Snow, snow, snow, snow, snow. Not a blizzard or anything, just kind of... constant. Snow. All day. And now, in the last hour or so, it's started coming down more heavily. How I wish spring would come!

This morning I got up and heard that the Lord of the Rings swept the Oscars last night! I was excited, because I really loved those movies. And I don't think a fantasy film has ever won in the Best Picture category before. What a great accomplishment! Now I want to see them all again.

In other movie news, Marty and I went to see Master and Commander yesterday. It was playing at the Mathäser, which is a big, fancy theater downtown. Probably the most American-style theater in Munich -- however, they rarely play movies in English. Mostly they have American blockbusters, dubbed into German. But right now they're showing the original version of Master and Commander, so we took advantage of it.

We both really liked it! Now I'm wondering if I would enjoy the books, which were written by Patrick O'Brian. I had never really heard of him before we went to see the movie. But the characters were really interesting, and I think I'd like to check out the first book, at least. I think there are about twenty, total.

We're having Katynka's (famous) pot roast for dinner tonight, in honor of the news that she's bought her ticket for her next visit to Munich! We can't wait!