Das Wochenende
Saturday (Samstag), myself, Daniel and Iris did some geocaching in Regensburg, another great city in Lower Bavaria (Niederbayern). On the way we stopped at a former castle, which is now a Musikakadamie. The grounds were very beautifully forested with trees and there was a nice rather contemporary/minimalist garden closer to the building. It was certainly one of those great locations that we may never have visited if it wasn’t for geocaching. Unfortunately we didn’t find the cache as we needed some pictures, which I was able to load onto my phone with the free wifi at McDonald’s. Though it was certainly no disappointment having to return there later!. We also visited some great parks in Regensburg and some beautiful buildings, as well as the typical medieval style city streets and laneways.
Sunday was a rather quiet day, though my host family treated me to some very nice roast duck for lunch. As it is traditional to eat duck in the autumn time in Bavaria. In Germany it is more traditional to eat the main meal for the day in the middle of the day then have a lighter meal of cold cuts and cheese for dinner. Though after that roast duck, it’s not as though I needed to eat muchor the rest of the day. I also tried some knödel, which is some potato cooked up with some additional starch. I wasn’t sure about it at first, though served up the next day with some sauce had me convinced it is quite a good dish.