Sorry about that guys. I really have no excises for that, other than everything just kind of settled into a very busy rhythm. It's not that new stuff hasn't been happening, there's been plenty of new stuff which I can share here and now, its just that I'm adjusting to the rhythm of life here. A couple weeks ago I was thinking about writing a couple entries, but then all of the chaos associated with the holidays rose up, and I have had no time from one day to the next. Before the holidays, most of my time outside of school had been taken up by soccer training with the local soccer team.
The backup field of TSV Allershausen, used for training and youth games
Because of complications obtaining a players, I have been unable to make an appearance for any team here yet, but I can reveal that as of yesterday the license has arrived, and I will be able to play games in the spring.
If there's one thing I've learned at my school, it's that music is a SERIOUS business at this school. I'm going to try and get a video of some of the students plying and put it up here, but at the moment I have nothing. Just suffice it to say that I have seen and heard some amazing things here at school. More to follow on this.
I also visited Tierpark München (the zoo) on a day off and got to spend some time in Munich. With the holiday season well in swing now, the Mercedes-Benz company has set up their multi floor display building with a curtain covering 25 windows. Every day starting December the first, one of these curtains is lifted, revealing a new luxury car, in a sort of fancy car advent calendar. That is the full extent of what I know about it, and I didn't get a chance to take a photo, but if you want to see a photo, I'm sure one is available on their website.
A pair of Galapagos turtles
I also got a chance to visit a former nazi airfield on the outside of Munich. After the war, the US used it as an airbase for their own purposes until eventually turning it back over to the West Germans. The airfield remained largely abandoned until purchased by the Deutsch Museum. The Deutsch Museum, based in Munich, is a museum devoted to technological advances, particularly in machinery. The airfield has been converted into a home for all of the aircraft that the Deutsch Museum owns. Many of the planes are still fully licensed and able to fly, and there really is an extraordinary number of planes in the museum. I got to sit in a fighter jet cockpit...
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The museum is really amazing, and I highly recommend it.
Finally (for now), I visited the city of Regensburg, about an hour north of Allershausen. First off, Regensburg should not be confused with Ravensburg (where the jigsaw puzzles come from). I got them confused, which is why I'm saying this. Regensburg is famous for its big church, lying on the meeting place of two rivers, and the 1000 year old bridge that crosses these two rivers. I was not able to see the bridge because it was being restored, but I was able to get a picture by the church.
That's all for now, I'll be back soon with some holiday stuff for you guys. Again, sorry about the long absence, but there'll be quite a few coming over the next couple of weeks, including a trip to Austria.
