Goodbye, Osterhofen! It's been fun . . .

We said sad goodbyes to our new friends in Osterhofen today and are spending tonight in Munich. We’re heading toward the Rhine River tomorrow where we’ll stay a couple days before traveling on to Denmark. Right now I'm sitting in the lounge area of our youth hostel and the only language I hear in the background is English - and American English at that. It's a strange sound after spending a week hearing nothing but German accents. We were truly a novelty in Osterhofen - Hadde told us we were the first Americans he had ever met. Our week in Osterhofen was a trip highlight thanks to Regina and her wonderful friends and family. Here’s a few more photos of our time there . . .

#1) Picnicking along the Danube River with Regina and Melodie.

#2) Taking a boat tour on the Danube River through Regensburg, a town near Osterhofen with a history dating back to the ancient Romans.

#3) Audrey, me and Regina's dad, Wolfgang (the sun was bright - pardon the squinting). We hiked to the top of a steep hill and rode sleds on a concrete shoot to get back down (like Mt. Hood's Alpine Slide).



#4) An evening at the beer garden where Hadde works. Pictured: Regina, Audrey, Gecko, Me and Stephanie


#5) Gecko (who works as a brewer) giving us a mini brewery tour at the beer garden. Here, he's showing us the bags of malt used in the brew.


#6) Hadde, Audrey and me - listening intently (or so it appears) during Gecko's brewery tour.


#7) Willy, Audrey, me and Andreas at the top of Munich's Olympic Tower. Willy lives in Munich and is a friend of Regina, so he joined us for the evening as our "tour guide."