june had the perfect weather for eating outdoors. not too hot, not too cold. lots of breakfasts in the sun, lunch in the shade and beer garden dinners. not to mention world cup viewings.











june had the perfect weather for eating outdoors. not too hot, not too cold. lots of breakfasts in the sun, lunch in the shade and beer garden dinners. not to mention world cup viewings.











I was searching for something on my computer when I came across this entire folder of pictures from 2007. The quality of the image isn’t so great, but I really like the story it tells. The photo was taken after my Grandfather’s funeral in Japan. After the funeral, we went back to my Grandparent’s home and started prepping food for guests. My family in Japan is quite large and I have a lot of cousins and second cousins. There are 4 generations in this home. The older females are gathered around the table shelling these gigantic beans that my mom’s cousin harvested on their farm. These were later made into tempura.


Niko’s sister Marion finished her Diplomarbeit, so we went out for breakfast to celebrate.




today was tobi’s last day in munich before his adventure in argentina begins.




I got together tonight with some old classmates from my german class at the vhs. two of them are going back to australia, and one of them was visiting from the uk, so it seemed like a good opportunity to catch up.







Yesterday was Tag der Deutschen Einheit (German Unity Day). It also marked my third year in Munich. Niko and I usually do something Bavarian to celebrate. The first year we drove to Kochel am See and on the way home we happened upon an awesome restaurant that quickly became my favorite place for Bavarian food. We went back there yesterday with Sara and Christian.
The weather lately has been great. Cool and breezy with clear skies. The sun was setting on the drive down so I took a few shots from the car.





we all shared a pizza that was half a meter in diameter.



we went to visit niko’s mom this weekend. niko comes from a region in bavaria called Berchtesgadener which is really beautiful. lots of green fields, mountains and lakes. we had lunch on saturday at a place called Schmuggler which has really nice salads. on the drive back, we stopped at Chiemsee for a few minutes.





I know I’ve constantly griped about your warm weather and your unrelenting sun year after year. I know I’ve said mean things about you and tried my best to ignore you while waiting for Autumn to show up. And I know I’ve been overall, unappreciative of your awesomeness up until now, so here’s a post for you. Thanks for your shady beer gardens, swims at the lake, amusement park rides, blue skies, flowers on the balcony, fresh fruits and vegetables and for the refreshment of cold drinks that sometimes feature ice cream.
Hopefully you are still around for Oktoberfest.











The weather this past Sunday was great. It was sunny and clear, with a nice cool wind. Sort of like a sneak preview of coming attractions. Fall is my favorite season, so I’m excitedly looking forward to it. Saturday was one of those lovely rainy days perfect for reading the paper and baking. I made Banana bread with blueberries.
Just some random photos from the weekend.



