My Regensburg Year, Part 2: September 2024
Our second month in Regensburg included a visit from home, an encounter with a “climate event,” and a meeting with the boss.
When we told our family and friends about our year-long stay in Regensburg, we invited everyone to come and visit if they were able. Few people, alas, have taken us up on this invitation. Is it because Germany is just not that attractive a tourist vacation? Is it the expense? Is it (gulp) US? We had our first intrepid visitor early this month when my mother came to town. Mum visits her sisters in England every year, so it was a quick and easy jump across the pond to see us, and a first for her in continental Europe. We were determined to “show her a good time.” But we may have overdone it. My mum is quite fit even at 75 but she had to endure a lot of walking amid the end of a heatwave. But she survived and together we explored the city (including our first visit to the Historische Museum for its Roman artifacts), nearby Passau, Munich, and Salzburg.
Our other major sightseeing excursion was a trip to Vienna that coincided with a major rain storm that resulted in floods throughout the region. Good timing! We’d like to say we “saw” Vienna but that would be mostly sidewalk as we pushed through the wind and rain with our heads down from one museum or art gallery to another. We did get to see an …