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Hallo von Regensburg!

First of all, I want to let everyone know that Pat is home and doing better. He came home today and is weak, but mobile. He was still in the hospital yesterday, and insisted that I make the planned trip.

So I got to accompany our two hieromonks to a Russian Orthodox parish that's on the old calendar for a St. Nicholas Day liturgy, and afterwards to the world-famous Nürnberg Christmas market. We didn't have a lot of time before we had to catch our train to go back to Regensburg, but I did have enough time to drink some Glühwein and buy one Christmas decoration from the market. We also looked at two old churches. 

This one looks like all the other ornate ones, but it's a Lutheran church. It was partly destroyed by allied bombing in WWII, and later restored. In fact, Nürnberg isn't as charming as Regensburg, but that's also because of the bombing that destroyed lot of their Medieval buildings. 

The train rides to and from were comfortable, and the fare was covered by our monthly transportation subscription, a great value. I got to see a lot of the Bavarian countryside dotted with villages and towns, wind turbine and solar panel farms. 

Another view of the Lutheran church we visited. The other one was a Catholic one, but very minimalist (a shocking anachronism, considering the venerable building it was in), with modern icons, colored lights lighting the walls, and a bare altar table. I neglected to take photos there. 

Pat isn't going to be able to do the language course, after all, but I still can. We'll see how this affects our ability to stay in Germany, even if they would officially let us. 

Tschüss

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