It is snowing here in Munich tonight.

No, I'm not kidding.

I'm writing late in the evening after my second day of German class. The intensive German course at the Goethe Institut seems good so far. We learned a tongue twister yesterday that is very useful for practicing the pronunciation of the German Z:

Zwischen zwei Zwetschgenbäumen zwitschern zwei Schwalben.

Today we learned (among many, many other things) an entire page of verbs about cleaning the house. Are you out there, Hausfrau?

We've had terrible weather the last two days. Cold, cold rain that just falls hard all day long, and tonight this snow. It does not appear to be sticking, but it's definitely snow. It doesn't matter. Across town at the Theresienwiese the Oktoberfest tents are still full.

Tonight I had plans to go on a tour of the city and attend a Stammtisch (um, a discussion hour kind of thing for practicing German) but the weather was so bad that the activities were cancelled and I came on home. I was glad I did, because Marty got in at a somewhat reasonable hour (7:30 pm) and I had dinner on the table. So we got to have a nice quiet dinner at home. Now Paul Simon is on the stereo, Marty's in the recliner, and Ziggy's cuddled up against my keyboard. I've finished my homework (Hausaufgabe) and thought I would post some more of my pictures from last weekend.

Soon I hope to write about our ongoing bathroom (Badezimmer) adventures here in Munich. What, you thought it would end simply because we left Connecticut? Ha! It is to laugh!

Now for the pictures (hover for comments; click to enlarge)...











And tonight, it's snowing.