...is starting to get into the swing of it.

This week in Regensburg definitely had more ups than downs. Wednesday night I went over to a friend's place for dinner and after we headed downtown to catch a show at one of the bars. I have to admit a bit of nostalgia of Kingston when I was there but I had a great time that evening. The concert was also good.

Friday I was out to dinner with a few people to celebrate Kate (my first language exchange partner here) passing her Masters in Law. She picked a pretty nice Bavarian style place for dinner and they served a kind of Schweinhaxe -- I think it was from a younger pig because they were a bit smaller but we got two of them. Delicious. Dessert was a comedy of errors -- it seems that in reserving the table, Kate had mentioned that she would want dessert. When the waiter came, she was going to order two apple strudels for her and a friend and the waiter was surprised -- he told her that the chef had actually prepared a special dessert. So everyone had a large piece of apple cake, topped with vanilla sauce and whipped cream.

..is sure that Germans celebrate Easter well.

But I wouldn't know. Instead, it was off to Jolly Old England for me to celebrate with the Marks. I was there from Thursday evening to Sunday afternoon and I think I can sum up pretty much every day:

1) Get up and play with Leo.

2) Eat breakfast and have a cup of coffee.

3) Drive somewhere and hike.

4) Eat/return/relax.

5) BBQ something delicious and eat more.

6) Relax with a bottle of wine in the evening.

It's pretty awesome to see the little hosenscheißer grow. He has a super sweet accent and is very conversational. I guess I should fill in the details of step 3) -- first day it was off to the Lakes Districts (snow? seriously? Thanks to Katie for the heads up on the weather). Second day it was Liverpool. (Okay, maybe not hiking so much as walking around but you get it.) Third day was Tatton Castle. And the last day was just around the neighbourhood.

England is one of those places that I can't see myself living in but I love visiting. Maybe it's the Dr Who influence. (Red Dwarf fans -- Leo sounds just like Lister. Evidently I can't tell apart accents from Liverpool and Manchester.)