We Are Bayerische!

That's pronounced By-rish like Irish. It means from the state of Bayern, that's the German word for Bavaria. Well, we all made it, including the dog! You would not believe the bureaucracy involved in importing a dog! The Germans definitely have a handle on that. It took us almost the whole day to get the dog out of jail. The vet in Munich was really nice and helped me with some kind of sickness I had on the plane. He said, "I'm an animal doctor, but I can help people too". He gave me some little homeopathic pellets to put under my tongue. They really worked! We stayed at the Marriott in Munich the first night (Friday). It was nice, but we were anxious to get to Herrsching, so we went and met our landlady before the hotel. She said we could move in the next day. Saturday we got up, went to Ikea and spent 5 hours loading up on all the basics, but when we went to pay, they would not take our credit card. They only take debit cards and not the ones from the US. We were able to get some money out of the ATM which was enough to buy some mattresses and pillows and a few other things. We were pretty frustrated, but we did sleep in our flat that night. Nothing is open on Sunday's so we were not able to do anything today. We took a day off Andy will begin again tomorrow. Nathan has met a friend, Sabastian. Today, they went swimming in the lake (Ammersee) and then we all had dinner at their house. The parents are very nice and gave us a dining room table and chairs and some dishes. The father, Andeas, works with Charlie and the mother, Rosalia, has offered to help me work out the school situation and some other things. Their three year old son, Paul, has discovered that I am fun to play with and is learning to ride a bike. After a quick bike ride with Paul, we sat down for an espresso and he had steamed milk. Funny. Obie loves it here as he can go just about everywhere with us. They dont mind him in restaurants and shops. The only place he has been turned away from so far is the beach club. He is a little nervous when we leave him home alone though and the landlady says he cries. He is a little shaken from the trip over here, but I am sure he will recover. We told Mrs. Bogdan that she can let him out to be with her when we are gone if she wants to. She has a beautiful garden and Obie loves it. Hopefully tomorrow I willbe able to get a cell phone and can post the number here. Tomorrow's goals are: bank account, cell phone, shop for a kitchen. Tschus!