, and I think I was home around 4:30ish.

Needless to say, Saturday was quieter. I did some groceries (the lazy man's load is not wise when you're on a bike) and laundry. My current place doesn't have an oven (wtf) and so I came into lab for a frozen pizza. Delicious.

I had again the impression that Sunday would be quiet and so I got up this morning and headed out for a 10km run, starting from the nearby town of Pentling. I biked over and then ran south, along the Danube. The weather was perfect and when I got home, I received a SMS inviting me out to go climbing near Regensburg. Three friends and a short drive later, we were near Nittendorf, where this pic was taken. They brought climbing shoes for me but they were too small and so I had to just go on a few little climbs that were easy, but the scenery was great and I think everyone had a good time. One of my friends is scaling the cliff wall that you can see. I think I'll definitely sleep well tonight.