Class reunion and Regensburg

The first stop of my journey through the 'old world' was a class reunion with my friends from university times. It's amazing to see that everybody seems to jump on the marriage band wagon lately. Man, you leave the country for a few years and look what happens! So for most of my friends this 'beers and BBQ weekend' was vacation time too ;-)

After that I visited a good friend of mine in Regensburg, an old traditional city in the south east of Germany. After touring so many states of the US it was definitely a change for me to see places from the early middle ages and even earlier. Birthe did a fantastic job as a tourist guide and even introduced me to 'Dampfnudeln' which is a traditional dish over there.

I also saw the palace of the princess to Regensburg, one of the most famous royalty in Europe: von Turn und Taxis. Interesting enough is her palace twice as big as the Buckingham palace and is still the biggest operational palace in Europe. Doing the tourist tour we even ran into her and I could see her from up close with her two daughters. Here is my chance to jump on the band wagon too I guess :-)