All in all, it's been a pretty interesting day.
Dressed mildly for Spring only to be caught in a snow flurry.
Ended up being interviewed on local TV and I spoke German
understandably.
Was walking my bike across the crosswalk when a car stopped for me...
a second later the car behind him crashed into him.
I gave my first real help to tourists, at least 3 minutes worth - entirely in German on where to go to have an inexpensive lunch - nearby and how to get there exactly.
I found a 10 Euro bill at the Supermarket and paid for half of my groceries, mainly gifts for frieds & family in the US next week.
About the only downside (other than the poor suckers who crashed their cars and my cold Spring-like jacket) for some reason my key to get into the building didn't work.
Luckily we have good friends I could ring and get buzzed in.
Still.
I came home to an email that my friend can house me while in Austin for the record... which was a nice cross off my check list of a million things to do in one week.
It was a very interesting day.
Not perfect but damn near it.
