I’m glad you had a good time out there, I’m actually overseas again myself for work right now, although I’m far too busy to really sight-see at the moment.

I actually live in Dundalk, just outside Baltimore.

Just realized I never thanked you for a very informative comment. We ended up spending our time in East Germany and really enjoyed it, despite some crappy weather. I’d really like to get back out there and visit some of the places you mentioned, particularly Munich and the castle.

Where do you live in Baltimore?

Bring a girl there for a day or two 🙂 Quiet town but extremely beautiful! Since you studied philosophy, figured you would also be interested in this:

Philosophers’ Walk

On the northern side of the Neckar is located the Heiligenberg, with the remains of the Celtic fortress and the Philosophers’ Walk (German: Philosophenweg). Its name comes from the practice of Heidelberg’s philosophers and university professors of walking and talking here. It has excellent views of the old town and castle.

Basically a 2hour hike in the woods that leads up to magnificient view of the city and location of some sweet ancient runes. Epic sexy times to be had here 🙂

If you dont have anyone to go with, i can get you in contact with a local i met in Amsterdam who warmly welcomed me to her … city 🙂 She has a thing for poker players i think 😛

And obviously, if just sitting at a cool Bavarian restaurant tossing back beers is your thing, I think you’ll get a lot of opportunity for that, personally it was one of my most enjoyable past-times when I was in Germany.