This is Xaver. I am not, by nature, what you might call a "dog person" (though I do like some dogs very much), but how can you resist a face like that? He was hanging out at the beauty parlor this afternoon, though I don't know that he really needed a haircut. (I, on the other hand, most definitely did.)

We've had just about every kind of winter weather this week. Yesterday it snowed like a wild thing for about two hours in the afternoon, though none stuck to the ground. We've had rain, wind, fog, and even sunshine (that bright, brittle winter sun that only warms you up when you're on the other side of the double-paned windows). Strange weather.

So I'm home, out of the wind, with a cup of Wild Berry Zinger tea. I was happy to find a tea shop in Munich that carries some of my favorite Celestial Seasonings flavors. I love all kinds of tea, of course, but my favorite is my favorite.

Weekend is up next, and I think it may involve a trip to Wal-Mart, German homework, and possibly a museum or two. We haven't checked out the City Museum yet, and I'm intrigued by the toy museum as well (although the guidebooks don't seem to recommend it often). It has to be better than the Easter Bunny museum, anyway.