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I love bicycles, I´ve always loved bicycles, especially when Albert rides bicycles- and I love the<br />

people that own these cool physical stores. They´re alway´s happy. They´re surrounded every<br />

day with totally cool and the latest tech fashion and colors of the coolest bikes. And the store of<br />

Feine-raeder is a totally exceptional beautifully designed store. "It has been 22 years and I love my life. I<br />

love the bikes and I love the people that <strong>com</strong>e here and try the bike and take it around the city and they<br />

<strong>com</strong>e back and say thankyou very much for helping me with my bike. It is my love and my life." says the<br />

real physical owner of Feine-Raeder, Claus. Yes Santa Claus!<br />

Furtmayrstr. 10-12 · 93053 Regensburg<br />

Telefon: 0941-700 03 65<br />

The coolest thing about the electric mom mobile as I tend to name it is that you can carry<br />

your children and do super mercato shopping without too much effort. It ranges from about<br />

5,700.euros and although I asked if it could <strong>com</strong>e in my favorite color pink, the owner said he has<br />

green, blue, white and black. Alright you can always custom order!


"And we have 24 hr. repair, too, which is important for everybody yet especially the<br />

students. You know everyone of these students could afford my bikes. Do you know how<br />

much they spend on Beer?!" he says. And that is true...a good backpack at the store is saw 49.00<br />

euors ot 139.00 euros. The bike is 799.00 and last 6 to 10 years." the owner says. I say that if they<br />

drink Radlers instead of beer they can spend 1/2 that amount to the bikes!


http://www.feine-raeder.de/<br />

Above the cool owner Claus:)<br />

"The students can <strong>com</strong>e in here and if they spend 6 months or 3 years at Regensburg<br />

they can bike the 15 kilometer city every day. A bike if perfect for the city. Me? I ride my<br />

electric bike about 22 kilometers everyday back and forth to work. Yet the students love to<br />

do the fitness test. They <strong>com</strong>e in and spend between 799.00 for a real good bike to 3,799.00 for the<br />

best bike. And of course I don´t have any problem if they <strong>com</strong>e in and spend 10,000.00 euros on the<br />

5 kilo. carbon bike either...that is alright with me!" he jokes.<br />

"The electric bikes is a odd perception. People think it is a motor scooter and you can just sit there,<br />

but you have to pedal it. Of course the little battery does all the work, but it helps to power and<br />

support the bike when you pedal." Now that is a new info for me!<br />

Feine-Rader´s owner is Claus as in Santa Claus and is pictured above riding the mountain<br />

bike. You couldn´t meet a more genuine and nice person seriously. And he LOVES biking.<br />

"I love the biking world and I use my Sundays and Mondays to have fun. My fun is biking!"<br />

he laughs all the time and loves his guests. The store is a architectural wonder! "Yes we<br />

had a architect design it. The cool thing is that I almost 100% carry German Bikes. From<br />

the Specialized to the Stevens to the Reise-Muller they´re the best and when I need help<br />

from Hamburg they can help me that day. If I order parts from America it takes forever" he<br />

says.


You can find the Antico Mola at<br />

Uhlandstraße 19, 93049 Regensburg<br />

Telefon:0941 64095360<br />

On bus #1 Prufering to Goethestraße. Jump off and walk straight take the first right and<br />

walk 2 block. Then, now on the left side of Uhlandstraße is the restaurant.<br />

"The most important thing for me everyday is that my guests feel like they are at home. When we<br />

invite guests to the home I want my guests at the restaurant to feel that way.Every night when<br />

everybody is at home and in bed he is on his <strong>com</strong>puter! He writes the menu everynight. He does<br />

specials everyday and every item is kept in his memory...that is him" says Nicola and his Bosnian wife<br />

Doaeana. I say that at a bar called Palleti in the central city they have a picture on the wall that<br />

reminds me of the couple! They laugh and say they know it! Maria says that she "doesn´t like fish<br />

personally. I love his pizzas! All of my friends say the pizza is best in Regensburg." I somehow believe<br />

that since every dish that <strong>com</strong>es from the kitchen looks scrumptious. A fellow eating it keeps<br />

saying,"hmm, yum, hum..." at the near table and I figure it must be pretty good. "Yes and they love<br />

the fresh shark we buy from the Mercato, Metro, everyday. We see that the Germans love the Italian<br />

food. The tourists do find us, especially the Americans and the Chinese find us. Every Trip Advisor<br />

<strong>com</strong>ment that they write is wonderful about us.We love when the people take the time to write about<br />

the restaurant. That is important for us that each person loves it here." they<br />

say.https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/antica.mola1


"everybody that works at the restaurant is family! The nephew is the other cook!, the father is cook,<br />

the mother is service, and I bring drinks to the tables and hostess," says the daughter. "My father<br />

laughs since all the guests when they <strong>com</strong>e here must kiss my mother!"<br />

The daughter, Maria, translates for her father and mother. Her father is from Italy, Bari, and her mother<br />

is from Bosnia. "We met at La Gondola about 30 years now. In 2007 we opened the Antica Mola and we<br />

love the people that <strong>com</strong>e here. That is most important, the guests. My wife greets the guests everyday<br />

and I cook."


"Yes the tourists kiss my mother too!" says Maria. "My father <strong>com</strong>es to each table and asks how the<br />

food is. He says that every plate that he makes he is alittle nervous although he has been a cook<br />

many years he says that each plate is new for him. He has 1,000 recipes and they´re all in his<br />

head. Every recipe is his." says Maria. The mother constantly and graciously asks me each time<br />

she passes the table if I would love to try the food. Honestly it "looks wonderful." she says! I say that I<br />

would love to try the shark!<br />

THEY HAVE SHARK ON THE<br />

MENU! YES REAL SHARK DAILY:<br />

http://antica-mola.de/<br />

http://ukulele-fieber.de/unterricht-events/<br />

Geschäft:<br />

0941 – 50 47 4 47<br />

Mobile:<br />

015 20 – 680 – 17 5 3<br />

The famous Kurt Meimer of the Ukulele store in Regensburg named Ukulele-Fieber<br />

Company has many ukulele from 49Es to 79Es and stlyes for young and old...since its been here<br />

forever, so many people know about it...please <strong>com</strong>e buy all the ukulele and join Kurt and his friends as<br />

they play at the festivals around the year and at Christmas...he teaches lessons too...I even learned one<br />

song! cool.


Ukulele-Fieber Company<br />

Lilienthalstraße 6<br />

Alright Kurt Meimer, pictured in the video on the article is retiring....RETIRING! "Yes I would love to<br />

continue my adult and parent supervised children´s classes that I have now, yet the ukulele instruments<br />

and the authentic hawaiian shirts are all for sale..." HINT....Since Kurt is retiring he is going to do a Big<br />

Sale here at the store...accessories and all and IF YOU MENTION<br />

EMMEANESBOOK...receive 10% on the sales!<br />

And each hawaiian shirt is personally worn by Kurt...jha ha...he is<br />

almost as famous as Elvis in Regensburg...100s of people <strong>com</strong>e to<br />

play Ukulele at the festivals...


Regensburg, home to the famous Thurn und Taxis family of such nobility that they were the Post<br />

Office system of the Roman Empire...Prince Albert 12th´s title today is Post Master General...now that<br />

is a cool title! The most significant historical achievement of the Thurn und Taxis family is the<br />

organization of the imperial postal system of the Roman Empire and in 1615 all hereditary rights to the<br />

male heir of the Thurn und Taxis,<br />

which as of today is Albert.<br />

Wurdack Jewelers<br />

http://www.wurdack-gold.de/<br />

Erika, Stefan, Ernest Wurdack<br />

Watmarkt 7<br />

93047 Regensburg<br />

Tel: 094 15 28 21<br />

love that ring...beautiful<br />

yellow 2 carat diamond:)


"You know my friends love me since they can find real beautiful rare jewelry here...at<br />

least the girls love me, their husbands and their boyfriends don´t love me! They spend too<br />

much money!" jokes Ernest. "Yet seriously we have some rare estate items that usually you don´t<br />

find in Germany. We import ours from America. Since the war the jewelers all fled with the big<br />

Gems to America for protection. When you have 100 jewelers leaving Germany that is a lot<br />

of jewelers. It effected the industry greatly. Now New York and Philadelphia and the east coast<br />

of America all have the Big Gems. We´re trying to change so that we carry the rare Big Gems too." he<br />

says. "You know I grew up in the West of Germany and with that came freedom. It gave us the right to<br />

speak and the women from Germany exercise that right all the time. They have equality in the work<br />

force too and you mentioned the fact that when women and men in Germany go to a dinner date they<br />

each pay their own. That is because the women are proud of the independance. That is something I<br />

know for a fact that American women say, WHAT!...they always expect the man to pay!" he says and I<br />

laugh. That is true. "For me when Stefan goes around the world finding the rare gems and estate sale<br />

items it <strong>com</strong>es here and I do the research on it. I like to tell the people about the piece that they buy.<br />

And especially love when they find a great estate piece. We have the emeralds and the<br />

diamonds and a lot of the 1920s and 1930s Art Deco pieces. These can price anywear<br />

form 100,000.00 euros to 300.00euros. It just depends on the piece. Some people would<br />

love to <strong>com</strong>e and buy a 3,000.euro art deco bracelet and a ring and a hair pin maybe and<br />

go out to dinner all decked out. Others like to wear something everyday. We have<br />

something for everybody to love." he says.


"We´re famous for our antique jewelry. My grandfather started the <strong>com</strong>pany 60<br />

years now and it is the 3rd generation here. He started it because he said that he<br />

never wanted his family to go hungry. He was 10 years old when the war ended and he<br />

provided for his family ever since. He started with antique items such as the vintage<br />

grandfather clock you hear," says Ernest as the clock cuckoos real loud. "That is the only<br />

one that we have here at the store and honestly it isn´t for sale. He graduated to antique<br />

jewelry and now we do that such as estate pieces and rare gems....huge international<br />

diamonds." he says.<br />

"For men in Germany you will see a man wear a watch or drive a big car and that is a<br />

major status symbol for us. The other cultures around the world, except the Europeans, show off a<br />

little more jewelry. They wear the gold chains and rings etc. You won´t really see a German man<br />

wearing rings unless it is the married one." he says of the cultural differences.


Below: GRAVENREUTHER Bavarian Restaurant<br />

at Hinter der Grieb 10, 094 15 5050


You´ll love the young fresh style and attitude of the owners and team at the Gravenreuther...above<br />

pictured drinking a beer is Michael. "I want my team to have a good time and the guests,<br />

too. You should really decide what you want about the restaurant. Yet I don´t hire the<br />

traditional stocky stern German woman who <strong>com</strong>es to the table and when you ask for a little<br />

beer late at night they say...WAIT TIL YOU FINISH WHAT YOU HAVE!...You know. We have a<br />

young staff that only wears traditional dirndls on Sundays. They smile and laugh with the guests. We have<br />

something that is special to the Bavarian Restaurants in Regensburg...the food is of the highest quality<br />

and it is a little tiny bit more expensive than others...plus we have the famous Bavarian Tapas. I worked at<br />

one of the most famous Barcelona Restaurants 3 years...great fish etc. and of course the tapas. When I<br />

came back to Bavaria I really wanted to introduce Tapas my style...Bavarian Style...and I have. 8 different<br />

tapás from The torpedo prawns to the white fish that you are having now!" says Michael.<br />

http://www.gravenreuther.de/


"Yes that is a actual whole pig...the tourists love it...it feeds about 20 people and we<br />

mostly serve it for groups. You know 5 people could have a difficult time eating this pig!"<br />

jokes the young fun owner of the Traditional Bavarian Restaurant with a twist on the famous<br />

Hinter der Grieb alley...named Gravenreuther..."For the famous family who owned the entire street in<br />

the 1800s. They had a castle and stores here and later they split the stores to famous restaurants<br />

such as ours." says Michael Schulz. (The alley has the famous Kasper5, Vitus which is now Amore Vino<br />

and Amici and my friends that own the South African Cape Grape wine store...right around the corner<br />

from the Orphee...)


"We have a huge beer glass that holds 3 liters. Mostly stag parties or groups of girls will<br />

order that one...and it is relatively inexpensive. The one tradition with it is the table<br />

drinks one sip and the next person drinks one sip and the second to last person to finish it<br />

must pay for it...and of course some people drink or try to drink one liter of the 3 liters so<br />

that the person before them must pay...OOPS the problem is if the person doesn´t finish<br />

that one liter in one sip! Woops and the next person finishes it...Guess who pays! Some of the<br />

older traditional Bavarians and Germans <strong>com</strong>e in and say we don´t want that tapa stuff...give us the<br />

white sausages etc and of course we have the high quality white sausages and Bavarian kitchen for<br />

these folks! And the beer garden...that is important too." He lets me try the white sausages tapas<br />

which by the way are only 2.70E each and it is a little meal...and yummy! I´ve had the soups a couple<br />

of em and the schnitzel here all very good...and his partner Rainer owns the dance club Zarap Zap<br />

Zap..."which is a late night dance pub and has Rock and Roll and people from 30 to 50s...fun people<br />

that love good music but not techno stuff...<strong>com</strong>e try that too!" he says. http://www.zarapzapzap.de/<br />

Join the Friendly fun loving 20 years Veteran! Thomas of Oma Plusch at his new Beer Garden on<br />

the Danube...right at the foot appropriately of the famous LOVE LOCK BRIDGE in<br />

Regensburg...The team is CRAZY FUN, the BEER is BISCHOFSHOFs and the MUSIC IS<br />

LIVE on the RIVER...


Oma in da Antn<br />

Badstraße 32<br />

at the foot of the Love lock bridge<br />

93059 Regensburg<br />

Tel.: 094 185 45 5<br />

http://xn--oma-plsch-v9a.de/<br />

Here I am on Easter! surrounded by the young staff and team that has to work on Sunday while the<br />

big boss(above) is having fun with his friends and or family(wait that is christmas in<br />

America!)...Above-tom! and the team at the new Oma Plusch which is aptly named Oma in da<br />

Antn(the Grandma in the Golden Duck)...Meet Moritz, Robert!, ME, and the youngest Chef<br />

in Regensburg, MAX! at the age of 21!)<br />

"I´ve been with Oma Plusch, Tomas, since about 4 years as a drinking visitor and 1 year as a team<br />

member,"says Moritz...he is the tall one with the glasses above:)..."he is the nicest person ever." he says.<br />

i say that yes he is since the first person ever to help an independant writer(me) when I came to<br />

Regensburg is Mr. Tomas. The nicest person ever. "The beer is different since now after 20 years we have<br />

a new beer. It´s name is Bischofshofs and Weltenburger. That is the main difference and now we have a<br />

big Beer garden that holds 300 people, we are introducing big outdoor screens that will showcase the<br />

European Soccer Championships and live Bavarian Music." he says. Anything else? "Yes a couple of new<br />

items on the menus since Max, the youngest chef in Regensburg at the age of 21 has added some tasty<br />

items. The one that is the favorite for us is his big Pork...we love it. " Robert, who has been here one<br />

month, "That is my favorite too...it is salty and a huge block of pork." Is it that real big pig? I<br />

ask. "No but I have cooked that whole pig for 20 people or more. As a matter of fact, when<br />

the groups eat it they´re real drunk and they attack the pig and tear it apart." says the young<br />

chef Max. REALLY? I ask. They all laugh. "Of course not! It is Bavaria. We have eaten with<br />

forks and knifes at least the last 10 years. Seriously. When we order the entire pig we eat<br />

with plates...but it is a tender pig and if you were at Medieval fair they would use their hands<br />

and shove it in their mouths!" he says.


I must warn you about Markus...yes is a totally bad emotional buy! When I exclaim the beauty<br />

and emotion of each bag...he says, " ah ya anyway the leather is hand stitched and guaranteed<br />

for a lifetime..." it is all about the quality and the material...! http://www.mosdzen.de/<br />

Handcrafted Leather Handbags...Opulente Optik<br />

If you would like to meet the high-fashion leather designer, Markus Mosdzen, visit his website and or visit his place of business which is<br />

just a stone´s throw from the Stone Bridge in Regensburg...at Unter Den Schwibbogen, 1 0941 5 34 66 call<br />

http://www.altstadtkinos.de/<br />

Weißgerbergraben 11A, 93047 Regensburg<br />

Telefon:094 157 5 8 6


Mati Hari the spy who loved me! "everybody either loves Garbo and at least knows<br />

Garbo...it is interesting while the people of Regensburg seem to spend less on some stores, they always<br />

love the theater and it is doing really good. For me? I love the theater myself." 094 157 586<br />

http://www.altstadtkinos.de/ for the entire schedule click on link...<br />

The famous Garbo Theater in Regensburg, above to the left is the owner named<br />

Achim! He laughs all the time and loves America as a matter of fact while I interviewed him<br />

yesterday he received a package with tour books of The National Parks! in America..."I am planning a trip<br />

to America´s West in a couple of weeks," he says. One of his best friend´s is "Do you know the owner<br />

of Filmbuhne in Regensburg? Karin? I love her she is wonderful," he says... would seem rather<br />

odd if his friends weren´t in the film business I say!<br />

What is Trumbo about? I ask since everybody is entering to see it. "That is a great movie. It is<br />

about the screen writer in Hollywood in the 1950s that was blacklisted since he was a<br />

<strong>com</strong>munist. Great film. He made such movies as Spartucus, Exodus, and Roman Holiday


which won the Academy Award. He was one of Hollywood´s elite screenplay writers yet because of<br />

the <strong>com</strong>munist association his life was turned upside down.I admire the story." says the boss...me? it<br />

sounds pretty interesting and maybe it is one movie I shall see! The people who <strong>com</strong>e here watch<br />

such movies as the one showing now of Batman vs. Superman! (Really?) I ask. "Actually in the movie<br />

they be<strong>com</strong>e friends." is all that Achim can say. It is a wonderful seating theater...a brilliant theater of<br />

arthaus classics. Must <strong>com</strong>e...<br />

"The good food, the nice <strong>com</strong>pany, the good atmosphere, the great beer garden and of course the<br />

location is why the people love the Hakcer Pschorr. That is why they <strong>com</strong>e. The food is German. Some is<br />

Bavarian but we have a lot of meat here. We do Venison except for some reason the Americans don´t<br />

like to eat Venison," the charismatic owner of the Hacker Pschorr says. "I do a English menu for the<br />

Americans and I don´t include the Venison. We have the pig knuckles and the leg of pigs and if it is a big<br />

group the head of the pig. That they seem to enjoy ordering...I guess they love the Bavarian Traditional<br />

food." I´ve interviewed him the last 3 years and every year his conversation is the most entertaining! It<br />

is rarely about the food or the restaurant although we do talk about that. For instance today he talked<br />

about his vacations. He used to be in the military and traveled around the world for about 30 years. "I<br />

traveled to many places around the world and would see each country maybe one day. I went to Asia<br />

and Africa and the southern Caribean Islands and Curacai and the Grand Caymans and Cuba and South<br />

America and Central America. Some of my favorite places I revisited the last years on vacations. One<br />

that I love and I just got back from 4 weeks is the Beauty of the island Prair with its 12 islands. Simply<br />

beautiful and untouched by tourists and quiet. I mostly loved the quiet of the islands. " he says. He<br />

jokes a lot and is very intelligent.<br />

http://www.hacker-pschorr-regensburg.de/


Neupfarrplatz 15<br />

93047 Regensburg Tel.: 094 15 84 045 5<br />

"The tourists love the traditions of Bavaria, and they and the Germans love the Beer Gardens. We<br />

have a famous beer garden that is packed every day in the summer. The girls wear the dirndls since<br />

that is why you <strong>com</strong>e to Bavaria right? You must learn culture and travel to many places around the<br />

world if you want to know the world." he says. And I say, That´s right. That is true.<br />

"When I travel around the world I try the regional food. That is what life is about. The<br />

tourists <strong>com</strong>e here to try the Bavarian Food. That is normal. They like the traditions." he<br />

says. "The tourists <strong>com</strong>e in and I enjoy telling them about the fact that the dining room<br />

used to be a old dining room of a monastery since about 304 years. The building is<br />

1245AD. That is quite old. We even have a famous ghost since you ask. I only believe in<br />

ghosts myself when me and the cook have about 7 beers and we find solutions to the<br />

menu and at that point we maybe see a little white mouse running across the floor...that<br />

is about as far as I go in beleiving in ghosts. However the legend of the Hacker Pschorr is that a<br />

monk died here named Hans in 1650. He became a ghost and would throw plates on the ground and<br />

the other monks were afraid of him. They would hear him when it is very windy. And the ghost would<br />

be<strong>com</strong>e very crazy. The the monks took the monk´s body out of the grave and transplanted him in a<br />

different area. In that region the devil took his soul. And the monks never heard him in the Hacker<br />

Pschorr house again." he says. I say that is too bad since I love Ghosts. "Yes I know you believe in<br />

God, in Ghosts and in Donald Trump, you already told me." he says. And I say that I think that Donald<br />

Trump would be refreshing for America in the sense that he would shake things up and people would<br />

watch the State of the Union addresses just to see what unpredictable things he would say. "He scares<br />

me." says the owner. "He is crazy and I can´t imagine him sitting down with the leaders of the world.<br />

Hillary is a much better politician." he says as we talk politics. A good conversationalist and wonderful<br />

food is what you will find here I say! Below the traditional dress of the Dirndl.


The wonderful lovely story of<br />

Anton Wirkes and his family<br />

of Dirndls<br />

and Lederhosen:)http://trachtenshop.de/<br />

Anton Wirkes, "It all happened about 25 years<br />

now...I started with being a photographer for<br />

the Motor Sports here in Regensburg and<br />

traveled everywhere around the world<br />

photographing MotorCross and having tons of<br />

fun yet of course making money was<br />

difficult! About 3 years and at that point I<br />

thought...hmm maybe I should import Turkish and<br />

Italian leather coats. When we knew that the ice<br />

cream stores were not used in the winter we asked<br />

to sell leather coats and we thought wow that is<br />

great but we had nothing to do in the summer."


Mr. Berger says that he was a waiter in a city near<br />

here named Bad Abbach and that every Sunday Mr.<br />

Wirkes came in for 7 years with his family. One day<br />

he came up to him and said that he loved the way<br />

that he dressed and would he love to <strong>com</strong>e work for<br />

him? And now he is the regional manager that<br />

travels to every store and sees that each store is<br />

alright. I say that is a great story since he went from<br />

being a waiter to a regional manager just because<br />

Mr. Wirkes liked the way he dresses.<br />

http://trachtenshop.de/<br />

Regensburg? It is a lovely city with a Royal<br />

Family...<br />

here to the left is the gorgeous ones everyone is<br />

gorgeous!<br />

And it is known as the Family that is the Post<br />

Office Heirs of the Roman Empire..,the Thurn und<br />

Taxis...in addition it is a World Cultural Heritage<br />

Site...hope everybody <strong>com</strong>es to the famous<br />

Christkindle Mercatos at Christmas and the year<br />

round to experience the special quality you can<br />

find at the wonderful place.<br />

"How I first opened my dirndl store? ...sitting<br />

in with my coats person and I see a woman in<br />

a dirndl outside my window. I said that I really<br />

loved that dirndl. In Bavaria we can say I love<br />

that dirndl and it is the girl or we can say I<br />

love that dirndl and it is the dress. The man


laughed and said which one do you love and I<br />

said both! He said that dirndl <strong>com</strong>es from his<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany and that is how I started the dirndl<br />

business. We now have been in business about<br />

almost 15 years. I do 1,000 and 1,000s of dirndls<br />

now. I say O I want short dirndls and the designers<br />

say that I am crazy and they make these and we<br />

have 1,000s of orders and then I say I want middle<br />

length dirndls and the designers say that I am crazy<br />

and yet I win and they make these and we sell<br />

1,000s of dirndls. I love the creative side to it all."<br />

Anton says. "Now I tell them , that I would love<br />

bigger shoulders you know wider straps and they say<br />

I am crazy but they know I sell a lot of dirndls and<br />

they do that now:"<br />

The German girls are <strong>com</strong>fortable with the Dirndls<br />

yet the American girls would be braver in<br />

these...sexy and cool. Okay girls especially the girls<br />

from America and Austrailia who I know would love<br />

love love these totally cool soft leather<br />

lederhosens...they can be added suspenders and<br />

cool sexy tops to wear out to clubs...and the best is<br />

you can order these from the online store. Cool. The<br />

down side? "My wife doesn´t like when we go to<br />

Oktoberfest and events because she says that I don<br />

´t enjoy myself! That I am always saying o see that<br />

dirndl see that lederhosen...it is true!" Anton says.


The lovely candles handmade at Regensburg and shipped around the<br />

world...any religious denomination, birthdays, special events...they<br />

even add photos if you want! http://www.kerzen-hueber.de/<br />

http://www.bistro-rosarium.de/ The beauty of<br />

the Gardens is amazing a sight to see with<br />

tranquility and peace and elegance and the<br />

setting of the French Bistro in the middle of the<br />

Anglican gardens adjoining the Thurn und Taxis is<br />

perfect. "In 1865 it is the way it is today. The<br />

Royalty of the Thurn und Taxis is it the Prince?<br />

maybe the one below the Prince...it is the<br />

financial minister of the Royalty Dornberg...he<br />

bought the park and the built the swiss chalet..."<br />

Dr. Berghammer laughs as he tries to remember<br />

his "English words I use only a little...". He speaks<br />

great English by the way:'')! "It is the royalty<br />

duke maybe who bought the gardens<br />

and said that he must have a Swiss<br />

Chalet in the middle of his gardens<br />

and that is what you see as the<br />

restaurant today"


"One of the reasons I do the Rosarium is<br />

since retiring you know I can't just sit<br />

on the Golf Course all day and I can't just<br />

travel everywhere around the<br />

world...I've been everywhere! So I do<br />

this!" I laugh.... Might as well stay at<br />

Regensburg nothing else to do!<br />

"Exactly, " he says, "Hmm what should I<br />

do...lets open the Rosarium!" The city of<br />

Regensburg thought to close it and<br />

make it only a meeting house but Dr.<br />

Berghammer along with a partner<br />

rescued the Swiss Chalet and now it is<br />

the famous French Restaurant and<br />

Gardens. A lovely sight to see...<br />

http://www.bistro-rosarium.de/<br />

And the Rosarium likes to have fun<br />

too..check out the Studio 54 party!<br />

ttp://www.dallmeier.<strong>com</strong>/fileadmin/user_upload/upload_dallmeier.<strong>com</strong>/Bilder/Branchenloesungen/Referenzen/Muehlbacher_Header.jpg<br />

"The thing that I am most proud of is my new store that has only been here 3 years. It is<br />

beautiful." the owner of the Muhlbacher store in Regensburg says...in addition to the Rolex´s<br />

and Cartier they have their own signature designs. "When you´re surrounded by jewels all the<br />

time you still see the fascination. When I travel to Antwerp where everybody in the world<br />

shows the diamonds and the precious jewels I am always fascinated with these. I love the<br />

highest quality because of the brilliance of the cuts. The ones that range from 1milion euros<br />

to 10 million euros of course we purchase only if a special client orders it but it is fascinating<br />

to see these. Every day that I see the jewels I love my job! It is the best. I am the 4th<br />

generation of the family to enter into the jewelry business. And the aspect that I enjoy the<br />

most is when I deal with the public. http://www.muehlbacher.de/ Ludwigstraße 1


"I am happy with the clients since they´re<br />

always happy of course when they <strong>com</strong>e in<br />

to receive that special gift. Of course there<br />

is that person who was away and they<br />

bring the jewel in to return it and a couple<br />

of days later they want it back and I try to<br />

help as much as I can." He laughs. "Most of<br />

the time it is fun. The one thing that I<br />

learned never to ask is O Who is that gift<br />

for...I learned it is none of my business!"<br />

he laughs again and I say hmm.


The store is gorgeous as is prestigious jewelry<br />

stores around the world and Mr. And Mrs.<br />

Muhlbacher are precious. "I love the rose gold<br />

which is my favorite, " she says shyly...a<br />

beautiful woman all decked out in jewels as I<br />

would if my husband owned a jewelry store I<br />

say! She laughs and shows me the diamond<br />

tennis bracelets she wears. As for him? "I<br />

only wear a watch!" he admits. WHAT! I say<br />

in that cool store with so much eye-candy?<br />

"Us Germans we´re conservative. Once I<br />

wear these..." and he points to<br />

cufflinks...Diamond ones I hope? "They´re nice<br />

ones." is all he will say. Wow dress up time?


"Now I have two rooms one is almost impossible if you<br />

don´t speak German since it uses clues on the walls and in the library books which are written in<br />

German. The other room if you speak English you can use it since it deals with PCs and finding the<br />

codes and clues to keys in the PCs and the Passwords. Although I am from Hungary and the first<br />

Escape Rooms where supposedly founded in Hungary I personally had never been in one when I<br />

thought of my first concept rooms here." says Stefan who has much fun showing you his imaginative<br />

and challenging rooms. "The rooms challenge the way one thinks and it makes people use<br />

their brains. I have videos on the rooms and radio <strong>com</strong>munications and that lets me do a<br />

couple of things. One is that if I see they need a little help I can give clues to the guests.<br />

However some of the guests say to you when they do the rooms, don´t give me clues...I<br />

want to do it myself. The other way is that they can ask for help when they are in the rooms if they<br />

want it. Some keep going on and on and forget to ask!" he says. "If the 1hr. is up and they haven´t<br />

escaped I let them keep trying unless there are other people booked behind them. The point is to<br />

have fun and learn." I asked before if the people that don´t escape if he puts them in the dungeon<br />

basement? "No it doesn´t have a basement." he laughs.<br />

Expertenhomepages Foto.<br />

Looks like they had fun...!<br />

Stefan, who has owned the wild and fun MATRIX which is the only Escape Room<br />

concept in Regensburg since December, says that he has made the rooms out of


his own imagination only.<br />

http://www.exitthematrix.de/<br />

Fischmarkt 5 094 159 932 7 24<br />

here you can play all day...at least til you escape!<br />

In the <strong>com</strong>puter room you are 1st challenged to enter by figuring it out the code to the door...then<br />

once inside you must find clues to open the pc passwords and clues inside the <strong>com</strong>puter to the<br />

<strong>com</strong>bination of the safe where the key to the door is...cool!<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/Exit-The-Matrix-191003754569444/ for some great pictures!<br />

"Here the girls rule, at 32 minutes it is the fastest time that anyone has ever<br />

escaped the library room...4 girls won that title...they were lucky since they happened<br />

to pick the first book out of many with the first clues in it..." says Stefan...I guess that is a<br />

challenge to the guys to beat!<br />

Meet the Sicilian Team in Regensburg that reminds you of the movie<br />

Goodfellows...the pictures on the wall, "From when my father moved from Sicily to<br />

Regensburg...they are real pictures not staged ones. I wanted to introduce the Sicilian


Culture in the way of the food to Regensburg. It keeps me in touch with where my ancestors<br />

came from and it is the only restaurant that has the traditional home-made pasta Sicilian style and fresh<br />

fish from Trieste. My family had a almost 40 years University Italian restaurant and me and my partner,<br />

Andrea, moved here about 6 months now. I love it. It is fun. It is risky and it is young. I am very happy<br />

here with mostly my staff from Germany yet we do have one American at the bar and one girl from<br />

Poland!" Says Davide who along with his German waitresses say they have the best Italian food in town!<br />

"As you can see we have REAL FRESH FISH!"<br />

says the young owner, Davide!, who along with his other Sicilian born chef, Andrea!, bought the<br />

French Restaurant and turned it into a Homemade Pasta Swordfish Sicilian Italian Restaurant on the<br />

elegant Hinter der Grieb 8. It used to be Vitus. Around the alley is the famous Orphee.<br />

The alley has Sicilian Italian, South African Winers, French Orphee...it is akin to walking down the<br />

United Nations! 094 19308 1525<br />

http://e-amici.de/<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/undAmici/


Andrea´s father shows off the fresh fish that is brought from Trieste every Thursday to the Amore, Vino<br />

and Amici.<br />

"The restaurant is a new start and has a young team. The wine is special too, we<br />

don´t have Chianti, we don´t have Antinori, we have specialty wines from around<br />

Italy that most people haven´t heard about. The sommelier is from Calabria and<br />

he chooses which wines we show in the restaurant. It is challenging for us and<br />

fun for us to try new recipes and all that we give to the guests is from my ideas<br />

and Andreas ideas. It is important that the restaurant is ours." says the proud<br />

Davide. "You know life is always a risk yet it is worth it."<br />

Meet Udo, "Frankfurt was for almost 26 years where I worked on the stock exchange and now since the<br />

last 6 months I´ve opened my own totally cool highest quality Seidl Chocolates in Regensburg. The<br />

owner is a friend of mine and has been making these great chocolates the last 25 years. His store in<br />

Laaber has been here for 25 years and has a big elephant that moves and greets the guests in the<br />

showroom...it has a big cave and people can walk into the gummy bear cave and buy just about any<br />

kind of gummy bears they want..." says the affable owner.<br />

"Each chocolate is<br />

HANDMADE remember that...and they for instance have the easter bunny and each little


chocolate with it is handpicked with care." he says...I just want to eat it!<br />

Is the Chocolate good? I ask. "IF Lufthansa airlines hadn´t used the chocolate for its first class guests<br />

every year the last 25 years I could say that the chocolate isn´t good...however they choose us,<br />

Sheraton and Hilton around the world choose us, and the 7Star Hotel in Dubai chose us to present a<br />

Mosque Chocolate to the guests in the hotel rooms...if a 7star chooses you you know that your´re<br />

good." he says,. I say that if the Dubai Burj Al Arab 7Star chose them they know their the best. For<br />

instance the picture to the right is the 2bedroom suite at the Buri Al Arab..."honey can I<br />

have some of the chocolates please!"<br />

https://www.seidl-confiserie.de/<br />

SEIDL CONFISERIE Sweets and More at Posthorngässchen 3<br />

094 159 99 16 80<br />

Here a kind couple filmed the elephant and the chocolates at the headquarters store!


http://www.the-whisky-brothers.de/<br />

The Whiskey Brother´s in Regensburg has been here since a<br />

little month before Christmas...it is run and passionately owned by two<br />

brothers, Jonas and Andreas. They LOVE Whiskey and Andreas worked in Japan and Scotland<br />

to name a few countries where his love of the Whiskey Distilleries grew. "We thought it fun<br />

to open one here. It has been much successful and the best is the Whiskey tastes that we<br />

do. You must reserve to <strong>com</strong>e and whether you are taste tests normal whiskeys or Exotic<br />

ones the price is from 65Es to 95Es...The people love it. We occaisionally drink whiskey<br />

ourselves...maybe one time per week. At home? We drink Orange Juice and cola!" Jonas<br />

says.<br />

The Whisky Brothers<br />

Whisky Store / Whiskyladen Regensburg<br />

Glockengasse 8


Telefon: +49 (0)941 99 224 415<br />

Here the start of the tastes...mine they gave to give a friend... a wonderful Cream Whiskey<br />

from Switzerland...yum!<br />

Outside at night in the beauty of the hillside where guests sit and laugh<br />

and have traditional Bavarian food, "In the winter they can sit in one of our many rooms and eat a big Bavarian meal<br />

and the theater is Friday and Saturdays every weekend...yes including the Christmas Markets!" says Thomas. I love love love that theater.<br />

When I ask if he could do weddings in the Keller Thomas laughs, "We would need emergency exits and have to make it<br />

safe...right now the memory of the way they brought in the ice blocks from the river and the way that they would keep the<br />

beer cold all year long with it stored in the keller is enough!" he says. Although his brother would love to renovate it.!<br />

Nürnberger Strasse 12<br />

Tel: +49 (941) 89059170<br />

Alte<br />

Spital is a Brewery that is native to Regensburg and has the beer gardens that you´re probably aware of near the Stone Bridge but the<br />

real hidden jewel is the SpitalKeller...named from the huge Cellar that is really a big cave with a train trolley that used to<br />

take the big kegs of beer and wheel in the long long caverns(even i got spooked!) to underneath the Spital Restaurant of about<br />

5 rooms, plus a totally cool theater and a huge beer garden of its own on the hills way beyound the Stone Bridge. See the pictures above?<br />

"In the summer we can have as many as 1,000 people a night in the beer garden" says Stefan, one of the brothers that owns the<br />

restaurant... "Actually I am a twin..my brother is Thomas..." he says and introduces me to his brother who besides the blonde hair is


identical.<br />

cross the lock bridge, take a left, cross the next bridge, cross the next bridge and on the right hand side walk about 50 meters...<br />

Set on the side of the hill it is a little hike to make it up to the gardens yet when you enter you are surrounded with privacy and plain fun.<br />

http://www.spitalkeller.<strong>com</strong>/ click on the website to reserve dinner and theater from january to April. How cool is that!<br />

"here let me show you the Keller..." says Stefan and we take a miner´s! torch with us as we explore the caverns..."We checked into making<br />

it a theater and dinner and events room, you know for weddings and parties, but the cost is 1million euros to renovate it!" he says...trust<br />

me it would be worth it! Totally cool yet you can have a great private dinner of fun since it has been 3 years I knew Regensburg Existed<br />

and the first time I ever knew the Keller was there!<br />

And I tried the food it is very very yummy.<br />

The twins...young and fun and cooks! "Yes we both cook. We do the traditional Bavarian...you know it is the traditional Regensburg beer<br />

gardens and most of the people are German. We would love tourists if they could find us!" Stefan says.<br />

Come meet the wonderful Team of Spital Breweries and especially the new young<br />

owners of the beer garden, Conny and Tony. "We came on the team on board in January. My<br />

family owns a restaurant and beer garden (we had Bischofshof´s beer there sh...) " Tony says.<br />

"Here my wife loves the Chocolate Stout and me? the pale ale. Now since the Chocolate Stout<br />

is a winter specialy beer, we´re ready for the Pale ale...You are wel<strong>com</strong>e to try it..." he says.<br />

ME'? OF COURSE I WANT TO TRY THE CHOCOLATE!<br />

"You know you ask me if since I am a Regensburger if owning the oldest Brewery in<br />

Regensburg´s Beer Gardens, the Spital, here since 1226AD"! if it is a Dream <strong>com</strong>e<br />

true...follow me..." says the young Tony, Anton in German. My German assistant giggles and<br />

says "I think he wants to show us something." and we follow him to the openness of the beer<br />

garden looking at the bridge. "Here is amazing...look at the view. Can you imagine owning<br />

such a place?" he says with the help of my German Assistant. Wow!" The best view and beer<br />

garden in the famous Regensburg. And 800 people in the summer! "Yes we´re starting to think about<br />

hiring people for the summer months starting in May. You know now we have a small staff and the people<br />

that cook the food have been here a long while. However for the next couple of months we have to start<br />

hiring people to <strong>com</strong>e in May. Am I worried about so many people drinking all my beer? Yes it is super<br />

busy yet it should be fun!" he says.


0941 84774<br />

St. Katharinenplatz 1<br />

I first meet the Public Relations Archives person, Ms. Kaser, then her great assistant who is<br />

officially my Regensburger Google Translator who guided me to the Brewery where we met<br />

the Brew Meister Mr. Loesch, "I am 28 and I´ve been doing the brewing since I have been 13 years<br />

old!" he says. "Here is where I brew the beer and the upstairs is real old...since the 1226 it has been here.<br />

We have CO2 filters and windows open though because of air poisioning...you have to be careful..." he<br />

says as he shows us around...it is pretty cool and while the normal folk don´t usually tour upstairs you can<br />

sit in the beer gardens and see the brew masters at work in the big windows...cool.and Finally to the great<br />

young team that owns the famous "800 people capability beer garden!" on the famous river.<br />

To the left side is the famous Chistmas Mercatos where the people gather at the famous Spital Beer<br />

Gardens and above in the summer. "We are modern and have our pictures to greet the guests ont he<br />

menu and the facebooks...we´re hiring young people to work with us...it should be a great new start and<br />

many years of young people loving the Spital!" he says.<br />

Among the 1,000 books that the brother's have in their possession and of course the ones that they can find for you around the world here<br />

is the prayer book of Lorenzo Medici which personally I find pretty cool. I mean the Medici family is not only Medieval they're evil!<br />

http://www.ziereisfacsimiles.<strong>com</strong>/<br />

Antiquarian shop for rare books and facsimile editions of illuminated manuscripts. We offer<br />

books of hours, prayer books, evangeliaries, bibles apocalypses and codices.<br />

manuscript-facsimiles.<strong>com</strong>| Brothers Ziereis - Rare Books<br />

Christian and his brother Georg located at the Medieval town of Regensburg Germany are perfect experts in the rare book collection of<br />

Medieval Manuscripts...take for instance the Dead Sea Scrolls next door! "Of course the real ones are in the museum in Jerusalem and<br />

honestly priceless... the facsimiles that we have which is one from the 1st Century has every page replicated right down to the cuts on the<br />

pages and the holes in the pages. That is why it is such a treasure. And it is kept in a replica clay pot that they originally found the scrolls<br />

in." he says.<br />

Jakobstrasse 6<br />

93047 Regensburg<br />

Germany<br />

Phone: +49(0)941 -58 61 236 0<br />

Christian says that,"We follow the hanseatic merchants honor."<br />

hanseatic merchants honor<br />

The Ship is God's messenger. Her errants have his blessing. he helps her weather the elements, his creation Exchange between lands<br />

separated by oceans is a work worthzy of divine support.


The Philosophy of the giggling and unexpected curators is in the words of the brothers,<br />

Book adventure on site<br />

"We perceive ourselves as "carer" for your questions, wishes and ideas. We put high value on the dialogue with our customers, be it at your<br />

home, in your library or here in the Jakobstraße in Regensburg. It is the "Book adventure on site" that is important to us."We keep our<br />

promises"<br />

Dr. Roger Diederen, curator of the exhibition "Magnificence on Parchment" (left) and Georg Ziereis (right) before the Uta Codex created<br />

around 1020 in Regensburg...<br />

The Book of Kells above is Christian´s favorite book...he has himself one reprint and the<br />

original is in the Museum in Dublin!<br />

"The Book of Biblia de los Cruzados is my brother´s favorite", says Christian as his brother and wife run<br />

in and out saying don´t <strong>com</strong>e near we have the flu! "They have the flu a lot!" he says, "With little<br />

children in school they always have something!" I ask him why do people want to buy reprints of the<br />

original manuscripts? "Simply because the originals are priceless...they don´t have prices on these and<br />

seriously 99.99% are protected in museums...and the only way to see and hold the originals is with<br />

perfect reproductions...otherwise they be<strong>com</strong>e damaged." he says....


When I asked who buys 60,000.00 euros replicas of religious original manuscripts? Christian says, " O a lot of people buy these. " Just<br />

millionaires? Billionaires? "The billionaires buy the originals!" he laughs. "Yet last year a billionaire bought a important manuscript for millions<br />

and millions of euros and for his wedding party he bought everybody replicas that we had made for him...yet each replica can cost in the<br />

100,000.00Euros..." Alright now we now what a billionaire buys for his grooms men as gifts...although I bet they would rather have flasks with<br />

expensive whiskey in em.<br />

"Here is the Brewing Company giving a taste of its beer...we have the actual brewmaster´s <strong>com</strong>e and talk about their beer and invite<br />

everybody in to try. The students love it, the tourists love it, the Regensburger´s love it. When I went to America about 4 years ago, my wife<br />

and I went to Philadelphia, New York, Cape Cod, Boston, Washington D.C. etc and we tried the different beer and one person said to me that<br />

you know when you are in Germany it is difficult to try foreign beers. And I thought that is true. When I came back I went to the Wunder Bar<br />

down the alley and talked to the then owner Goose. We said alright lets try a Craft Beer Festival. 2 years ago we started our first Craft Beer<br />

Festival and last year opened the first Beer Store here. My advertising agency partner, Martin, and I said alright lets open the beer store,<br />

theonly one in Regensburg and see how it is..." says Thomas pictured sitting around the table with 3 people.


Posthorngässchen 2 / Goldene Bären Str. Regensburg, Germany 094 1630885 40 is where you can walk in and buy one of 300<br />

beers..."I´ve tried about 80% of em," says the owner, "of course one must taste the product in order to talk knowledgeable<br />

about it!" he jokes!<br />

Meet the Boys of Company Birretta...owning and drinking the brew at http://www.birretta.de/ "The funny thing is one of the most expensive<br />

beers in here is a Texan Beer...an American one at 16.00euros. The ones who <strong>com</strong>e in here and buy that one are always Americans! When I<br />

ask why they <strong>com</strong>e to Germany to buy American beers they say it is less expensive here and easy to find...that in Texas it is difficult to find!"


"The beer festival is in Regensburg in the center on May 4, 5 and 6. Last year we had 17 brewing <strong>com</strong>panies and 10,000people! We all ran<br />

out of beer the last day! Seriously! Now we have 24 brewing <strong>com</strong>panies <strong>com</strong>ing and I hope 20,000 people. The only one of its kind that I know<br />

of in Bavaria. Yet the best is that when they <strong>com</strong>e to the festival they all say O where can we buy that craft beer in Regensburg...and of<br />

course the only place is here!" he says with a totally big smile on his face:)"One of the people who works in the store is a 5 year Brew<br />

Master and one is a Biology student...we have a great team to make our own brand Birretta Beer in the future. Of course it is<br />

something that I thought of doing yet it is expensive...let´s see how it is doing...in the meantime! WE do drink much more<br />

beer now than when we didn´t own the Craft Beer Store, that I am honest about!" he says laughing.<br />

When I visit the advertising agency down the alley from the Beer store his assistant Kristen is moving signs for the festival around the office!<br />

Does he give her beer? "No only the bosses drink the beer in here they make us work!" she says.


"Since me and my partner, Martin, the other two partners of the Birretta are another Martin and his wife Caroline, own a University of<br />

Regensburg Advertising Agency we let the students know we are here and we try to educate these students on the different types of brewing<br />

processes. It is about taste and flavor and hops and strength and the entire package. We hope they <strong>com</strong>e in here and learn about trying<br />

something new. Life is about trying something that you don´t think you will like to try. Our motto is just try it you might like it!" says Thomas.


Regensburg, home to the famous Thurn und Taxis family of such nobility that they were the Post Office<br />

system of the Roman Empire...Prince Albert 12th´s title today is Post Master General...now that is a cool<br />

title! The most significant historical achievement of the Thurn und Taxis family is the organization of the<br />

imperial postal system of the Roman Empire and in 1615 all hereditary rights to the male heir of the Thurn<br />

und Taxis,which as of today is Albert.<br />

Below: GRAVENREUTHER Bavarian Restaurant<br />

at Hinter der Grieb 10, 094 15 5050<br />

You´ll love the young fresh style and attitude of the owners and team at the Gravenreuther...above<br />

pictured drinking a beer is Michael. "I want my team to have a good time and the guests,<br />

too. You should really decide what you want about the restaurant. Yet I don´t hire the<br />

traditional stocky stern German woman who <strong>com</strong>es to the table and when you ask for a little<br />

beer late at night they say...WAIT TIL YOU FINISH WHAT YOU HAVE!...You know. We have a<br />

young staff that only wears traditional dirndls on Sundays. They smile and laugh with the guests. We have<br />

something that is special to the Bavarian Restaurants in Regensburg...the food is of the highest quality


and it is a little tiny bit more expensive than others...plus we have the famous Bavarian Tapas. I worked at<br />

one of the most famous Barcelona Restaurants 3 years...great fish etc. and of course the tapas. When I<br />

came back to Bavaria I really wanted to introduce Tapas my style...Bavarian Style...and I have. 8 different<br />

tapás from The torpedo prawns to the white fish that you are having now!" says Michael.<br />

http://www.gravenreuther.de/<br />

"Yes that is a actual whole pig...the tourists love it...it feeds about 20 people and we<br />

mostly serve it for groups. You know 5 people could have a difficult time eating this pig!"<br />

jokes the young fun owner of the Traditional Bavarian Restaurant with a twist on the famous<br />

Hinter der Grieb alley...named Gravenreuther..."For the famous family who owned the entire street in


the 1800s. They had a castle and stores here and later they split the stores to famous restaurants<br />

such as ours." says Michael Schulz. (The alley has the famous Kasper5, Vitus which is now Amore Vino<br />

and Amici and my friends that own the South African Cape Grape wine store...right around the corner<br />

from the Orphee...)<br />

"We have a huge beer glass that holds 3 liters. Mostly stag parties or groups of girls will<br />

order that one...and it is relatively inexpensive. The one tradition with it is the table<br />

drinks one sip and the next person drinks one sip and the second to last person to finish it<br />

must pay for it...and of course some people drink or try to drink one liter of the 3 liters so<br />

that the person before them must pay...OOPS the problem is if the person doesn´t finish<br />

that one liter in one sip! Woops and the next person finishes it...Guess who pays! Some of the<br />

older traditional Bavarians and Germans <strong>com</strong>e in and say we don´t want that tapa stuff...give us the<br />

white sausages etc and of course we have the high quality white sausages and Bavarian kitchen for<br />

these folks! And the beer garden...that is important too." He lets me try the white sausages tapas<br />

which by the way are only 2.70E each and it is a little meal...and yummy! I´ve had the soups a couple<br />

of em and the schnitzel here all very good...and his partner Rainer owns the dance club Zarap Zap<br />

Zap..."which is a late night dance pub and has Rock and Roll and people from 30 to 50s...fun people<br />

that love good music but not techno stuff...<strong>com</strong>e try that too!" he says. http://www.zarapzapzap.de/<br />

Join the Friendly fun loving 20 years Veteran! Thomas of Oma Plusch at his new Beer Garden on<br />

the Danube...right at the foot appropriately of the famous LOVE LOCK BRIDGE in<br />

Regensburg...The team is CRAZY FUN, the BEER is BISCHOFSHOFs and the MUSIC IS<br />

LIVE on the RIVER...


Oma in da Antn<br />

Badstraße 32<br />

at the foot of the Love lock bridge<br />

93059 Regensburg<br />

Tel.: 094 185 45 5<br />

http://xn--oma-plsch-v9a.de/<br />

Here I am on Easter! surrounded by the young staff and team that has to work on Sunday while the<br />

big boss(above) is having fun with his friends and or family(wait that is christmas in<br />

America!)...Above-tom! and the team at the new Oma Plusch which is aptly named Oma in da<br />

Antn(the Grandma in the Golden Duck)...Meet Moritz, Robert!, ME, and the youngest Chef<br />

in Regensburg, MAX! at the age of 21!)


"I´ve been with Oma Plusch, Tomas, since about 4 years as a drinking visitor and 1 year as a team<br />

member,"says Moritz...he is the tall one with the glasses above:)..."he is the nicest person ever." he says.<br />

i say that yes he is since the first person ever to help an independant writer(me) when I came to<br />

Regensburg is Mr. Tomas. The nicest person ever. "The beer is different since now after 20 years we have<br />

a new beer. It´s name is Bischofshofs and Weltenburger. That is the main difference and now we have a<br />

big Beer garden that holds 300 people, we are introducing big outdoor screens that will showcase the<br />

European Soccer Championships and live Bavarian Music." he says. Anything else? "Yes a couple of new<br />

items on the menus since Max, the youngest chef in Regensburg at the age of 21 has added some tasty<br />

items. The one that is the favorite for us is his big Pork...we love it. " Robert, who has been here one<br />

month, "That is my favorite too...it is salty and a huge block of pork." Is it that real big pig? I<br />

ask. "No but I have cooked that whole pig for 20 people or more. As a matter of fact, when<br />

the groups eat it they´re real drunk and they attack the pig and tear it apart." says the young<br />

chef Max. REALLY? I ask. They all laugh. "Of course not! It is Bavaria. We have eaten with<br />

forks and knifes at least the last 10 years. Seriously. When we order the entire pig we eat<br />

with plates...but it is a tender pig and if you were at Medieval fair they would use their hands<br />

and shove it in their mouths!" he says.<br />

I must warn you about Markus...yes is a totally bad emotional buy! When I exclaim the beauty<br />

and emotion of each bag...he says, " ah ya anyway the leather is hand stitched and guaranteed<br />

for a lifetime..." it is all about the quality and the material...! http://www.mosdzen.de/


Handcrafted Leather Handbags...Opulente Optik<br />

If you would like to meet the high-fashion leather designer, Markus Mosdzen, visit his website and or visit his place of business which is<br />

just a stone´s throw from the Stone Bridge in Regensburg...at Unter Den Schwibbogen, 1 0941 5 34 66 call<br />

http://www.altstadtkinos.de/<br />

Weißgerbergraben 11A, 93047 Regensburg<br />

Telefon:094 157 5 8 6


Mati Hari the spy who loved me! "everybody either loves Garbo and at least knows<br />

Garbo...it is interesting while the people of Regensburg seem to spend less on some stores, they always<br />

love the theater and it is doing really good. For me? I love the theater myself." 094 157 586<br />

http://www.altstadtkinos.de/ for the entire schedule click on link...<br />

The famous Garbo Theater in Regensburg, above to the left is the owner named<br />

Achim! He laughs all the time and loves America as a matter of fact while I interviewed him<br />

yesterday he received a package with tour books of The National Parks! in America..."I am planning a trip<br />

to America´s West in a couple of weeks," he says. One of his best friend´s is "Do you know the owner<br />

of Filmbuhne in Regensburg? Karin? I love her she is wonderful," he says... would seem rather<br />

odd if his friends weren´t in the film business I say!<br />

What is Trumbo about? I ask since everybody is entering to see it. "That is a great movie. It is<br />

about the screen writer in Hollywood in the 1950s that was blacklisted since he was a<br />

<strong>com</strong>munist. Great film. He made such movies as Spartucus, Exodus, and Roman Holiday


which won the Academy Award. He was one of Hollywood´s elite screenplay writers yet because of<br />

the <strong>com</strong>munist association his life was turned upside down.I admire the story." says the boss...me? it<br />

sounds pretty interesting and maybe it is one movie I shall see! The people who <strong>com</strong>e here watch<br />

such movies as the one showing now of Batman vs. Superman! (Really?) I ask. "Actually in the movie<br />

they be<strong>com</strong>e friends." is all that Achim can say. It is a wonderful seating theater...a brilliant theater of<br />

arthaus classics. Must <strong>com</strong>e...<br />

I could do with a scotch right now<br />

honestly...the Mood Bar in Regensburg<br />

makes me want to drink one! The owner is<br />

hilariously nice and friendly. Khanh is from<br />

Viet Nam, "O can you interview my head<br />

bartending my English is bad," he says (he<br />

is pictured in the baseball cap)and<br />

bounces upstairs and downstairs in the cozy<br />

Mood Bar that he has had the last 7 years.<br />

Am Wiedfang 2 0151/58559894<br />

http://mood-regensburg.de/<br />

When I interview the bartending staff the<br />

head bartender says, "O don´t call me the<br />

head bartender since I´ve only been<br />

here almost 2 years. Another fellow has<br />

been here 5. And let´s see the reason I<br />

have fun at the bar is Khanh who is a<br />

great boss. He sits down with us and<br />

seriously cares about our opinions and<br />

he always catches time for us. We go<br />

out to the clubs together after Mood<br />

closes and it´s like a family. We have fun<br />

with each other." And when Khanh hears<br />

that he smiles. A great fun team.<br />

The Undercover Friendly Bouncers at<br />

the Mood. "It is the Mood of the people...if<br />

you´re nice and friendly and you´re dressed<br />

nice and you´re not drunk too much we let<br />

you in." It´s the mood! "About maybe 99%<br />

of the people you can talk to nicely and<br />

reason with em, " the bouncers say. I ask if it<br />

is the other 1% that you need big muscles?<br />

And they just laugh. "If you look like you<br />

want to have fun we let you in!"<br />

Here is the friendly Mood team out<br />

having fun with each other...I wonder if<br />

they´re ever in a BAD? Mood? I seriously<br />

doubt it!


The wonderful lovely story of<br />

Anton Wirkes and his family<br />

of Dirndls<br />

and Lederhosen:)http://trachtenshop.de/<br />

Anton Wirkes, "It all happened about 25 years<br />

now...I started with being a photographer for<br />

the Motor Sports here in Regensburg and<br />

traveled everywhere around the world<br />

photographing MotorCross and having tons of<br />

fun yet of course making money was<br />

difficult! About 3 years and at that point I<br />

thought...hmm maybe I should import Turkish and<br />

Italian leather coats. When we knew that the ice<br />

cream stores were not used in the winter we asked<br />

to sell leather coats and we thought wow that is<br />

great but we had nothing to do in the summer."<br />

Mr. Berger says that he was a waiter in a city near<br />

here named Bad Abbach and that every Sunday Mr.<br />

Wirkes came in for 7 years with his family. One day<br />

he came up to him and said that he loved the way<br />

that he dressed and would he love to <strong>com</strong>e work for<br />

him? And now he is the regional manager that<br />

travels to every store and sees that each store is


alright. I say that is a great story since he went from<br />

being a waiter to a regional manager just because<br />

Mr. Wirkes liked the way he dresses.<br />

http://trachtenshop.de/<br />

Regensburg? It is a lovely city with a Royal<br />

Family...<br />

here to the left is the gorgeous ones everyone is<br />

gorgeous!<br />

And it is known as the Family that is the Post<br />

Office Heirs of the Roman Empire..,the Thurn und<br />

Taxis...in addition it is a World Cultural Heritage<br />

Site...hope everybody <strong>com</strong>es to the famous<br />

Christkindle Mercatos at Christmas and the year<br />

round to experience the special quality you can<br />

find at the wonderful place.<br />

"How I first opened my dirndl store? ...sitting<br />

in with my coats person and I see a woman in<br />

a dirndl outside my window. I said that I really<br />

loved that dirndl. In Bavaria we can say I love<br />

that dirndl and it is the girl or we can say I<br />

love that dirndl and it is the dress. The man<br />

laughed and said which one do you love and I<br />

said both! He said that dirndl <strong>com</strong>es from his<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany and that is how I started the dirndl<br />

business. We now have been in business about<br />

almost 15 years. I do 1,000 and 1,000s of dirndls<br />

now. I say O I want short dirndls and the designers<br />

say that I am crazy and they make these and we<br />

have 1,000s of orders and then I say I want middle<br />

length dirndls and the designers say that I am crazy<br />

and yet I win and they make these and we sell<br />

1,000s of dirndls. I love the creative side to it all."<br />

Anton says. "Now I tell them , that I would love<br />

bigger shoulders you know wider straps and they say<br />

I am crazy but they know I sell a lot of dirndls and<br />

they do that now:"


The German girls are <strong>com</strong>fortable with the Dirndls<br />

yet the American girls would be braver in<br />

these...sexy and cool. Okay girls especially the girls<br />

from America and Austrailia who I know would love<br />

love love these totally cool soft leather<br />

lederhosens...they can be added suspenders and<br />

cool sexy tops to wear out to clubs...and the best is<br />

you can order these from the online store. Cool. The<br />

down side? "My wife doesn´t like when we go to<br />

Oktoberfest and events because she says that I don<br />

´t enjoy myself! That I am always saying o see that<br />

dirndl see that lederhosen...it is true!" Anton says.


The lovely candles handmade at Regensburg and shipped around the<br />

world...any religious denomination, birthdays, special events...they<br />

even add photos if you want! http://www.kerzen-hueber.de/<br />

http://www.bistro-rosarium.de/ The beauty of<br />

the Gardens is amazing a sight to see with<br />

tranquility and peace and elegance and the<br />

setting of the French Bistro in the middle of the<br />

Anglican gardens adjoining the Thurn und Taxis is<br />

perfect. "In 1865 it is the way it is today. The<br />

Royalty of the Thurn und Taxis is it the Prince?<br />

maybe the one below the Prince...it is the<br />

financial minister of the Royalty Dornberg...he<br />

bought the park and the built the swiss chalet..."<br />

Dr. Berghammer laughs as he tries to remember<br />

his "English words I use only a little...". He speaks<br />

great English by the way:'')! "It is the royalty<br />

duke maybe who bought the gardens<br />

and said that he must have a Swiss<br />

Chalet in the middle of his gardens<br />

and that is what you see as the<br />

restaurant today"


"One of the reasons I do the Rosarium is<br />

since retiring you know I can't just sit<br />

on the Golf Course all day and I can't just<br />

travel everywhere around the<br />

world...I've been everywhere! So I do<br />

this!" I laugh.... Might as well stay at<br />

Regensburg nothing else to do!<br />

"Exactly, " he says, "Hmm what should I<br />

do...lets open the Rosarium!" The city of<br />

Regensburg thought to close it and<br />

make it only a meeting house but Dr.<br />

Berghammer along with a partner<br />

rescued the Swiss Chalet and now it is<br />

the famous French Restaurant and<br />

Gardens. A lovely sight to see...<br />

http://www.bistro-rosarium.de/<br />

And the Rosarium likes to have fun<br />

too..check out the Studio 54 party!<br />

ttp://www.dallmeier.<strong>com</strong>/fileadmin/user_upload/upload_dallmeier.<strong>com</strong>/Bilder/Branchenloesungen/Referenzen/Muehlbacher_Header.jpg<br />

"The thing that I am most proud of is my new store that has only been here 3 years. It is<br />

beautiful." the owner of the Muhlbacher store in Regensburg says...in addition to the Rolex´s<br />

and Cartier they have their own signature designs. "When you´re surrounded by jewels all the<br />

time you still see the fascination. When I travel to Antwerp where everybody in the world<br />

shows the diamonds and the precious jewels I am always fascinated with these. I love the<br />

highest quality because of the brilliance of the cuts. The ones that range from 1milion euros<br />

to 10 million euros of course we purchase only if a special client orders it but it is fascinating<br />

to see these. Every day that I see the jewels I love my job! It is the best. I am the 4th<br />

generation of the family to enter into the jewelry business. And the aspect that I enjoy the<br />

most is when I deal with the public. http://www.muehlbacher.de/ Ludwigstraße 1


"I am happy with the clients since they´re<br />

always happy of course when they <strong>com</strong>e in<br />

to receive that special gift. Of course there<br />

is that person who was away and they<br />

bring the jewel in to return it and a couple<br />

of days later they want it back and I try to<br />

help as much as I can." He laughs. "Most of<br />

the time it is fun. The one thing that I<br />

learned never to ask is O Who is that gift<br />

for...I learned it is none of my business!"<br />

he laughs again and I say hmm.<br />

The store is gorgeous as is prestigious jewelry<br />

stores around the world and Mr. And Mrs.<br />

Muhlbacher are precious. "I love the rose gold<br />

which is my favorite, " she says shyly...a<br />

beautiful woman all decked out in jewels as I<br />

would if my husband owned a jewelry store I<br />

say! She laughs and shows me the diamond<br />

tennis bracelets she wears. As for him? "I<br />

only wear a watch!" he admits. WHAT! I say<br />

in that cool store with so much eye-candy?<br />

"Us Germans we´re conservative. Once I<br />

wear these..." and he points to<br />

cufflinks...Diamond ones I hope? "They´re nice<br />

ones." is all he will say. Wow dress up time?


"Now I have two rooms one is almost impossible if you<br />

don´t speak German since it uses clues on the walls and in the library books which are written in<br />

German. The other room if you speak English you can use it since it deals with PCs and finding the<br />

codes and clues to keys in the PCs and the Passwords. Although I am from Hungary and the first<br />

Escape Rooms where supposedly founded in Hungary I personally had never been in one when I<br />

thought of my first concept rooms here." says Stefan who has much fun showing you his imaginative<br />

and challenging rooms. "The rooms challenge the way one thinks and it makes people use<br />

their brains. I have videos on the rooms and radio <strong>com</strong>munications and that lets me do a<br />

couple of things. One is that if I see they need a little help I can give clues to the guests.<br />

However some of the guests say to you when they do the rooms, don´t give me clues...I<br />

want to do it myself. The other way is that they can ask for help when they are in the rooms if they<br />

want it. Some keep going on and on and forget to ask!" he says. "If the 1hr. is up and they haven´t<br />

escaped I let them keep trying unless there are other people booked behind them. The point is to<br />

have fun and learn." I asked before if the people that don´t escape if he puts them in the dungeon<br />

basement? "No it doesn´t have a basement." he laughs.<br />

Expertenhomepages Foto.


Looks like they had fun...!<br />

Stefan, who has owned the wild and fun MATRIX which is the only Escape Room<br />

concept in Regensburg since December, says that he has made the rooms out of<br />

his own imagination only.<br />

http://www.exitthematrix.de/<br />

Fischmarkt 5 094 159 932 7 24<br />

here you can play all day...at least til you escape!<br />

In the <strong>com</strong>puter room you are 1st challenged to enter by figuring it out the code to the door...then<br />

once inside you must find clues to open the pc passwords and clues inside the <strong>com</strong>puter to the<br />

<strong>com</strong>bination of the safe where the key to the door is...cool!


https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/Exit-The-Matrix-191003754569444/ for some great pictures!<br />

"Here the girls rule, at 32 minutes it is the fastest time that anyone has ever<br />

escaped the library room...4 girls won that title...they were lucky since they happened<br />

to pick the first book out of many with the first clues in it..." says Stefan...I guess that is a<br />

challenge to the guys to beat!<br />

asking the girls for help...<br />

Meet the Sicilian Team in Regensburg that reminds you of the movie<br />

Goodfellows...the pictures on the wall, "From when my father moved from Sicily to<br />

Regensburg...they are real pictures not staged ones. I wanted to introduce the Sicilian<br />

Culture in the way of the food to Regensburg. It keeps me in touch with where my ancestors<br />

came from and it is the only restaurant that has the traditional home-made pasta Sicilian style and fresh<br />

fish from Trieste. My family had a almost 40 years University Italian restaurant and me and my partner,<br />

Andrea, moved here about 6 months now. I love it. It is fun. It is risky and it is young. I am very happy<br />

here with mostly my staff from Germany yet we do have one American at the bar and one girl from<br />

Poland!" Says Davide who along with his German waitresses say they have the best Italian food in town!


"As you can see we have REAL FRESH FISH!"<br />

says the young owner, Davide!, who along with his other Sicilian born chef, Andrea!, bought the<br />

French Restaurant and turned it into a Homemade Pasta Swordfish Sicilian Italian Restaurant on the<br />

elegant Hinter der Grieb 8. It used to be Vitus. Around the alley is the famous Orphee.<br />

The alley has Sicilian Italian, South African Winers, French Orphee...it is akin to walking down the<br />

United Nations! 094 19308 1525<br />

http://e-amici.de/<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/undAmici/


Andrea´s father shows off the fresh fish that is brought from Trieste every Thursday to the Amore, Vino<br />

and Amici.<br />

"The restaurant is a new start and has a young team. The wine is special too, we<br />

don´t have Chianti, we don´t have Antinori, we have specialty wines from around<br />

Italy that most people haven´t heard about. The sommelier is from Calabria and<br />

he chooses which wines we show in the restaurant. It is challenging for us and<br />

fun for us to try new recipes and all that we give to the guests is from my ideas<br />

and Andreas ideas. It is important that the restaurant is ours." says the proud<br />

Davide. "You know life is always a risk yet it is worth it."<br />

Meet Udo, "Frankfurt was for almost 26 years where I worked on the stock exchange and now since the<br />

last 6 months I´ve opened my own totally cool highest quality Seidl Chocolates in Regensburg. The<br />

owner is a friend of mine and has been making these great chocolates the last 25 years. His store in<br />

Laaber has been here for 25 years and has a big elephant that moves and greets the guests in the<br />

showroom...it has a big cave and people can walk into the gummy bear cave and buy just about any<br />

kind of gummy bears they want..." says the affable owner.<br />

"Each chocolate is<br />

HANDMADE remember that...and they for instance have the easter bunny and each little


chocolate with it is handpicked with care." he says...I just want to eat it!<br />

Is the Chocolate good? I ask. "IF Lufthansa airlines hadn´t used the chocolate for its first class guests<br />

every year the last 25 years I could say that the chocolate isn´t good...however they choose us,<br />

Sheraton and Hilton around the world choose us, and the 7Star Hotel in Dubai chose us to present a<br />

Mosque Chocolate to the guests in the hotel rooms...if a 7star chooses you you know that your´re<br />

good." he says,. I say that if the Dubai Burj Al Arab 7Star chose them they know their the best. For<br />

instance the picture to the right is the 2bedroom suite at the Buri Al Arab..."honey can I<br />

have some of the chocolates please!"<br />

https://www.seidl-confiserie.de/<br />

SEIDL CONFISERIE Sweets and More at Posthorngässchen 3<br />

094 159 99 16 80<br />

Here a kind couple filmed the elephant and the chocolates at the headquarters store!


http://www.the-whisky-brothers.de/<br />

The Whiskey Brother´s in Regensburg has been here since a<br />

little month before Christmas...it is run and passionately owned by two<br />

brothers, Jonas and Andreas. They LOVE Whiskey and Andreas worked in Japan and<br />

Scotland to name a few countries where his love of the Whiskey Distilleries grew. "We<br />

thought it fun to open one here. It has been much successful and the best is the Whiskey<br />

tastes that we do. You must reserve to <strong>com</strong>e and whether you are taste tests normal<br />

whiskeys or Exotic ones the price is from 65Es to 95Es...The people love it. We<br />

occaisionally drink whiskey ourselves...maybe one time per week. At home? We drink<br />

Orange Juice and cola!" Jonas says.<br />

The Whisky Brothers<br />

Whisky Store / Whiskyladen Regensburg<br />

Glockengasse 8<br />

Telefon: +49 (0)941 99 224 415


Here the start of the tastes...mine they gave to give a friend... a wonderful Cream Whiskey<br />

from Switzerland...yum!<br />

Outside at night in the beauty of the hillside where guests sit and laugh<br />

and have traditional Bavarian food, "In the winter they can sit in one of our many rooms and eat a big Bavarian<br />

meal and the theater is Friday and Saturdays every weekend...yes including the Christmas Markets!" says Thomas. I love love love that<br />

theater. When I ask if he could do weddings in the Keller Thomas laughs, "We would need emergency exits and have to<br />

make it safe...right now the memory of the way they brought in the ice blocks from the river and the way that they would<br />

keep the beer cold all year long with it stored in the keller is enough!" he says. Although his brother would love to<br />

renovate it.! Alte Nürnberger Strasse 12<br />

Tel: +49 (941) 89059170<br />

Spital is a Brewery that is native to Regensburg and has the beer gardens that you´re probably aware of near the Stone Bridge but<br />

the real hidden jewel is the SpitalKeller...named from the huge Cellar that is really a big cave with a train trolley that<br />

used to take the big kegs of beer and wheel in the long long caverns(even i got spooked!) to underneath the Spital<br />

Restaurant of about 5 rooms, plus a totally cool theater and a huge beer garden of its own on the hills way beyound the Stone Bridge.<br />

See the pictures above? "In the summer we can have as many as 1,000 people a night in the beer garden" says Stefan, one of the<br />

brothers that owns the restaurant... "Actually I am a twin..my brother is Thomas..." he says and introduces me to his brother who


esides the blonde hair is identical.<br />

cross the lock bridge, take a left, cross the next bridge, cross the next bridge and on the right hand side walk about 50 meters...<br />

Set on the side of the hill it is a little hike to make it up to the gardens yet when you enter you are surrounded with privacy and plain<br />

fun. http://www.spitalkeller.<strong>com</strong>/ click on the website to reserve dinner and theater from january to April. How cool is that!<br />

"here let me show you the Keller..." says Stefan and we take a miner´s! torch with us as we explore the caverns..."We checked into<br />

making it a theater and dinner and events room, you know for weddings and parties, but the cost is 1million euros to renovate it!" he<br />

says...trust me it would be worth it! Totally cool yet you can have a great private dinner of fun since it has been 3 years I knew<br />

Regensburg Existed and the first time I ever knew the Keller was there!<br />

And I tried the food it is very very yummy.<br />

The twins...young and fun and cooks! "Yes we both cook. We do the traditional Bavarian...you know it is the traditional Regensburg beer<br />

gardens and most of the people are German. We would love tourists if they could find us!" Stefan says.<br />

Come meet the wonderful Team of Spital Breweries and especially the new<br />

young owners of the beer garden, Conny and Tony. "We came on the team on board in<br />

January. My family owns a restaurant and beer garden (we had Bischofshof´s beer there<br />

sh...) " Tony says. "Here my wife loves the Chocolate Stout and me? the pale ale. Now<br />

since the Chocolate Stout is a winter specialy beer, we´re ready for the Pale ale...You are<br />

wel<strong>com</strong>e to try it..." he says. ME'? OF COURSE I WANT TO TRY THE CHOCOLATE!<br />

"You know you ask me if since I am a Regensburger if owning the oldest Brewery in<br />

Regensburg´s Beer Gardens, the Spital, here since 1226AD"! if it is a Dream <strong>com</strong>e<br />

true...follow me..." says the young Tony, Anton in German. My German assistant giggles<br />

and says "I think he wants to show us something." and we follow him to the openness of<br />

the beer garden looking at the bridge. "Here is amazing...look at the view. Can you<br />

imagine owning such a place?" he says with the help of my German Assistant. Wow!" The<br />

best view and beer garden in the famous Regensburg. And 800 people in the summer! "Yes we´re<br />

starting to think about hiring people for the summer months starting in May. You know now we have<br />

a small staff and the people that cook the food have been here a long while. However for the next<br />

couple of months we have to start hiring people to <strong>com</strong>e in May. Am I worried about so many people<br />

drinking all my beer? Yes it is super busy yet it should be fun!" he says.


0941 84774<br />

St. Katharinenplatz 1<br />

I first meet the Public Relations Archives person, Ms. Kaser, then her great assistant who<br />

is officially my Regensburger Google Translator who guided me to the Brewery where we<br />

met the Brew Meister Mr. Loesch, "I am 28 and I´ve been doing the brewing since I have been 13<br />

years old!" he says. "Here is where I brew the beer and the upstairs is real old...since the 1226 it has<br />

been here. We have CO2 filters and windows open though because of air poisioning...you have to be<br />

careful..." he says as he shows us around...it is pretty cool and while the normal folk don´t usually<br />

tour upstairs you can sit in the beer gardens and see the brew masters at work in the big<br />

windows...cool.and Finally to the great young team that owns the famous "800 people capability beer<br />

garden!" on the famous river.<br />

To the left side is the famous Chistmas Mercatos where the people gather at the famous Spital Beer<br />

Gardens and above in the summer. "We are modern and have our pictures to greet the guests ont he<br />

menu and the facebooks...we´re hiring young people to work with us...it should be a great new start<br />

and many years of young people loving the Spital!" he says.<br />

Among the 1,000 books that the brother's have in their possession and of course the ones that they can find for you around the world<br />

here is the prayer book of Lorenzo Medici which personally I find pretty cool. I mean the Medici family is not only Medieval they're evil!<br />

http://www.ziereisfacsimiles.<strong>com</strong>/<br />

Antiquarian shop for rare books and facsimile editions of illuminated manuscripts. We<br />

offer books of hours, prayer books, evangeliaries, bibles apocalypses and codices.<br />

manuscript-facsimiles.<strong>com</strong>| Brothers Ziereis - Rare Books<br />

Christian and his brother Georg located at the Medieval town of Regensburg Germany are perfect experts in the rare book collection<br />

of Medieval Manuscripts...take for instance the Dead Sea Scrolls next door! "Of course the real ones are in the museum in Jerusalem<br />

and honestly priceless... the facsimiles that we have which is one from the 1st Century has every page replicated right down to the<br />

cuts on the pages and the holes in the pages. That is why it is such a treasure. And it is kept in a replica clay pot that they originally<br />

found the scrolls in." he says.<br />

Jakobstrasse 6<br />

93047 Regensburg<br />

Germany<br />

Phone: +49(0)941 -58 61 236 0<br />

Christian says that,"We follow the hanseatic merchants honor."<br />

hanseatic merchants honor<br />

The Ship is God's messenger. Her errants have his blessing. he helps her weather the elements, his creation Exchange between


lands separated by oceans is a work worthzy of divine support.<br />

The Philosophy of the giggling and unexpected curators is in the words of the brothers,<br />

Book adventure on site<br />

"We perceive ourselves as "carer" for your questions, wishes and ideas. We put high value on the dialogue with our customers, be it at<br />

your home, in your library or here in the Jakobstraße in Regensburg. It is the "Book adventure on site" that is important to us."We keep<br />

our promises"<br />

Dr. Roger Diederen, curator of the exhibition "Magnificence on Parchment" (left) and Georg Ziereis (right) before the Uta Codex created<br />

around 1020 in Regensburg...<br />

The Book of Kells above is Christian´s favorite book...he has himself one reprint and the<br />

original is in the Museum in Dublin!<br />

"The Book of Biblia de los Cruzados is my brother´s favorite", says Christian as his brother and wife<br />

run in and out saying don´t <strong>com</strong>e near we have the flu! "They have the flu a lot!" he says, "With<br />

little children in school they always have something!" I ask him why do people want to buy reprints<br />

of the original manuscripts? "Simply because the originals are priceless...they don´t have prices on<br />

these and seriously 99.99% are protected in museums...and the only way to see and hold the<br />

originals is with perfect reproductions...otherwise they be<strong>com</strong>e damaged." he says....


When I asked who buys 60,000.00 euros replicas of religious original manuscripts? Christian says, " O a lot of people buy these. " Just<br />

millionaires? Billionaires? "The billionaires buy the originals!" he laughs. "Yet last year a billionaire bought a important manuscript for<br />

millions and millions of euros and for his wedding party he bought everybody replicas that we had made for him...yet each replica can<br />

cost in the 100,000.00Euros..." Alright now we now what a billionaire buys for his grooms men as gifts...although I bet they would rather<br />

have flasks with expensive whiskey in em.<br />

"Here is the Brewing Company giving a taste of its beer...we have the actual brewmaster´s <strong>com</strong>e and talk about their beer<br />

and invite everybody in to try. The students love it, the tourists love it, the Regensburger´s love it. When I went to America about 4<br />

years ago, my wife and I went to Philadelphia, New York, Cape Cod, Boston, Washington D.C. etc and we tried the different beer and<br />

one person said to me that you know when you are in Germany it is difficult to try foreign beers. And I thought that is true. When I<br />

came back I went to the Wunder Bar down the alley and talked to the then owner Goose. We said alright lets try a Craft Beer Festival.<br />

2 years ago we started our first Craft Beer Festival and last year opened the first Beer Store here. My advertising agency partner,<br />

Martin, and I said alright lets open the beer store, theonly one in Regensburg and see how it is..." says Thomas pictured sitting<br />

around the table with 3 people.


Posthorngässchen 2 / Goldene Bären Str. Regensburg, Germany 094 1630885 40 is where you can walk in and buy one of<br />

300 beers..."I´ve tried about 80% of em," says the owner, "of course one must taste the product in order to talk<br />

knowledgeable about it!" he jokes!<br />

Meet the Boys of Company Birretta...owning and drinking the brew at http://www.birretta.de/ "The funny thing is one of the most<br />

expensive beers in here is a Texan Beer...an American one at 16.00euros. The ones who <strong>com</strong>e in here and buy that one are always<br />

Americans! When I ask why they <strong>com</strong>e to Germany to buy American beers they say it is less expensive here and easy to find...that in<br />

Texas it is difficult to find!"


"The beer festival is in Regensburg in the center on May 4, 5 and 6. Last year we had 17 brewing <strong>com</strong>panies and 10,000people! We<br />

all ran out of beer the last day! Seriously! Now we have 24 brewing <strong>com</strong>panies <strong>com</strong>ing and I hope 20,000 people. The only one of its<br />

kind that I know of in Bavaria. Yet the best is that when they <strong>com</strong>e to the festival they all say O where can we buy that craft beer in<br />

Regensburg...and of course the only place is here!" he says with a totally big smile on his face:)"One of the people who works in<br />

the store is a 5 year Brew Master and one is a Biology student...we have a great team to make our own brand Birretta<br />

Beer in the future. Of course it is something that I thought of doing yet it is expensive...let´s see how it is doing...in<br />

the meantime! WE do drink much more beer now than when we didn´t own the Craft Beer Store, that I am honest<br />

about!" he says laughing.<br />

When I visit the advertising agency down the alley from the Beer store his assistant Kristen is moving signs for the festival around the<br />

office! Does he give her beer? "No only the bosses drink the beer in here they make us work!" she says.


"Since me and my partner, Martin, the other two partners of the Birretta are another Martin and his wife Caroline, own a University of<br />

Regensburg Advertising Agency we let the students know we are here and we try to educate these students on the different types of<br />

brewing processes. It is about taste and flavor and hops and strength and the entire package. We hope they <strong>com</strong>e in here and learn<br />

about trying something new. Life is about trying something that you don´t think you will like to try. Our motto is just try it you might<br />

like it!" says Thomas.


Like Night and Day is the two restaurants that Martin owns. He who "used to work in the banking system...until two to three years<br />

now I said alright I would love to open my own restaurant and start cooking! It is the first time I ever cooked! I LOVE IT.<br />

I cook great Bavarian traditional food here of course, yet in my new restaurant which is behind the Zum Goldenen<br />

Fass through the beer garden is the WILDERER´S and it is WILD and CRAZY and FUN!" says the young enthusiastic yet very<br />

serious owner.<br />

reservations: 0941 209 14 44 9<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/deifeskich/<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/GoldenesFass/<br />

http://www.augustiner-goldenes-fass.de/<br />

"I am a huge believer in Facebook. I use it all the time to promote the restaurants. When the people started booking events and<br />

parties in the Wilderer they booked from Facebook. Last night we had the Women´s Day Equality Party with a live band celebrating<br />

the equal pay of men and women in Germany. Tonight a retiring party! It is a upperclass chic restaurant that is perfect for private<br />

functions...and I get to be creative and show off my cooking techniques!" he laughs and says he has to run! He is a very busy person<br />

with the running of two totally different restaurants and two totally differnt kitchens. "I love his food," says the bartender. "We of


course as students can´t really afford the prime rib but we eat just about all the other food and it is really good." I say I love the<br />

french fries and both the bartender and Martin scoff at me. French fries! they say. Yes yet they´re really good french fries..."That is<br />

because we peel the potatoes here...they aren´t frozen...you know we have high quality in the restaurant." he says!<br />

Above the upper class restaurant WILDERER´S..."I love to try new things and to organize at first doing two restaurants that are totally<br />

different from each other in the same kitchen was a challenge yet now the routine is down and we are in a little bit of a thought of<br />

now that it is summer how do we <strong>com</strong>bine the beer garden between the two...is it the Zum Goldenen´s beer garden or<br />

the Wilderer´s garden and I thought that maybe let the two meet each other! We cook on the smokers outside and<br />

they can share beers with each other...both of course Augustiner since they own the building and since it is a great<br />

beer!"<br />

Reservierungen unter 094 120 914 44 9 oder info@augustiner-goldenes-fass.de<br />

Sitting at the bar at Zum Goldenen you will meet real cool Germans...one named Raineeer Thuroff is from the eastern Block of<br />

Germany during the Soviet Occupation of the 70s...he says with tthe help of the bartender translating that he tried to escape and tthe<br />

soldiers caught him as he was climbing the wall and he served 2 years in the East Germany Communist Prison with 12 others. That<br />

when the wall went down it was a mistake of the government who said that everybody is allowed to travel from tthat day on yet they<br />

were supposed to check ids and see who was traveling where. There were so many people zooming to the other side to Germany that


they just let everybody in! It was a wild and real story and we spent 1hr hearing it and eating his ccake!<br />

When I ask Martin which restaurant is more fun for him he says, "They are both very important to me. Each one. At first it is a big risk<br />

to open the second restaurant that is connected through the beer garden. It is a totally new concept in Regensburg. You know<br />

the other is a high-end meat restaurant with Filets, Rib-Eyes, New York Strip Steaks and I cook these in a indoor<br />

Manhatten style Beefer. The grill types here is with Smokers technique. I cook the Prime Rib for 12 hrs and the Pulled Pork for 9<br />

hrs. It is very tender and it is unique to Regensburg and to all around Bavaria. That is why people love it. I own three Smokers and it is<br />

a unique technique to most people. Yes it is more expensive than the typical Bavarian Restaurant here. People can <strong>com</strong>e in here as a<br />

couple and with a nice bottle of wine spend 80to100Euros on the dinner. Steaks and Fish and Spare Ribs are more expensive than a<br />

bratwurst! "<br />

http://www.capegrape.de/<br />

"It is the first time in my life when I say that my work is fun." Barbara says. "Thelema winery has a lot of Eucalyptus trees<br />

growing up the lane when you approach and these gave a mint taste to the wine. The last year was 2014 and now they planted<br />

new seeds. They must have 7 years to see the new wine whether it shall taste the same...it is my husband's favorite and he says that<br />

he loves the mint taste."


As Barbara was letting me taste the wine a American couple came in from San Diego off the VikingCruise. They asked to taste the Pinotage<br />

and Barbara opened a new bottle(which they bought) and insisted I try it with the couple! Yum Delicious they left then me and Barbara<br />

tasted a couple more! I will say, that they're some of the best I've ever tasted:) And if you can't afford the time to visit Thelema in South<br />

Africa! Do the better idea and <strong>com</strong>e to Regensburg to purchase great wines:) "Hinter der Grieb 2"<br />

"I have 6 family owned vineyards from South Africa that I carry in my store. Only 6. The reason is I thought to find wines of<br />

such good quality with small vineyards and to introduce these to Europe. A couple of my vineyards have signed exclusively<br />

with me for the entire Germany." Says Barbara the owner of "Cape Grape" the South Africa wine store in Regensburg. Here she is<br />

pictured with her husband who says that if her business does real good he would love to join her. Now the head of a German Based<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany where he is the Director of the German and the South Arfrica entity. "We moved to near Capetown. All of our stuff about 1/2 of it<br />

into a lovely Victorian cottage and my son who is 6 is enrolled into the German school. I even found a job. Then my husband's <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

said we need you in Germany and we had to move it all back to Germany." She says as to why a South African! wine store? "I love South<br />

Africa. My husband and I went there many times. I thought how can I keep the culture of that region and at the same time<br />

move back here? I simply love good South African wine... The people of Regensburg are totally receptive to it and the<br />

<strong>com</strong>munity of CapeTown moving to Germany and Regensburg is growing." She receives a phone call and I hear a little voice on<br />

the phone. "That is Constantine. He is 6 and every night he asks me to tell him a wine story. He wants to know the wine business. His<br />

recent story is Honey Bunch." she says and asks if I would love to try that wine. Yes of course I say and yum its tastes like honey!<br />

telephone: +49 (0) 160 5573830<br />

south africa: +27 (0) 79 6468217<br />

Visit Us, saysThelema<br />

Vineyards in Stellenbosch SA<br />

We love to meet the people who drink our wines and would like to extend a warm invitation to you to visit our farm.<br />

Address<br />

P. O. Box 2234, Stellenbosch, 7601<br />

Postal


http://www.wurstkuchl.de/<br />

Andreas owns Wurstkuchl and he says, "Yes I love the tourists but I wish we had less in the summer and more in winter... They <strong>com</strong>e<br />

on the boats especially the Americans and they love to see the city.They always buy the mustard and take it home."


http://www.wurstkuchl.de/ http://www.fritz-klier.de/ the artwork above is Fritz klier<br />

who Andreas found on the internet. A famous Bavarian who depicts religious life in a satirical way.<br />

Cool. The artwork and the paintings are on Andreas´s restaurant wall. "I have handicapped children<br />

´s drawings on my wall now, too. I love the way children draw because they don´t see life the way<br />

that we do. They have their own version such as the food on the table...see how that child paints the<br />

food and it is a little above the table instead of right on it. I love that." says Andrea who decorates<br />

the entire restaurant himself and makes all of the public relations and brochures of the Wurstkuchl<br />

too.<br />

Summer at Wurstkuchl...and the quaint little 500 year old house above...at 10:00am...<br />

Inside the little stone kitchen is plaques where the water has risen over the years in addition to some of the cool pictures..."That one is<br />

my grandmother's mother," says Andreas as he shows me around the little seating area. "And o that is Heidi from the famous<br />

German Artist Regine Herzog," as I notice the funny sculpture that greets you as you walk into the main restaurant<br />

which is decorated entirely in white and fawn with a cool white bench hosting 3 baskets, The other is a friend that I<br />

found online and he is an artist from Bavaria. He paints satirical religious art and a bohemian art style. They poke fun at<br />

the catholic church...not that priests aren´t human it is just hypocritical the portraits. I try to show the world who I am<br />

and I don´t like to cover myself generally as a rule." When you meet him it is true that he has a great outlook on the world and a<br />

wonderful sense of humor. Lovely to meet. Stay and try the sausages of real regensburg. I am totally fat now.<br />

http://shop.wurstkuchl.de/epages/es262148.sf/en_GB/ for the online store of<br />

shipment around the world...


Come eat great sausages in the Bavarian tradition since 1316 and say hi to Andreas<br />

the charming owner. 0941) 466 21-0, Thundorferstr. 3, "Every year the last 3 years I traveled to San<br />

Francisco to the fancy food show. We see the Italians have fancy booths and the french and the spanish but the<br />

Germans have this little box booth.It is funny since the Germans are all prim and proper. I give free mustard away at my<br />

booth but people <strong>com</strong>plain because there was one booth a chocolate booth and they only had pictures... they should of<br />

had real things to show such as the mustard. Not chcolate? Only pictures. But the Americans enjoy the mustard and I<br />

bring it each year. I can only stay 3 or 4 days. They have my mustard on the www.mygermancandy.<strong>com</strong> online and<br />

somewhere in San Francisco but I don´t know where. You can order my sausages and sauerkraut online and I ship it to<br />

America or whereever. It is in tins though so it is not so good." Says Andrea as he asks if I would love to taste the food<br />

at the famous Bavarian kitchen. Of course I say and they have great homemade cheesecake too. Yum.<br />

Your Murphy's Team<br />

is the method and philosophy of the Irish Bar ...as is always in Irish<br />

Bar´s their outlook on life is...well Irish! Spiegelgasse 6 down the<br />

little alley:)<br />

http://www.murphyslaw-regensburg.de/<br />

As winner of the GUINNESS IRISH PUB OF THE YEAR<br />

Michael is Irish, which is refreshing when you enter a Irish bar that the person is actually<br />

authentically Irish..."My wife is Ljida is Canadian and I am Irish and our two<br />

children are a little of both and German." Michael is energetic and nice. "For<br />

fun? Me? Let´s see I work all the time and the Irish bar is fun of course but for fun we look<br />

in the Backyard. We do cycling and canoeing on the Regen and swimming with the<br />

kids. That´s fun. We enjoy Regensburg."<br />

SPORT EVENTS. All sport events such as International Football, Champions League, Uefa Cup, English Premier League, Hurling (irish<br />

national sport) and, Rugby are shown on TV and Big Screens.<br />

Tel. 0941/53295


IRISH MUSIC SESSIONS and the monthly PUB QUIZ IN ENGLISH & GERMAN twice month<br />

"You know I am always trying to make events where people can have fun. The quiz nights they love. The Sports of course. It is really a<br />

sports bar. People <strong>com</strong>e here because of the Guiness and the Sports Televisions. A Irish Bar guest is a Irish Bar guest. They always find<br />

you." Michael admits. "And the students, of course. They love the fun atmosphere and the casualness of the bar."<br />

http://www.theater-regensburg.de/<br />

Although inviting a friend to the Theater and drinking some great wine seemed to be maybe the highlights of the Theater Ballet<br />

Dance on June 30 at 7:30 I was outweighed with the fact that perhaps in all of my life I saw the most awesome otherworldly show<br />

of the highly talented ballet dancers that night. It was awesome simply<br />

awesome...the dancers were the best I have ever seen.\\<br />

Online-Tickets \ Kartenservice (0941) 507 24 24<br />

Alright I must say that the little girl pictured below to the right looks very bad doesn´t she? You will be pleased to know that she has<br />

grown up to be quite the nicest person. Her name is Debora De Pellegrin and her husband´s name is Mauro. They own the new<br />

opened one year in June Aamu. "Aamu is a <strong>com</strong>bination of our children´s names...one is Aaron and the other is Murelia. When we<br />

moved back to Regensburg after being away about 8 years we knew that the cafe is going to be the biggest project of our lives. And<br />

since our children are the biggest projects of our lives, "she laughs when she says that, "we said alright let´s name the cafe with our<br />

children´s names." And the little play area for children? "My son made the paintings that are hanging on the clothesline" she admits<br />

yet there is tons of colors and a little table for the little tykes. "Yes here is a play area for children. That is important to know, too."


Think Woodstock and find "what we would really like to do at the Rock and Roll bar, " says the always smiling manager who looks like a<br />

cross between Jason Priestly and Justin Timberlake. "We just found the cool guitars and had the owner´s sign it and the cool rock and roll<br />

pictures and built the bar around it. It is a little Hard Rock yet original private owners. I hope MIck Jagger and the great ones visit the bar<br />

and bring some instruments for us to add to the wall...now that would be cool." he says...or try open mic!<br />

night:)https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/pages/Jag-deine-Eltern-nicht-vom-Hof/791241837621614?fref=ts<br />

The bar is elegant and already has tons of guests as you can see! Yet it is definitely themed for rock and roll and has a cool young team<br />

of real rock and rollers..."We have the apartments upstairs which was a problem with noise for the Black Banana and Orange bar before.<br />

Now only people that love rock and roll can have the apartment upstairs...That is in the fine print...must love rock and roll." he laughs<br />

when he says that. "Really the team here should rent the apartment since they could hear great music even when they´re not<br />

working..." he says.<br />

Goldene Bärenstrasse 10<br />

Regensburg, Germany<br />

0941 6001 593 0


Sebastian says, "We have the two Munich gyms, the one here in Regensburg which is big , Frankfurt and we're open to letting the<br />

United States partner with us if they would love to learn more about the indoor sport and the philosophy of the Germany routes and<br />

designs. It is about partnering. The Seattle Bouldering just went up with the help of a famous French router who designed the holdings.<br />

Now maybe as you said, Chicago, San Diego, Denver, New York, Dallas, San Francisco if we could find partners that would help us to<br />

introduce bouldering to America."<br />

© Boulderwelt 2015 · Gewerbepark, A46 · 93059 Regensburg · Telefon: +49 941 89963606 · Impressum<br />

Tel.: +49 941 89963606 http://www.boulderwelt-regensburg.de/


"We have birthday parties for the little<br />

kids...say 6 of em about 110E and 12 of em about 189E. It´s totally crazy in here at<br />

birthday parties. They´re so excited and they have about 1-1/2 hrs of climbing. As early as<br />

say 5 years old." says Sebastian one of the owners of the Climbing Center. He demonstrates the little kids climbing<br />

techniques!"The newest additions the last 15 days is upstairs with the all family and kids climbing. It is especially a place<br />

of a couple of rooms where the kids can climb and yell and have fun and show the moms and dads their skills. They can<br />

show off essentially."http://www.boulderwelt-frankfurt.de/<br />

University students will love the place. For 8.90E they can climb all day! And it is open til 11pm every night. Although they do have<br />

alcohol at the cafe/bar and the height is max 4 meters please drink after the climb!http://www.boulderwelt-muenchenost.de/kontakt-anfahrt.html<br />

Sebastian says, "We made the first one in 2012 and it is the biggest in the world. We modeled the climbing system from the Fountain<br />

Bleu region in France that color coded the wall grades. Everybody else in the world had used the international system of numbers and<br />

we do colors."<br />

He says,"It is cool becasue my girlfriend who started climbing only one year is a yellow climber<br />

which is the easy ones and I do the most difficult yet since the colors are right near one another we<br />

can climb together and both be challenged." I asked him if it is similiar to riding steeplechase<br />

horses and one jumps little jumps and one jumps high jumps?<br />

And of course for the real tired climbers you can buy cocaine at 5.50E too from China!<br />

Just kidding...it is a funny powder to help sweaty climbers climb!<br />

Right next to the Langnese Ice Cream!<br />

Sebastian laughs, "Yes my girlfriend rides the horses and when she asks me to ride with her I am<br />

sitting on top of that big horse and I just sit there froze! Horses are big! And she says just make it go<br />

and I say Make it GO! How am I supposed to do that?" It is funny to imagine that Sebastian scales<br />

mountains and yet he says that riding a horse is big! And here is a little one watching his mom<br />

climb the easy ones.


http://www.liston-regensburg.de/de<br />

The young owner of Liston the most popular Greek modern restaurant in Regensburg is only 31...all business with a totally<br />

dry sense of humor...maybe...or maybe that is"Socrates" my cousines name is Socrates...."<br />

ask him anything.<br />

Here is the young owner with the special presentation plate of Greek food...yum that is lovely.<br />

"All of the wine is from Greece and the leaves are imported from Greece, Michalis has fresh ingredients imported. "<br />

Michalis introduced me to his cousin Socrates who is all ladys man... "I love the older woman..." he says when I ask<br />

Michalis to tell me the smartest thing that Socrates has ever said.... "The real Socrates or this one'?" he asks seriously...<br />

and when I make Socrates tell me he says, "The older women are better...no no no don't write that....I just mean that the<br />

young girls you know the 18 year olds they' re not that exciting..." Socrates Socrates Socrates! http://www.listonregensburg.de/de/http://www.liston-regensburg.de/de/<br />

"Try some Corfu food..that is all that we do...it is all from Corfu..." Michalis says as they give me traditional food from that beautiful city.<br />

"You know you should go to that island. My grandmother and grandfather have a little bed and breakfast you should stay at." and when<br />

I say that to call his Granfmother and tell her that I am <strong>com</strong>ing to stay in 10 days he says..." Ah um...I guess I could do that..." and here<br />

we <strong>com</strong>e... Pfauengasse 3<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/pages/Liston-Regensburg/380193255411837?sk=timeline


The Elegance of the Bavarian Dirndl at MOSER DIRNDLS REGENSBURG<br />

http://www.trachtenshop24.de/


"The world and especially Americans think that the entire Germany is Dirndls and Ledenhosens. In Fact it is only Bavaria.<br />

Of course if somebody from New York wants to buy ledenhosens they simply go onto the website and we ship the ledenhosens to them.<br />

Anywhere in the world.<br />

We have a lot of people that order from us." Christian says.<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/Moser.Trachten.Bayern/timeline<br />

When I met Mr. Wirkes(to the left) I asked if he is Mr. Dirndl(innocently) and he laughed and spoke German to his fun PR<br />

person Christian Popps. "Meet Mr. Wirkes, he owns Moser Dirndls" is the introduction. Then Christian and me had fun<br />

seeing every dirndl and ledenhosen in the warehouse. Totally cool and fun.


With 31 plus locations around Bavaria I am 100% sure you can find one you love. And Mr.<br />

Obama bought his first Ledenhosen on Sunday when he came to Bavaria and met Angela<br />

Merkle...how cool is that?!<br />

At the Misses and Mister Bayern Competiton, the Germans do know how to have<br />

fun! The Outfits <strong>com</strong>e from Moser's and they have new stlyes every year. "We have these full length pants and to be<br />

honest I prefer the shorter ones." Christian says as we peruse the warehouse. The Houston Texas Cowboys would love love<br />

those brushed leather ledenhosens I tell Christian. "Maybe we have a store in Houston!" he says.<br />

"The meat is the best in the world, American Prime USDA, Australia, Pork from Spain, Lamb from Ireland. We use<br />

farmers that care about the animals and are fair trade and organic. Of course when we talk to the Australians they say<br />

we don't certify organic in Australia. The cows have been in the fields since 100 years or more. They eat on the same<br />

fields for over a century. And the entire fields for 100 cows is about the size of Regensburg."" We're pretty sure that<br />

the meat is the best in the world." I laugh and say that that sounds like Australia! "You know that is all they do in Australia...it is<br />

a huge empty country so they grow great meat." says Manuel. He has a dry sense of humor! Telefon: +49 941 600 99 600<br />

Greflingerstraße 53


When people ask how I choose the words to do the articles I say that I write the way people feel. The people at "Howdy" not really<br />

"Howdy" but that is what it says on the windows are young and fun and ambitious. Manuel is 33, "I thought of the idea about 1<br />

year ago then I approached the owner of Kreutzer's restaurant in Regensburg. He has tons of experience in the industry<br />

and I visited his restaurant about 2 times per week all the time. I loved his steaks. I asked if he would like to do a<br />

partnership with me in delivering the best quality steaks all around Germany. Fresh and available the next day. He said<br />

yes." and the <strong>com</strong>pany has been in existence since 7 months now.


And the deal with the grills? "Order in the membership program one year and receive a grill free. The bigger the membership the<br />

bigger the grill...that easy." Wow 60E per month and receive a free grill. How much do you spend on meat at the supermercatos every<br />

month'? Think.<br />

http://kreutzers.eu/<br />

"From the online store people everywhere in Germany and into Austria can order meat today and it is<br />

delivered tomorrow." says Manuel. The meat is fresh, never frozen.


And the deal with the wine? "We are partners, the three of us,and the wine guy is Nicolas Stark. He has 25 years experience<br />

in wine. We thought it cool to carry our own wine and we named it Mrs. White and Mr. Red. Now at the restaurant<br />

Kreutzer's the best selling wine is ours! That is pretty cool." I say that I would buy the wine because of the cool labels and<br />

that they should do the Mr. and Ms. Bayern <strong>com</strong>petition of Bavaria! They could sponsor the <strong>com</strong>petition with the wine! How fun is<br />

that!<br />

The three funny owners of the online Kreutzers meats. Manuel, Nicolas, Matthias Kreutzer.<br />

"We have our own sauces for marinating too, make sure you add that and spices too. It is a total<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany and our goal? Everybody knows us."<br />

Hey where is that cool package from? O I<br />

know I ordered meat from Regensburg! Here<br />

it is:)


How does one owner start from absolutely nothing and graduate to owning the 3 coolest<br />

clubs and the best little cultural cafe named Lola in Regensburg? It took me 1-1/2 years to<br />

track the elusive party guy down however I found him and interviewed him Wed night. "I<br />

bought the Pony 8 years now...I am proud to say that I earned it all on my own. I ask only me<br />

to do it not my parents. It is easy since the owner gave it to me for little and I made it a<br />

successful club on my own. The reason that it is successful is because of my staff and I hope<br />

me...they're a fun honest team and the guests love em." says Markos...<br />

http://www.sudclub.de/<br />

http://pony-regensburg.de/<br />

As I talk to the owner the guests play fun drinking games on the<br />

tables...the music is loud and the people remind me of fraternity<br />

parties in America "Hey" they laugh and yell at each other..."Yes<br />

it is a club that is happening about 11pm here they<br />

<strong>com</strong>e in now and just start to pary...but the Sud<br />

Club...that is the loud music. Much louder than<br />

here. When I make a profit here after a couple of<br />

years I went to the Sud club and tell the owner I<br />

want to buy the Sud club!"<br />

"And at the Sud Club which is on two<br />

floors the top floor is more R&B music, I<br />

say to the owner can I buy the Sud club<br />

and he says no! but you can do what<br />

you can to 1/2 of it and see what<br />

happens and after awhile the Sud club<br />

starts to make a profit and everybody<br />

<strong>com</strong>es to the Sud Club." After talking to<br />

him a little while I say that he reminds<br />

me of the owners of studio 54<br />

in New York...every night they threw<br />

parties at the Club. They didn't have a<br />

Club you could go dancing to they threw<br />

parties you could attend and every<br />

night they're the host and the reason it<br />

received worldwide acclaim is the<br />

owners. The owner of the pony and the<br />

sud and lola and now the new one is<br />

charming and friendly and that is why I<br />

see that it is successful.<br />

http://www.cafe-lola.de/<br />

"Lola is a cafe and a little bar and a Asian food and soul food...it has a little of it<br />

all...German, Brunch, Breakfast and it is open til 1am" so if you want to hang out in a cool tiny lounge and sip<br />

cocktails talking to friends it is a quiet hidden in an alley type of place...and of course from here everybody can say "I don't know does anyone<br />

want to go clubbing...let's have another glass of wine and talk about it...and at closing time! okay let's mosey on down to the Sud or Ernstl..."<br />

and the owner says...at my clubs about 2,000 guests <strong>com</strong>e and if 10% keep the party going that is enough to party at Ernstl til 5am.<br />

The only Club in Regensburg opened til 5Am with new music all Techno from Berlin!<br />

http://my-we.de/de/veranstaltungen-partys/ernstl-grand-opening


Ernstl<br />

Since the Grand Opening of Ernstl, where Mint used to be, is on Saturday the logo and all is a work in progress...yet when you<br />

see the dacshund you know you're close!<br />

http://www.adrenalin-regensburg.de/<br />

Of all the winter sports I´ve always thought snowboarding is the coolest and the one I would<br />

love to learn. When the pros go flipping up in the air and they swoosh through the powder it seems like<br />

so much fun. Meet the owners of the Adrenalin in Regensburg. The father Gosi and daughter 26,<br />

and son team all run the snowboard school and stores. The snowboard school is located in the Bavarian<br />

Forest and has 20 instructors! Cool. 24 to 25 years at the big store and he opened his first store 30 years<br />

ago.<br />

Check out of the goggles:)<br />

"You can <strong>com</strong>e at 8am on Saturday and Sunday and we take a bus with people to the<br />

snowboarding school. It is a 2 day lesson and it is about 50Euros. That is it! It is really<br />

inexpensive. The snowboards and equipment all day to rent is only 23Euros and Maybe it is too cheap. We should make it more!" she<br />

says."Every Saturday and Sunday you can <strong>com</strong>e and snowboard and do the lessons or snowboard down the mountains. It is up to you."<br />

Pictured below the snowboarders having fun. "You can learn to snowboard in one day,"she says. Her father says, "Yes it is<br />

easier to learn to snowboarding yet it is harder to master the snowboard once you learn it."<br />

Gosi says, "It is my life. Snowboarding. I had the store a little one before my daughter Anja was born! It is<br />

my love. My hobby. I do it for fun." And when I ask his daughter to translate and ask her father<br />

the coolest thing about being the boss? He says, "A Holiday." really! All the snowboarders say<br />

they would love to work at the store it is so cool! "my brother goes every weekend to Austria<br />

and his favorite place to snowboard is Alpbachtal!" and her favorite?"I love to do powder and I<br />

´ve been to Norway already which is cool. My father´s favorite is Kashmir In India. He and my brother<br />

do the Fun Parks while I do the powder. That is more fun for me. Since I am born I´ve been<br />

snowboarding it seems." she says.


http://www.vinosus.de/ Here is<br />

Nadine´s website google him;) He says with wonder, "You know I just opened the store from<br />

12:00 noon to 9:00pm and people <strong>com</strong>e wandering in here about 3:00pm saying O its<br />

opened early now! I am happy that they´re noticing that I am opened and it is my only work now. It<br />

is self-supporting now. " Good for Nadin.<br />

An der Brunnenwiese 2 09404 641918


Nadine says, "If somebody <strong>com</strong>es in and asks if I can help find a handpicked wine I can of<br />

course. I know the winerys that select these grapes for there and these grapes for there<br />

and they´re different you know? I have tasted every wine in the store. You have to. You need to<br />

know each one. I now have people that <strong>com</strong>e in and bring cheese and bread and buy a bottle of wine<br />

and sit and chat. Soon I am having my own vegatables and cheese and at that point I ask if they can<br />

eat my food! and a bottle of wine and sit and chat!"<br />

Under the auspices of Italian Restaurants Ciao and the famous Spital Brewery on one side of the<br />

Stone Bridge is a little eclectic New York City Village wine boutique. Nadine says, "It is my little store<br />

and I am totally happz with it. I worked at the Orphee in the Restaurant and a import wine business a<br />

couple of years and finally bought the one here. And yes it is fun to buy wines and to let the customers<br />

taste them and see if they enjoy these or not."


http://www.caroline-gmachl.at/<br />

Caroline <strong>com</strong>es from Austria, "From Salzburg actually, " she says in her wonderful voice, "most of the products <strong>com</strong>e from<br />

Austria whether Innsbruck or northern Austria. The chocolates <strong>com</strong>e from Tiroler." I try the chocolates and they´re very<br />

good. Yum . "I started cooking here about 3 years now. Everyday it is a main dish and soup and everyday it´s different. I<br />

make all of my lunches homemade. And of course the apple strudel."<br />

Seriously is that a cool kitchen or what!<br />

Juniper is GIN answers Google to my question hmm who would of...?!<br />

+49 941 63 08 45 40<br />

Obermünsterstraße 3 I love her little quaint cafe and her logo is cool too with all the colors!<br />

It is as American´s picture the country of Austria....(yes we´re that country of stereotypes) we imagine the funky chalet authentic<br />

kitchens of Austria to look like. It is all homey and woodsy and is that country feeling to it. I love<br />

the homemade packaged little pestos and the real kitchen to the left where you can see<br />

the owner, Caroline, cooking every lunch. "Yes it is almost a real Austrian kitchen. In<br />

Austria the kitchen would have more wood in it but here I must use it for praticality and<br />

it is a little more modern." When I excitedly ask if I can take a picture of the kitchen and<br />

if it is a real one? Since I love Witches her store´s name translates to Witchcraft! "We<br />

have oils and wines and even soaps...milk soaps from upper austria.And yes that is GIN!<br />

What is that little berry that it is made from?" She asks ME! Do I look like I drink Gin? As<br />

a matter of fact...yes I do and hmm the berry? I need to Google it.


http://www.laufundberg.de/


The coolest store is the hiking, trekking, touring, climbing sports store at Regensburg which works with the Climbing Wall Sports<br />

Centers to help people learn how to climb...and they have the coolest backpack that inflates to a huge protective balloon around you<br />

in case of avalanches when you climb! O hey anybody wanna take a hike today?<br />

The young man to the left is Jens. He has two adorable children one of who tried to climb the climbing wall in the store, "O they all love to<br />

climb. We work with the Boulder Climbing Center in Regensburg and they send people here all the time to get outfitted with gear. The


total including the rope and clothiing and shoes is about 150Euros which makes it a fun cool sport that is totally cheap to do. It is really<br />

fun." he says. Here he is hidden behind the glasses! "I don´t know why but they always hide me in the pictures" he says!<br />

The Mammut Inflatable Airbag shown here at the Mammut Store and the video below. The store is funky and Peter runs the store "Yes I<br />

own inflatable backpack...I am a little bit of a risk taker and tried it one time. If you go out alone skiing down a mountain you can<br />

forget the backpack. If you get buried it is impossible to get out without friends. But the chances of surviving are 95% with the<br />

backpack on. That is great odds." He says. At a whopping $650Euros it had better help me survive!<br />

And for these people that would love to use the equipment to climb the mountains, they can practice at<br />

Geweerbepark´s Boulderwelt where from the age of 5 to 95 you too can learn to climb!


Unter den Schwibbögen 1 Here is the coolest bags ever in the store LaVieEstBelle located in 'Regensburg.<br />

The bags of course real leather and strong quality. Expensive? A little yet lasts forever cool. I dressed<br />

the mannequin to the right and 'Andy(along with wife Barbara) owns the store. "It´s been only 4 months<br />

yet I know that is a little wild for Regensburg, " he says as he sees the colorful display. Yes I know I say<br />

yet the girls at the clubs in New York, London and in Miami would wear that...and since they all <strong>com</strong>e to<br />

University here...? "Okay," he says, "let me call my wife and I can send her the picture and she´ll<br />

probably call me right away and say...O my gosh that is too wild for us!" Yet it stayed...I hope the girls<br />

buy that mannequin.:)https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/lavieestbelle.regens…/photos_stream


https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/barbara.chicandmore?pnref=lhc<br />

"My wife Barbara has a store that we´ve had 5 years in Donaustauf and you must really go there. It is a<br />

great store. When we travel we always meet the people that we carry in the store face to face the first<br />

time and from that point on we can do the online purchasing. Yet I want to meet the people first. It is<br />

funny though since now I run the store in Regensburg we disagree on things. I´ll say I want that in my<br />

store and she´ll say O my gosh THAT! or she´ll say I want this and I´ll say THIS! and it is funny<br />

because we´re different.!"<br />

http://www.ludwig3.de/<br />

Michaela pictured above owns the cool Ludwigreen3... an environmentally correct shopping experience that only<br />

carries organic products from the "earth" as I love to dub these fair trade concept stores. When I ask Michaela if she<br />

knows the "Green Sheikh" of http://www.greensheikh.<strong>com</strong>/ Ajman one of the emirates...who<br />

received his name because of the ecological work he does. She says that yes she has heard<br />

of him. Michaela has probably heard of every environmentally concious person around. Take a walk around her store and you´ll see<br />

why. Below Love Teas the best loose leaf teas around and My Muesli you know that Granola stuff?


If you want to drink and eat healthy you can do that too in the store! And her cosmetics are either vegan and/or vegetarian friendly.<br />

"I started the store about 5 years now. My clothes have no harmful how does someone<br />

say that is biological safe colors?" she charmingly asks and I say that is called dye in English...?<br />

"Yes" she says, "the colors in the clothes are safe and all of the products that we carry<br />

including the makeup is free of any and all animal testing. We don´t promote animal<br />

testing." She says. Being a person that has almost 11 dogs(give and take a couple) and 5 cats? "in the summer it is<br />

more cats" she laughingly admits. She and trys to find everyday homes for dogs and cats and she is personally aware<br />

of any and all testing. Here is her personal email in addition to visiting her store if you would love to adopt<br />

micha@ludwig3.de<br />

And the coolest? Okay yes expensive however the frietag bags about 380E each are unique and exclusive one of a kind made and a<br />

lesson to me...frietag is made from truck panels! Um okay... two brothers! started the <strong>com</strong>pany 15 years ago. And now? cool...<br />

ttp://www.paramentum.de/index.php The store is Gorgeous store. Benedict Wunschel is the owner of the<br />

religious store and has owned it 2-1/2 years. He is funny. "Are priests always nice? Hmm...lets<br />

see. Yeees and hmm let´s say if I have robes or casels and the older priests only want the<br />

old traditional ones and they say o that one is too modern. They want the ones they<br />

want. You know." he says diplomatically.<br />

I think ya they´re human."The one to the right<br />

is from the 18th century. It is very old. The person who owned it came and asked if we could take<br />

care of it. If somebody wants to <strong>com</strong>e in and buy it and everything in the store that is fine."


The store has the most beautiful items in it. The goblets are amazing and range from about 300E to 6,835E. Yes each. Cool<br />

"You know if you´re friend is a priest you can <strong>com</strong>e in here and buy him a gift!" he says. Yet<br />

I think...hmm maybe that goblet I can by for me instead of a priest! Wine anyone?


"You know the Vatican and Catholic church has allocated more churches to less priests. It used to have<br />

15 priests and 15 churches yet nowadays that is changed. We have less priests that <strong>com</strong>e in here. Here


is my favorite, " says Benedict. "It is a handmade one that we do upstairs in the sewinng room. We do our own<br />

embroidery there." When I ask the price and it is 4,500Euros. I start laughing. Okay I say that is<br />

why the Vatican can only afford one priest for 5 churches. He laughs, "Maybe. Seriously though most,<br />

to be honest , the priests purchase the 650E Casels. However sometimes for marrying and special occaisions they<br />

purchase these. The one I have is my favorite though."<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/dampftbeidir?pnref=about.overview<br />

http://www.dampftbeidir.de/<br />

Three of the young owners above, "Can you show all of the flavors above?" They say and ask me to<br />

show the blackboards..."We work with a Chinese <strong>com</strong>pany and we designed our own hardware and<br />

cigarette equipment so the ones that they buy are our own and the liquids we made too." That is<br />

entrepreneurial in the works..."We plan on maybe working with a couple of nightclubs such as SUD or<br />

Ernst in the future since it is legal to smoke electronic inside but it isn´t legal to smoke<br />

cigarettes...maybe organic liquids in the future. Right now we´re so busy we can´t keep up!"<br />

"There is me I am Tom, and Phil, Rene and Joseph, and we all started the <strong>com</strong>pany about 4 months<br />

now. We have our own clothing line named dampftbeidir and that is the big <strong>com</strong>pany and the small<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany under that is named rauch FREI. We make our own vapors you know the liquids and it is all<br />

of our own creations." he says. They´re a young group of huge energy and imagination with tons of


projects on the table. "We have a online store and soon people can order from the online store their<br />

own creations...say I want 15% of that and 10% of that and 5% of that and they <strong>com</strong>e in and we<br />

make it in the store:" cool. OSTENGASSE 1<br />

Bar 13 is a drinking bar. And , "On Monday nights we´re famous because we´re<br />

the only bar in Regensburg that has Karaoke during the week the others have it maybe a<br />

couple on the week-ends. It is twice as many people in here on Monday nights. I think we have the<br />

best Karaoke since that is my specialty the last 5 years. I went all around Bavaria in the 100 mile<br />

radius and had Karaoke gigs. It is a fun group of people a different group of people that do<br />

Karaoke...that is all I can say" the affable owner says. He has had the bar 11 years now.<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/Bar13.de<br />

A new brewery just bought the building that the bar is housed in and he had a couple of unsure<br />

moments, "there was a few weeks that I didn´t know where I would be and if the bar I would be able to<br />

keep it or not. But I negotiated a long contract with the brewery and now I am secure for<br />

10 years. That makes me happy. I had an emergency situation where I thought maybe I can<br />

go to America and Florida and be<strong>com</strong>e a helicopter pilot if the bar doesn´t work out. I<br />

always wanted to do that. And now I kept the bar. Maybe somewhere in the future I would love to<br />

own a bar with a location of live music. Right now we can do Karaoke and DJ yet it would be nice to own<br />

a bar with a stage." He says about the new ownership of the building that houses the bar. The<br />

brewery is named Kuchlbauer. "The beer is okay and the guests like it. In the end beer is<br />

beer. It´s not the best beer in my opinion such as Augustiner but it´s not the worst beer. As<br />

long as they own the building I have to use the Kuchlbauer beer. And it is expensive that is the bad side<br />

to it."<br />

"My guests range from say 17 to 35 and every<br />

semester I have the new college kids. They like to watch the games on the sports tvs and to<br />

play fussball and just have fun. I am getting to old to go out every night with my team<br />

though! Now I like to hang out at home on the couch with my two cats, " he says. And how do new people know about his bar? except<br />

my website of course? "Every semester I do about 3,000 little presents of key chains maybe and


flyers on the bar. I hope they remember me and <strong>com</strong>e and have a good time." I ask if he makes his<br />

team stay on Sunday at 10:00am and wrap all the little presents? He laughs.".I used to when we opened the bar and now I have a<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany help me." It´s good to be the boss!<br />

0941 5676877 Keplerstrasse 13<br />

Here is the owners of the cool bookstore. Meet Ulrich Dombrowsky who along with his<br />

wife Daniela own Dombrowsky´s Bookstore Regensburg. The store won the award for the<br />

Best Book Store in Germany in 2014...Wow seriously that is incredible."Yes it is the award for<br />

an overall bookstore. For Everything. The atmosphere, the book readings, the children´s sections and<br />

my new idea the we say "Teenys" section." he says as he shows me the Blues Brothers posters on the<br />

wall and a little room just for the teeanagers. "They don´t want to be children and they don´t want to<br />

read adult books. They want their own section." Mr. Dombrowsky says. It is funny the little section<br />

where the teenys can sit and chat and talk about books that they love! The first of its kind "And we have<br />

about 25 to 31 guest authors every year that <strong>com</strong>e and talk about their books. I choose the authors<br />

based on what I love to read. We work every year along with 8 bookstores in Germany and Austria and<br />

Switzerland to publish our own book named plus 5 which includes the best books of the year and why<br />

we included these books." He says. That is pretty cool too...here is the website to see...http://www.dombrolit.de/


"The bookstore is my love and my how do U say? My passion. I love books." he says. When I ask if he<br />

writes books himself he emphatically says, "ME? Write books!? Ah NO! I only sell books and I read<br />

books." The specialty of his store is children and adult fiction. And in addition to the books and the readings they have concerts and<br />

discussions here every year. It is a funny funky bookstore that has that cozy feeling to it. Hope you love it and the best is the online store<br />

if you´re out of town-buy these books!<br />

Above the "teenys section"where Mr. Dombrowsky says "you have to know, you have to know teenys."<br />

And I guess he means that teenagers are teenagers and they want their own life... Below the children´s<br />

section of which all the little children everytime that I´ve been in the store run and grab books from! It<br />

is funny.


Below is one of the coffee roasters and to the right is the little tiny countries where they <strong>com</strong>e from...in the middle is my<br />

favorite Ethiopia and it is the best coffee anywhere it almost tastes the way brewed tea tastes. http://www.rehorik.de/ is a<br />

family business.The son Heiko says, "I love to visit the tiny plantations that grow coffee...they have a<br />

richness of life which is in nature. Their plantations are sometimes in dangerous countries such as<br />

Honduras where it is unsafe to travel after 6pm. The guide told me if I wanted to <strong>com</strong>e with him that is<br />

fine but after 6pm I am on my own since it is dangerous. We had a police escort behind us. The beans<br />

are the best but it is dangerous. And when I find the little plantations in say Ecuador or in Panama I try to stay with<br />

the families. They´re very nice and they drive me everywhere. They say o I want to <strong>com</strong>e to university at Germany and I<br />

say o I want to <strong>com</strong>e to live in Panama. I guess everybody wants something that is different than they have. Where they live<br />

it isn´t the the richness such as mansions yet it is a richness of life." Wow As you can see from the picture of a little daughter of a<br />

plantation owner pictured here with Heiko! "She is a daughter of a tiny plantation owner and the tree is a tiny tree!"<br />

Above a fellow American from San Francisco, "Yes I love Regensburg and I am learning a lot here...in a way it is a<br />

small city and everyday it is getting smaller!" He says when I ask if he feels at home here or<br />

misses America..."I miss my family and that is about it!" I think of the song at Walt Disney<br />

World..."It´s a small world after all!" I guess when you live in a city everybody knows everybody. "I was a barrister in<br />

San Francisco and when I came here I met Heiko and he invited me to join him. " he says.<br />

Am Brixener Hof 6 Tel +49 0941 51727


The smoothest coffee I ever tasted is here and it is given to me as a tea set almost. It is fltered at the table and it has a tea taste to it.<br />

Unique to Rehorik along with the 190° coffee that is made in the ancient coffee roaster that heats to 190°...unique to the world.<br />

Heiko says, "I travel everywhere to find the small plantation owners. The year of 2015 I would love to see Peru. And<br />

later Bolivia but now only Peru. It is far to travel and I have so much to do here in the store. But that is what I most<br />

enjoy. To visit the people and to know the people. I hope when my guests <strong>com</strong>e here that they experience that<br />

international flavor of the plantation owners." And I see that they do. That is life and it´s all about learning cultures (and beans!)<br />

around the world...<br />

The owner is Alvin and he is hilariously cultured and sophisticated yet even those types clown around occaisionally as pictured above<br />

with his various poses..."My sister is Marketing and she does all of the Public Relations and Adverstiting Promotions to help me. Here is<br />

showing different styles!" It is adorable of course and I ask if I can show the pictures. Fun. Yet one of a kind.


http://www.coloneum-antik.de/de/index.php<br />

"The Biedermeier name is famous world-wide since it only made one piece of each of its<br />

designs...take the chairs it is maybe 6 chairs which is rare in a series that all go together yet each<br />

table such as the one pictured above is only one made in the entire world..."the cost of such a<br />

beauty? 12,000E...I would expect it too be much higher after all there is only one. Watmarkt 3<br />

Regensburg<br />

Alvin shows me his favorite, the chairs and tables pictured above and I say that my favorite in the store is the red and black art deco<br />

chair and the matching vanity mirrored piece. "O these are the least expensive here...only 1,000E and<br />

2,000E." he says...wow I say maybe after about 25 cities I can buy the chair! The<br />

furniture is beautiful and I ask if he has ever been to the World Famous South Beach<br />

Miami Art Deco Drive(the movie BirdCage was filmed in front of these beautiful buildings). He says that maybe he can<br />

visit Miami in the future and has a great American story for me. "Two people that came on the river boats on the Danube from New<br />

York walked into my store and fell in love with it. They bought 2 pieces and I sent them to America!" Wow. It is a small world.<br />

http://www.coloneum-antik.de/de/index.php


The precious one of a kind chairs from Biedermeier and my favorite style of furniture the<br />

art deco piece pictured here is at the totally cool store named Coloneum in Regensburg. I<br />

´ve been trying to add these cool people almost 2 years and finally :)<br />

Um how do I explain Astrid and her husband, Stefan and his brother Hermann? It takes an entire afternoon to do<br />

that. Number one love is the first requirement...I could live in the garden of the Brandl Beer Gardens and Restaurant at least one<br />

youthhood...walking the wooden planks up and down the courtyard and garage, the ivy covered huge stone walls that enclose the old<br />

brewery fortress, the "would you love to see the 14thCentury to 15th section of the house that my husband's mother use to live in? I would<br />

love to make it a special guest house that wealthy Americans say <strong>com</strong>e to and stay a day or a maybe week and see that unique part of<br />

Regensburg and history that they otherwise could only see in museums?" says Astrid the beautiful blonde wife of the 5th generation owner of


the restaurant...Would i? Um the answer is YES!<br />

thehttp://www.brandl-braeu.de/ 0941 58433016<br />

Bavarians being Bavarians at<br />

"It is the oldest authentic real Bavarian Privately owned restaurant in Regensburg," Stefan the owner says, "I've been here 5<br />

Generations." In walks Maximillion, "And here is number 6,"says his proud mother Astrid. Another member of the family<br />

<strong>com</strong>es and his name is Hermann,"Make sure that you write the name of our brewery beer it is Lammbraeu." And Astrid the<br />

perfect host says, "Would you like a beer to taste. I should of asked" That is after she has shown me the massive <strong>com</strong>plex,<br />

her mother-in-law's quarters, and the American collection of Corvettes! 1965 and 1968 of her husbands...and I say that yes<br />

of course I would. We wander into the huge brewery gardens and sit and laugh and talk about life drinking Weiße beer when<br />

Hermann joins us and there is friendly hilarious banter back and forth between Astrid and her brother-in-law. "My daughter<br />

is in Miami now and she loves it. She says mom and dad must holiday anywhere except Miami since she wants her distance<br />

and privacy!" So? they travel to Sicily soon for fun the two:)<br />

http://aljendoubi-shisha.de/<br />

Minoritenweg 23 0152 52 093 922<br />

"We´re multi-cultural here, Tunisian lamps and shishas and Morocco and Syria. We have a<br />

mother of pearl and wooden inlaid poker table from Syria that you can´t get anymore since<br />

of the war. " says Al. It is precious. "In addition to all the hookahs too that students can<br />

afford since the shishas run about 60E. I don´t say O that chandelier is 300Euros and that<br />

shisha is 500Euros...everybody can buy shishas here. And my shisha lounge in about 30<br />

kilometers from here has live music too!"<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/aljendoubi


Cool rare ShiSha Hookahs from Syria can´t get anymore:) you can find here:)<br />

http://www.dreimohren.net/ Drei-Mohren.straße 3<br />

The elegant boutique cafe and wine bar is kitty corner from the Regensburg theater. Tucked away in the quaint cobblestoned alleys<br />

with the owner pictured here. "My husband is an architect and it is a risk to open the cafe for us. But almost<br />

4 years now and I am very happy we have the cafe. An architect´s life is risky and here everyday I<br />

<strong>com</strong>e...see the bar? I joke to my husband that he built a place for me to work! All of it in the cafe is<br />

built for me..." Julia says, when I ask her why she is always happy and smiling. "It is fun to <strong>com</strong>e here everyday. I work upstairs in<br />

the bakery with 3 people who bake for me. Cakes. And the cafe here is if you want to take a cake home maybe 2 pieces but people<br />

hardly ever will order 5 cakes say. It is a cafe with coffee that has cakes to eat while one drinks coffee." She says. The fact that it<br />

used to be a dark bakery is maybe why she is adamant about the coffee and cake thing. "Ya it was<br />

dark. Long. Definitely different in the bakery before we redid it! Now it is the perfect size."


The one thing that you will notice if you meet Julia is her laughter. She laughs and smiles all the time. A bundle of energy.<br />

"Yes I have fun here everyday. And I have two small children that love to <strong>com</strong>e and eat the cakes<br />

and bake up in the bakery. But sometimes maybe the baker of the day doesn´t want small children<br />

baking cakes with them!" she laughs good-naturedly. "Sometimes the music people and the theater people<br />

from the Big theater next to us <strong>com</strong>e in and they all know me and chat. They invite me to see the perfomances and I go. I<br />

love to meet these people and to see the shows. " Just then a friend walks in and hands Julia a ticket<br />

for the nights performance as if on cue! "See!" she says as she holds up the ticket. "Tonight is a<br />

show I am seeing. " I told to Julia that it is fun to have such a life!<br />

http://konacoffee.de/<br />

The owner of Kona Coffee in Regensburg is 31, "Yes I am young and I owned the cafe<br />

only one year. People <strong>com</strong>e in and say that it feels different though. It is a feeling a<br />

mood. I let students exhibit from the photography workshop that is one thing that is mine and I kept the old with the<br />

new such as the writer´s quotes on the walls...to show that it is a lived in place. People can <strong>com</strong>e and feel <strong>com</strong>fortable<br />

here. The mom´s all <strong>com</strong>e with the babies. They know that is Kona´s specialty." Edward says. "I have 3 rooms.<br />

One is the classical coffee tables room, one is the kids and babies room where they all<br />

play and one is the have a drink eat the cakes etc. Each one has a different feeling and<br />

when the artists <strong>com</strong>e to show me I always pick the ones that show that feeling." Lisa below<br />

has been here 3 years:)<br />

Edward says, "I was in Sales before and when I heard that Kona is available I grabbed it. I had never been in the cafe before!" he<br />

says laughing. And again? "It was just a feeling that I had and I loved the cafe. I am happy now. it is fun to <strong>com</strong>e to work<br />

everyday and the workers?" he searches for a word from German to English..."the workers are all different. They choose the<br />

music each morning and yes I let my people have freedom...sometimes..." he laughs, "too much!"


The mom´s are adorable as they show off their babies and one little baby keeps moving<br />

and hiding away...giggling the entire time...<br />

I take a picture of the young teenagers being well teenagers... "Yes that shows the<br />

youth of Regensburg." he says. And indeed each room has that edgy young workshop<br />

feel to it. Edward says "feeling" a lot...to try to explain just what makes Kona<br />

different.<br />

Learn More<br />

"Now the project in addition to seeing and interviewing for the workshop exhibits...is to improve lunch!" he<br />

says...although they have bagels.;) so I am happy!<br />

http://www.club-banane.de/<br />

http://www.tarantinos-regensburg.de/


The Banana Club above in existence off and on about 25 years and the restaurant<br />

Tarantino´s pictured below is owned by a fellow named Thomas"The Banana is really my deal. I<br />

started Tarantino´s only because the Banana had to move due to reconstruction issues and I had to<br />

find something to do.<br />

Tarantino´s is really successful and the<br />

Banana has been reopened now about 3 months." he says. At Am Romling 1<br />

Am Römling 1<br />

the sleek sophistication of the Tarantino´s restuarant with "the best homemade pizza from Naples<br />

Italy in town" quote the native Regensburgers...it has all of Tarantino´s famous scenes depicted<br />

everywhere...love that Pulp Fiction poster the best! Say What again.............Wohrdstraße 24<br />

Wöhrdstraße 24<br />

"man get a hold of yourself!" and other famous and silly quotes and vintage memorabilia on the walls of the Banana<br />

Club...and of course these famous Pink Panther Videos that I love!"


And the funky cool Banana tucked away down the alley.<br />

REGENSBURG ARCADEN WHERE YOU CAN RIDE BOUNCING HORSES AND ELEPHANTS!<br />

Ever want to bring your child to the mall and ride horses around it? Try the Regensburg Mall the Arcaden where there is a<br />

little section that while you shop your child has fun bouncing up and down around the stores! It is named ride the funny<br />

animals...my favorite is the Elephants since I love Elephants. I am a republican.!<br />

You can find the owners on facebook at the links or just go to the Arcaden where you won´t take long<br />

to find the little fun riders that zoom in and out of you as they ride horses and elephants and ltitle<br />

reindeer. They´re totally cute as they smile and laugh. If they had big horses I would ride one:) You can<br />

find the big website too on the internet that <strong>com</strong>es with a video. Pretty cool. I loved the owners and as<br />

the husband says, "She does all the work. She owns it and I help out sometimes!"<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/galopos4kids<br />

http://www.animal-riding.<strong>com</strong>/index.php


The two? "We maybe would ride the horses if they were bigger. Some of our friends rode these and we<br />

took pictures. They had fun."<br />

http://andreagarburg.de/ Andrea Garburg herself with members of her staff at the two story sleek modern<br />

salon that she created and owned since 10 Years. Andrea speaks only German! yet we tried to<br />

<strong>com</strong>municate. With the help of Kate her blue haired assistant!, "We have all for the entire body<br />

massage upstairs and for the face and hair and nails. It is a full service salon, " says the shy blue haired<br />

Kate...<br />

Telefon: 0941-57311 Kohlenmarkt 3 to 5


I ask the gracious woman Andrea if she would be kind enough to pose in her kingdom and she says<br />

"Yes!" laughing. Here she is. The salon can be entered from the main floor or through a side door by<br />

ringing the buzzer market Garburg. And swoosh upstairs to the elegant private area where you can<br />

have the master´s work on your hair...seeing the beauty of Regensburg without being seen!<br />

I loved the friendliness of the staff in such a cool salon where sometimes the snobbiness makes me<br />

turn back around, "Let me grab Andrea to say Hi except she only speaks German..." warns the warm<br />

Kate when I first saw her, and off she runs to find the owner who is smiling and gracious and charming.<br />

Who says you need to speak the same language to be understood! Try it you´ll love it.<br />

THE DIFFERENCES OF CELEBRATING NEW YEAR´S EVE IN AMERICA<br />

AND GERMANY...o But in Kroatia! Did you know you have to wear<br />

RED?<br />

SYLVESTER<br />

"We went to the filmbuhle club but first we came from Rosenheim and from Rosenheim we spent two hours drinking Bavarian beers and<br />

to a friend´s flat where we only knew 2 people and from here we met all the people at the house party the next 3 hrs and to the club at<br />

midnight and I Simon woke up at 7am at a different flat and I don´t know how I got there but this one here is Matthew he woke up in the<br />

friend´s flat at 8 and had a beer." they sheepishly giggle and the other one Sebastian says, "I went to the friend´s flat at 7 am<br />

and made it in although it is too early and slept." Would they want a new year at the 2015? "The entire<br />

last year is the best and we would do it all again. Every Saturday we party with friends and every<br />

Sunday we climb the mountains near King Ludwigs castle." says Matthew and Simon, but Sebastian<br />

who repairs roofs says, "I would love more holidays and motorcross!"<br />

The two adorables..."we´re eating pizza somewhere and just grabbing a couple of slices...and lets see just walking from club to club to bar<br />

to bar spontaneously to find some fun place but we don´t want to pay a big price to enter a club!" they say and they are


adorable trust me they tell me about a tradition that Bavarians do of putting a metal in<br />

heat and into water and in the water it makes a shape and the shape is a heart if that is the<br />

guess and it is of different shapes and that is a game that the Bavarians play and yes they<br />

say there is a Youtube video of it! bleigiessen<br />

Here is a group of goofy students having fun at Sylvester, "Yes and here is a id it is a health id i think we found it on the table here..." okay<br />

i say lets include this too since he looks like the free syrian army guy in my photos on <strong>yolasite</strong>...sophie someone...okay sophie if you lost<br />

your id find it at the san francisco coffee <strong>com</strong>pany where we gave it to the lady in case you were looking for it...um Um um Um um Um<br />

um... "we went to the cafe Legato, " they say and say that they spent a lot of Sylvester there! , " I am<br />

Andreas in the middle and I would like to train more muscles, I am Leoni and I wouldlove to do better<br />

on my Alevels, and I am Michael and I wouldl ove to earn mmore money, spend less on alcohol..." they<br />

laugh and say that yes Michael spends tons of money on alcohol! I say that if you spent 3 Euros everyday on<br />

alcohol and put it in a little box bank instead that at the 31st of December of 2015 you would have 1,300E and could all go<br />

to Tahiti.<br />

http://de.dawanda.<strong>com</strong>/shop/COMING-HOME<br />

The Coming Home Store In Regensburg has two great partners...o and the poodle named after the fable of Goliath and the<br />

Giant...he is pictured here with Jo and Ludwig the owners.<br />

0941 870 38 5 44 An der Schierstadt 2<br />

Jo says, "We find furniture around Europe and we redo it such as here. A guest asked if<br />

we could custom-make the head board of the bed and we painted "open" on it!" (The puppy<br />

loves it too.)<br />

The first day that they opened was October 1 2013 and that day they had all the friends and fellow<br />

merchants on the street in and outside drinking Prosecco and horse duevers..."That is fun working with all my<br />

friends who constantly call me and ask me to <strong>com</strong>e and cut their hair but I say now I have the store and they <strong>com</strong>e in here instead. That is<br />

fun and going to France and to Austria and to Italy and actually finding the furniture is fun. We have calls from everybody<br />

who asks us to <strong>com</strong>e and pick up the furniture. We take it here and we redo it to make it<br />

beautiful. That is what I enjoy the most." says Jo.


Here is my favorite item in the interior design store...a Prachtvolles, altes Küchen-Buffet..."We went to Belgium and<br />

bought it from a sale in a huge home...not exactly a Palace a little smaller!" Jo and Ludwig say when I<br />

ask where they found such a beautiful piece of furniture...and the proudly show me the pull-out cutting<br />

boards! COOL. THE BEST NEWS? You can order the kuchen-Buffet from the internet site and<br />

have it sent to America for less than 1/4 of what you could find a beautiful 100 year old<br />

authentic collectible in America for! http://de.dawanda.<strong>com</strong>/…/73216099-Prachtvolles-altes-Kuechen…<br />

When I ask how long the store has been opened? "1 year and a couple of months..." says Ludwig. Wow. And what<br />

they did before the store? "Ludwig was the manager in KARE in the city of Regensburg and I cut hair!"<br />

Says Jo and he smooths his bald head! I laugh and ask if he misses cutting hair? "No, I don´t miss cutting hair<br />

and I don´t miss having hair!" Ludwig laughs and says that it is much more fun in the store. I ask if they´re home is as<br />

beautiful as the store? "It is our taste in the store. Our home is like this but the store is more beautiful." Jo<br />

says. I say that I can imagine that their home is gorgeous. If you are in the Bavarian region <strong>com</strong>e directly to the store or order one<br />

online. IT is more fun in the store though!<br />

Regensburg...who would of thought that I would meet a Robotics person in the medieval city of Germany? here it is funny and totally<br />

cool if you want to have someone bring you a beer:) from the fridge or you´re doing military manuevers! www.manu-systems.<strong>com</strong>


Off-Road-Plattform Viona<br />

von robot makers<br />

Neueste Spezifikation: 01/2015<br />

Marco started the <strong>com</strong>pany about 12 years now and has 3 people total that work for Robotics. "We build the platforms at the <strong>com</strong>pany<br />

and work with England who supplies us with the sensors. We went to a MIT fair in Boston where we showed one of the Robotic hands<br />

and NASA picked it up. I worked with NASA about 10 days. It is cool because the Robotic hand that we made is a lot less than the<br />

million euro hand that a big <strong>com</strong>petitor had made. "My hand shook the Prime Minister´s hand of Bavaria at a Bavarian fair and the<br />

million euro hand couldn´t shake it because it was too strong! We thought that is funny since ours is a little <strong>com</strong>pany and we made it<br />

to the Prime Minister:)"he says.


Stefan has owned the Hempy´s store in Regensburg about 10 years now, "Yes my father<br />

has a import and export business in Morrocco which is my favorite country and my mother<br />

has one of these stores in Straubing...it is a circle of the family" he says. "And of course we<br />

have the shi-sha."<br />

http://www.hempy.de/<br />

"My friend lives in Indianapolis and I am visiting him in the summer. We plan on seeing all of America and I would love<br />

to visit California." Stefan says. When I ask if it is because you can grow your own weed in California legally he laughs,<br />

"Of course I am for it being legal! But we too can grow tomato plants, "he says as he shows me the trays to grow the<br />

tomatoes:)<br />

In the most northern italian city in germany! with 30,000 students new <strong>com</strong>ing every year you would<br />

think that Stefan would have to work almost 24/7 every day just to keep up with all of them! "Yes<br />

we have something for everybody, " he says, " from bongs that are 14E the cheapest! up<br />

to 900Euros which are expensive but they´re not as expensive say as the ones in Los<br />

Angelos the stars use...these can be about maybe 5,000E and they <strong>com</strong>e with gold!"<br />

Whenever you enter a hempy store around the world the one thing that I notice is that they love<br />

that Mexican colors and Colombian flair of Red and yellow and green colors for the clothes...if<br />

you want a cool hat and canvas bag they´ve got these to!<br />

"We´re doing little cheese treats and we both cook...it isn´t like fondue I don´t know what it is called in<br />

English?" he says...that´s alright we know it is with cheese:) and I love cheese...:)


"We go to friend´s houses and we do dinner and sometimes we go out to clubs...yes fireworks is legal and<br />

everybody sets off fireworks at midnight which is 12am."<br />

"we´re from Kroatia...and on New Year´s Eve we celebrate with a must wear red. That is the<br />

traditional color and it brings best of luck during the year of 2015." says the two girls from Kroatia one<br />

who has moved to Regensburg to make a better living for herself...and her friend who hopes to relocate<br />

here.<br />

"I am Adriano that is a Italian name but I am originally from Poland and now I live in Germany<br />

since 2 years old...and I do a party at home with a little alcohol that I bought just a little you<br />

know...and you know guten ruosh...I like you I hope you have a great 2015 year emme..." me too Adriano.


Vinni,"I am waiting for a friend and when my friend <strong>com</strong>es we can go out to a club maybe and<br />

I brought a little backpack to stay the night:)"


The beauty of a deserted alleyway late at night in the city...and on the way to the church early morning in<br />

Regensburg...<br />

"Yes alright take our pictures...we love working at McDonalds...:)" To the hard workers that work<br />

everyday at McDonalds and all we ever say to these sweet people...give me a Big Mac!<br />

"We´re having a home party where we have about 10 people and we´re all cooking and drinking and we´re maybe going clubbing after when<br />

midnight <strong>com</strong>es...yes we know the dinner for one! and yes we´ll probably watch it!"


Here is a lovely couple who, "we´re doing fondue with another couple. Only us and two other<br />

people. And um...funny hats and favors on Sylvester? Um, no, since the Germans<br />

they´re much more concerned with the way that they appear such as image. We<br />

would seem to silly to wear such things...and yes I know that Americans wear these<br />

things!" she says...I tell her if you google a 1,000Euros per plate dinner on New Years eve in New York city I can guarantee that not<br />

only will it <strong>com</strong>e <strong>com</strong>plete with pictures of these party favors but the people attending a 1,000Euro plate dinner care more about who has the<br />

coolest New Year´s Eve hats!<br />

"We´re from Hirschau and we´re named the Stammtisch group...we named ourselves that!<br />

and we have about 12 then in the group. We´re here at Regensburg to see a movie," says the


group chowing down on burgers and fries...New Year´s Resolutions?..."quite smoking, drink<br />

more beer, eat a little bit less, and learn more sports, and Marcos the chubby one, " says<br />

simon who is doing mostof the talking, "he is trying to drop 30 kilometers..." 30 kilometers? I<br />

say? They laugh, "We say 30 kilograms! he wants to drop 30 kilograms." and as the waitress brings the<br />

food and yells out a huge burger meal Marcos raises his hand, "take it away take it away, " i yell but<br />

Marcos grabs it... see I say I am trying to help you Marcos but you need to stop eating these huge<br />

McDonalds burgers! "tomorrow, " Marcos says! and then there is Pascal,"I want to marry a beautiful woman in 2015" he says<br />

and they all laugh and say that yes that is all Pascal talks about!<br />

The two characters being guardians of the gate at the Thurn und Taxis estate....here in Regensburg.<br />

Students <strong>com</strong>ing from Munchen to visit the Regensburg Christkindles all<br />

drinking 31Cent beers..."The way we see it you can drink 10 beers instead of one glub<br />

wine..." the famous mathematicians figure out!<br />

Here meet Max who is a career army soldier in the German army and home to Regensburg, "I came to spend a coiuple of days til<br />

Christmas with my aunts and my grandmother. The one thing that my grandmother said that she would love for Christmas is for me to<br />

take her to the Christkindle markets. That is what I love to do spend time with my family."


The Red Rooster in America and the um Roter Hahn in Germany...I am proud to learn German today and especially proud to have a<br />

association with such a beautiful restaurant and hotel in Regensburg. The Architecture is outstandingly superb with sleek streamlined<br />

features, steel welded stairs, all angles and elegance steering you into the modern world yet settling into a 12 century! house, pub,<br />

barn...what was this amazing structure you might ask as you sit down to dine on the international menu surrounded with religious art and<br />

the owner´s wife´s stunning paintings.<br />

Monika Schmidt is the artist of these paintings, "They only are hung here. It is works only for my home. The Roter Hahn is my home and I<br />

paint these with love. They are not for sale." She says when I ask her if anyone <strong>com</strong>es i and wants to buy the paintings. "Yes they do but<br />

they fit here. I say o here is a wall that needs a color to fit it and I paint it and hang it here..." She says as behind her is one of my favorites<br />

of hers a wall of ivory with splashes of colors and words. They´re picassoish yet different...she has a world wide talent in her art and when<br />

I tell her that she is uninterested! She shrugs, "They only to my home. They fit here. Above the stairway in the main dining room is<br />

religious art depicting the giving and receiving of food as in the gift of life and although these paintings take on the feel of the 1000 year<br />

old stone wall set below and behind the stairs where one of her modern paintings hang, they set the stage to let hers in. It is a elegant<br />

restaurant and hotel that showcases the beauty of the 12th century beams and the 15th century well, yet allows the famous Regensburg<br />

architect Martin Scheuerer to then create his beauty with steel structures and modernism. http://www.roter-hahn.<strong>com</strong>/<br />

Monika, "The history of the Red Rooster is that there used to be a street named the Scherer alley where how do you say..." she makes the<br />

charades of cutting material and i say, "o a sewing seamstress"... and Monika replys, "Yes and when the people with horses and carriages<br />

<strong>com</strong>e here and they take lamb´s..." as she makes charades <strong>com</strong>e alive I shout, "lamb´s wool! and it is a loom:" she smiles, "Yes and when<br />

they <strong>com</strong>e they <strong>com</strong>e from the shearing to the pub. At the time it is the biggest pub in Regensburg and they all <strong>com</strong>e here. It wasn´t a<br />

restaurant at the time only a pub and now it is a catering, hotel, restaurant. My children both they´re involved in the business.My<br />

daughter studied at the Sansibar in Sylt which is world famous and my son is studying to a chef. He has 1 and 1/2 years of master<br />

classes:)"<br />

Emmeanesbook.<strong>yolasite</strong>.<strong>com</strong><br />

Emmeanesbook.<strong>yolasite</strong>.<strong>com</strong> is number 3,083th in the world.<br />

http://www.soundaktuell.de/ okay would you love to see the biggest and the coolest and the friendliest and I am saying again and<br />

again the friendliest music store in Regengsburg...check out the Sound Aktuel in Gewerbepark. 0941-46443-0.<br />

Im Gewerbepark A 25,is where you can find these crazy guys...


Alright and the big question is...does it really matter if the guitar costs 100Euros or 5,000E? "Yes it does. The guitars that sound the<br />

better quality is the 5,000E ones. They sound better and you can definitely tell the difference. That is about the range in the store. And<br />

no we don´t carry Gibson guitars from America simply because they will only deal in high volume and we deal in smaller quantity and<br />

high quality. We do have Fender from America." I ask if he could pose for a picture and you can see that he is a real guitar player since<br />

he doesn´t just stand near the guitars but actually picks one up and plays:) Since it is the biggest and first musical instrument store in<br />

Regensburg they know tonsof people in the Music business and he says that he sends a lot of people to the Music Academy to learn. It<br />

is fun at the store and I played the drums in the private drum room...cool.<br />

The number of people in the owner´s band he says, "Is about 12 to 13. We play about 5 times per year. I play the guitar only and<br />

everybody else in the store is a specialist in thta musical instrument...such as drums and keyhboards. Hmm and the way that I choose<br />

the guitars? That is easy I choose the guitars that I love to play myself. I try each one and play it."<br />

loved loved loved em they´re hilarious to talk to and I suppose they have great books... we´re too<br />

busy talking to read much but they have a great section of chilldren´s books and Bernd and Andrea<br />

the team of "we´ve been with each other 25 years now...we´re still not married!" says Andrea giggling. You´ll love both of em...I


felt very Jewish in the store..I could "vent" for hours and they would just add their opinions...cool people and they DO have a great<br />

children´s section...<br />

http://www.schriftforum-buch.de/0941-46 12 38 5<br />

Im Gewerbepark A 18<br />

When Andrea joins Bernd to the store she says, "O he has been telling you all about us! I hope it is only about the bookstore!" and I say<br />

yes that the story is about their 25 years of involvement in books! And how only one year they´ve had the store above. As we talk<br />

about 1 hr in and out is the people mailing Christmas presents from DHL and they say that yes they<br />

do that in addition to the books. One person brings in a huge Amazon box..."O all of the old books that we´ve<br />

had a while we add to Amazon and if someone googles the online Amazon store they can buy directly from there. But right now if you<br />

would love to guy a book for yourself or as a gift you must <strong>com</strong>e into the store." she says. They have children´s readings and in April<br />

at the International Book Fair they have special events. They´re a sweet couple and funny to talk to...visit:)


Above is Bernd who says that he is a loyal Star Wars collector. The Star Fighter above follows you<br />

around with that toy every direction that you take...I told Bernd that he reminds me of Jesus´s eyes in the famous<br />

painting that<br />

no matter which direction you see the painting from it looks like Jesus is staring at you with his eyes...that is the Star<br />

fighter! He also has a Darth Vadar that he says is about 25 years old and has its own story...a friend gave it to him to add to the store<br />

since it gathered dust in his Grandfather´s basement! At the beginning of the year Bernd has said, "I have a huge model<br />

collection of Star Wars and I am bringing that to the store and although I have to keep it out of the<br />

hands of children who would grab the models I am adding it to my collection." So all you Star Wars fans can<br />

<strong>com</strong>e pick out a Star Wars book and see the models!<br />

http://www.das-hoerhaus.de/cms/


The coolest thing about the job Carsten? "I guess of course it is the humor of the older people that I enjoy and in addition it is seeing<br />

how the industry has changed in the last 20 some years. The hearing aid itself has be<strong>com</strong>e tiny nad more efficient<br />

and the technology is amazing to imagine the way it was 20 years ago and now today. It is cool to<br />

see the technology. Maybe in future they can even correct totally def persons but I don´t know<br />

really." I ask ifa person who is totally def can recover...maybe we need to wait and see!<br />

Carsten is the owner of the Hearing Aid place named http://www.das-hoerhaus.de/cms/ As we<br />

chat a couple <strong>com</strong>e in bringing their grandmother who sits and sips tea... although she corrects me..."coffee" she<br />

says and after they have the coffee they stand up and leave with Carsten giving out gifts of little cakes... I<br />

say...hmmm that is a good way to drink tea all day...just walk into a store and sit down and drink the tea and walk<br />

out. Carsten, "Yes that is true yet she drank the coffee..." I am assuming that she is a hearing aid patient ...either<br />

that or just loves Carsten´s coffee.<br />

Okay here is the team of the HEARING AID PLACE IN GEWERBEPARK in Regensburg...says the owner, "O I love working with the old<br />

people they´re funny. I have 4 sons, 9, 7, 5, 3 and it is too much emotion to work with the children so It is more fun to work with the<br />

older people. Everyday they make me laugh..." he says.... his assistant says, "different!" & Laughs.Google translate...HELP°1<br />

0 9 4 1 / 4 I 6m 1 1G 9e 9w 9e r b e p a r k C 0 1


Here is Matthias a funny German who is a artist...he says "I am at the Academy in Regensburg. I am<br />

not very good with my art but I try. I love Regensburg. I travel from a village 20 kilometers everyday<br />

but I wish I could live in Regensburg. But I have money problems...the reason is okay i shouldn´t say<br />

but here it is...I downloaded a game from the internet. I shared it with friends on the internet. the<br />

owners of the game had lawyers track my ispn address and they wrote me nasty letters. then two fake<br />

lawyers said that I had to share it with them and they wanted money from me...so now Iinstead of<br />

paying 900Euros i only have to pay 200Euros. That is what happened. I depend on my mom and dad<br />

now to help me. But when I <strong>com</strong>e to Regensburg I am happy and I draw people. The drawing here is of<br />

a man on the bus and most people don´t even notice you draw them becauise they´re so busy with<br />

their lives that when I draw them I can draw and they don´t even know that I am sketching them for my<br />

art book"<br />

Matthias is a doll. He attends the academy near the river for art in Regensburg. https://www.cia.gov/kids-page<br />

I told him next time download games on the cias´s page that is what they´re there for!<br />

When chatting with bored shoppers the young college kids all say the same thing,"We love<br />

the Christkindle and we all love to drink glub wine and go out with friends. It is a Christmas<br />

feeling the atmosphere that we love the most." says the two girls waiting for the<br />

Christkindle at the Thurn und Taxis, "we wait til 8:00pm because we can afford it !"<br />

These two college kids while posing for pictures were too shy to sing, he however sang great Jingle Bells...funny!<br />

Meet these two characters who "study Bio Chemistry in the Master´s category..." they say...they<br />

would love to meet a girlfriend in the year of 2015...hmm how <strong>com</strong>e two cute bachelors are still<br />

single minus girls? "The Bio Chemistry girls are geeky. You know big glasses etc." they<br />

say..."We definitely don´t want to date bio chemists. Mostly because we do chemistry all<br />

day and when we´re having fun we don´t want to talk about bio chemistry at a bar." And<br />

the perfect girl of the 2015 year? The blonde...with the wonderful emmeanesbook pink attached<br />

says, "Hmm I would love to date a ballet dancer!" I ask if he knows that Regensburg has ballet<br />

at the big theater? "Really?" okay on the right track here... and the dark haired one? "I guess let<br />

me think okay I would really love to date how do you say the girls that skate on ice and<br />

do dancing on the ice?" A ice dancer? like at the Olympics? "Yes that one I would love to<br />

date a ice dancer..." Okay I give him the Walt Disney on Ice google site and the Ice Follies...


Here is the cool Indoor Soccer Courts in Regensburg. We at America have indoor sports for just about<br />

everybody but this is something new...it has two little baby courts that the owner named Speed<br />

courts, "Yes maybe 5 and 6 year olds play here. It is funny to see the little ones play. On the big<br />

courts we have teams of 5 and 6 and 7 and they have leagues or just <strong>com</strong>e to play at night. You can<br />

rent the court for 45 minutes and 45 minutes and if you have 10 players they each pay only 9Euros.<br />

It is fun and inexpensive to do. In the bar area is where we watch Championship sports on the<br />

television." says the owner pictured here with a guest that brought in a popcorn machine. (The<br />

popcorn is super good and tastes sweet like caramel corn!) Find the fun public soccer on the internet<br />

at http://www.kickarena.<strong>com</strong>/ Im Gewerbepark D22 Tel + 49 (0)941/461 22-44<br />

"It is a fun job of course. People <strong>com</strong>e here to have fun. That is it and drink a beer and watch the<br />

games. I have people <strong>com</strong>e from Nuremberg and Regensburg of course and some <strong>com</strong>e from<br />

Munich. It is a great team effort and we do birithday parties all the time." He says and shows me the<br />

birthday schedule. The kids receive pizza and ice cream and drinks and the entire court for one and<br />

1/2 hrs to play. It is pretty funny.


The popcorn maker and the owner at the bar. I say that iti s a great way to have a beer and watch<br />

the game and babysit at the same time. You can bring the little ones for a couple of hours of fun<br />

playing soccer while you check out Bayern! on the tele! and the wifey doesn´t even get mad when<br />

you say you went out for a drink! Hmm...must of been invented by a man!<br />

The scuba store is amazing... "My favorite diving is with my wife, " the owner says, when I ask if it<br />

is fun to take students all the time... "Um..." he says and makes a quick exit!<br />

Here is the owner with his guests and all of his little fun things to do and all these good treats! "Hmm I say every day. I love to<br />

scuba dive however maybe I do a new career and maybe I open a new store around the world. We have a travel store too.I love<br />

to travel. Who knows maybe after 5 years I try a new career!" Um okay what could be funner than scuba<br />

diving...maybe owning a safari tour <strong>com</strong>pany and taking pictures of elephants" Elephants Elephants and Elephants!<br />

If you would love to find the biggest and oldest scuba diving <strong>com</strong>pany in Regensburg check out<br />

the travel divers...the owner has been here since 22 years and he and his wife take students<br />

and experienced divers all around the world. Vist at...<br />

http://www.travel-divers.de/tauchausbildung.html<br />

Rudolf is funny, "I´ve been doing it 22 years. Everybody I hope loves the job that they do but as a student of scuba diving I went my<br />

first time and went away on vacation and when I came back I thought...hmm I really love scuba diving maybe I should teach classes<br />

and I taught classes and then I thought maybe I should open my own scuba store..." The funniest thing? When he<br />

opened the scuba store i ask thinking maybe he opened the scuba store a couple of<br />

years after his realization that he loved scuba diving and wanted to make a career out<br />

of it?..."o ONE DAY! " he says. One day after he taught his first student he opened his<br />

very own scuba store? "-yes it took me one day to say yes I am opening my own scuba


store!" Cool<br />

http://regensburg.vomfass.de/ VOM FASS is a specialty store that has wine, champagne<br />

and spirits and little concoctions that I tasted many of em now I am drunk! Seriously they taste totally cool.<br />

At first walking into the big boutique store I am greeted by Christine and Thomas the owners of Vom Fass. Christine is a ball of<br />

laughter. She is great and her husband is happy as can be! Tel :00151 70076722<br />

Thomas and Christine of a Specialty Store Vom Fass<br />

"We love what we do now. Totally love it." I ask if they feel like it is their second career "It is<br />

a new start. We had to find a place to live in Regensburg and since it is our territory and the<br />

franchise is territorial we had to find a place to find how do you say? to lease? for the business! We<br />

love it. I came from Munchen and he came from Augsburg. We love Regensburg. We don´t miss<br />

Munchen at all!" She says. I say that I love the little gift baskets and she says that is why<br />

the specialty store is such fun. "Me and my husband we both make the gift baskets. We<br />

shopped at Munchen 15 years in the Vom Fass store there. That is how we made the<br />

choice to open our own." In addition to the wines and liquors they have me taste the<br />

vinegars and oils and they´re all fruit originally and taste great. Wow what a cool<br />

store!<br />

"Here try that one, "Christine´s husband says as he hands me one of the bubbly laboratory at<br />

about 40Some% alcohol...yum tastes good like Bailey´s Irish Creme! and the next one tastes great<br />

too and the third is lovely...Now we walk to the Wines and Champagnes and Christina says that<br />

Chablis "Les Vallions" is her favorite, "And the Champagne of course. Everybody loves the<br />

20 Anniversary edition red wine. They all <strong>com</strong>e in and buy it. We only have one bottle


left here!" I ask her if when the 21st anniversary <strong>com</strong>es if she thinks that they shall send a 21st<br />

edition from the same vineyard in Spain since everybody loves the wine and she giggles and says<br />

that she hopes so! "The first Saturday we opened we were so busy!" That is since they´ve only<br />

been opened about 4 weeks. "Since it is the Christkindles we´re happy we opened now here. It has<br />

been over one year since we started the process of buying the franchise. In Germany and the<br />

world Vom Fass has about 280 franchises." And have they tried all of the products in the store?<br />

Her and her husband both laugh, "Yes of course" they say. "We have to, " he says. "It is important<br />

to try all of the items since we need to know how to explain them to the guests." I say that I would<br />

be drinking the products all day long and although they seem ecstatically happy maybe it wouldn<br />

´t be such a great idea for me to have a liquor franchise! "We hired Jan (who performs a funny<br />

pose) when we opened and today is Beate´s first day!" She says of the people working in the<br />

store. When I ask if they´re from Regensburg they both giggle and say they´re German as is<br />

everybody, yet from citys near Regensburg. I say that is funny since they all chose Regensburg<br />

yet they all <strong>com</strong>e from other places! "I know. We love Regensburg though since the people are<br />

really nice. Really nice." I hope the new life they´ve chosen works out perfect for them. Come say<br />

hi and taste some of that other great liquor you know the ones that don´t begin with "Glub<br />

wine"...we love that strong stuff:)<br />

http://www.musik-wittl.de/CMS/index.php While you say O yes I shall sign up my child with music lessons the<br />

first store on the list is a store that has guitars and musical instruments...check out Heidi Wittl, Alfred<br />

Wittl and Anna Wittl at the Wittl Music Stores in Regensburg at HaidPlatz 1<br />

+49 941 55892...<br />

And start learning the guitar the way you always wanted to:)


Two Music students taking a break in the cold outside the building. The School has 600 students<br />

and has the same Bavarian Breaks that Germany has for all colleges. What does the busy<br />

owner do on his break?"sit home!" he says. Although "I went to New York about 10<br />

years its been and took a 3 week tour in the New England states then. Beautiful," Klaus<br />

says. I ask if when he is traveling if he tries to hear the great musicians and see great jazz such as<br />

in New York? "Yes all the time.I play the guitar myself and one of the owners plays the piano and<br />

the other one sings. We knew each other from different bands and at the University and started<br />

the school you know with one student and now it has over 600 stuidents." That is a cool<br />

achievement I say and especially since he went from one student many years ago and now they<br />

´re a recognized and accredited college. Cool people cool school check it out!<br />

Klaus Erhart graciously posing for a picture for the website at the Music Cafe located inside the buidling where all the<br />

students are.<br />

http://music-academy.de/<br />

Zollerstrasse 1a /<br />

Telefon (0941) 51144


"The school is 2 sections...one is a music school which is just you can <strong>com</strong>e and take music<br />

classes in any class that you want to and the other is the college. The college is accredited and it<br />

is a 2 to 3 year program. The students be<strong>com</strong>e professionals and graduate with degrees..." says<br />

one of the 3 leaders of the private music college in Regensburg Germany pictured above. He is a<br />

friendly guy and laughs all the time as his students, young as 4! , <strong>com</strong>e in and out of the<br />

door...asking questions and grabbing guitars. "We have little ones from 4 years old that take<br />

music singing lessons and the oldest is a 76 year old man that took vocal lessons one<br />

year with us." Klaus Erhart, Gunther Conrad, and Josef Meier are the three partners that<br />

started the school in "it is a Old train station building where they used to repair trains!" he says. It<br />

is a pretty cool building and as you wander the halls you can hear drums in one room, guitars,<br />

singing etc. and the anxious parents of the little ones who sit outside on the benches!<br />

And while you mosey across the Stone Bridge check out the Christkindle<br />

Mercatos that the Spital Beer Gardens sponsorings...they have the usual<br />

punch and the Regensburgers yet a funny little haymercato with live<br />

sheep...pictured here is a little tyke with the tag of 37...I hope Prince Albert<br />

buys that one:)


stadtamhof 3 tel.: 09 41 / 8 10 74 01<br />

the father speaks only German so becareful what you ask for! It is fun to chat and try to <strong>com</strong>municate yet you might<br />

<strong>com</strong>e out of the store with a surprise pair of glasses! Fun People.<br />

http://www.altstadtoptiker.de/ is a family owned eyeglass store...one of the opticians pictured here has been here about 45<br />

years and he is friendly with the camera...his son is located near the huge bookstore across from Anna´s coffee in Regensburg, "We<br />

have the two stores. I´ve been here about maybe 7 years and then the other store is the first store. We have cool different lenses<br />

here. Some are pure gold from Japan and cost from 2,400E to 2,500E and the littlest is the ones that amount to about 31E...let´s<br />

say a eyeglass frame not everybody can afford is the 2,400E. Yet everybody can purchase the 31E one. That is why people <strong>com</strong>e<br />

from everywhere to visit the stores. I can travel to China and all of Asia and find a unique piece if requested." The son Jens says.<br />

Visit either at Kumpfmühler str. 69 tel.: 09 41 / 9 42 95 01<br />

"I am from the East of Germany having lived in Berlin most of my life..." says Tom,<br />

the owner of the totally cool diving school named Blue Water Dives. Wow I ask<br />

if he was alive during the East Communist reign and he says, "Ah yes I lived 18 years with<br />

<strong>com</strong>munist power. I am 43 years old now and honestly I had a wonderful childhood. I know that<br />

everybody had college free and my mom and dad had great jobs and we always had food on the<br />

table. As a matter of fact we were all fat because we ate too much sausages and steaks and meat.<br />

That was the staple of the <strong>com</strong>munist reign. When people ask me why anybody would run<br />

from East to West Berlin I say one of two reasons... they had no chance of going West<br />

they either had to stay in Germany on the East side or they had to have a vacation in a<br />

<strong>com</strong>munist country such as Russia or Czecholslovakia where <strong>com</strong>munist reigned and we<br />

used to go to a lake in Cyecholslovakia and it is a beautiful vacation. Yet people felt<br />

they wanted to make their own decisions. Then the 2nd reason was that people had to<br />

do the values of socialism. The day that the Wall came down I was at my home. The day that<br />

the people could freely travel from East to West Berlin a man stood at the podium between the<br />

East and the West and read the declarations. Journalists came and television and 100s of 1000s of<br />

people and while he is reading the declarations the journalists asked when the people<br />

with passports and ids could freely travel from one side to the other. He ran his finger<br />

down the list and read and said "wow I guess as of now as of today." that is how<br />

everybody knew. Even the soldiers didn´t know. They had to let everybody with IDs or Passports<br />

travel freely between borders.!"


"In the year of 2015 we have a trip to Egypt on the schedule, a trip to Cuba and a trip to the<br />

Phillipines. You should <strong>com</strong>e and join us!" He says...I say that maybe Cuba!<br />

Here the workshop of the diving club that does tons of its business in the winter on repairs and in the summer mostly dives. Notice<br />

the shark on the little wooden workbench..."I used to work with Amazon.<strong>com</strong> about 12 years...and that is the gift the little woodern<br />

work bench signed from the founder of Amazon!" Tom says.<br />

http://www.bluewaterdiver.de/preise/ 01702 766 1 63<br />

https://www.facebook.<strong>com</strong>/tauchcenter.bluewaterdiver


"The funnest and scariest dives we ever have done is on Halloween. Totally cool actually...we dove<br />

in a lake about 31 some kilometers from here and we had pumpkins in the water with lights and<br />

skeletons and people all dove down to find candy and treasures and treats. They loved it. When<br />

the dive is finished we all had warm wines and dinner and everybody had tons of fun. The dive is<br />

from about 20:00pm to midnight. We´re doing it every year now since we had such a great time."<br />

That is TOTALLY COOL::: I say. I would love to do that. That is the first time that I ever heard of a scuba diving<br />

<strong>com</strong>pany doing a Halloween dive! And I said that they should do a New Year´s Eve party too. "That<br />

is a great idea. We can think about that." he says.<br />

frohliche-Turken-Straße 13 Regensburg...


I am surprised and happy to meet the owner of Arnulf von Karnten since it is a long time that I met him. If you remember he used to<br />

own the biking store named Draisgang and that he opened only til his men´s clothing line came available. "I waited and waited<br />

trying to contact people who would know if the family members of the Kaiser is alive. I wanted to<br />

make my own clothing line based on his legend and his name and when I found out that he has no<br />

living relatives I asked if I could make my label with his name..." Says the owner..., Levent Oktem. "My children<br />

said Dad we want you to go to work in suits we don´t want a dad that owns a bike store! So here I am the first day of the opening of<br />

the store and in one of my suits. My son, my children are 11 and 12, said the morning today...o he is wearing a suit!" 094 1 870<br />

090 84


With his own label I ask if he himself is the designer?" 'Me? no-no don´t say that I am the designer...maybe<br />

in the future yes. Right now we work with a manufacturer and I say that I would like a<br />

shirt with that on it etc and he makes it. We put the label on it. I am only concerned<br />

about doing Regensburg right now. Maybe in one year if the business is good we can<br />

expand into other big stores around Germany. Right now it is only Regensburg. I carry<br />

only the men´s clothes as you can see the quality wool coats from 400E to the ties and<br />

the shirts. It is all business attire. Clothes that I would wear to work." he says. When I ask if he<br />

misses the bike store since everybody around Europe when I would show the Draisgang bikes to them they would say...o where is that?<br />

We want one of these. "Yes I know every couple of days people ask...do you have the bikes and I<br />

have to tell them no! I am doing the men´s clothing store now. If someone really wanted<br />

a bike I could find it for him! The thing is though I admired the man Von Kaernten who<br />

came to Germany with nothing and after 5 years he became the ruler , the Kaiser. I<br />

paralled that with my life since I came here to Regensburg with nothing then after 5 years I am a<br />

successful business man with a wife and children. I wanted to base my clothing line on somebody that I admired." he says. Wow<br />

cool story and cool store...hope you love it.


Stephan showing me the menu, "See on the page here we offer all dishes made only with<br />

Asparagus. All of the food is Asparagus."<br />

Emme laughing hysterically: You're kidding right?.... Stephan, "Nope all of it is Asparagus<br />

and then next week is something different. " We start talking about vacations and he<br />

shows me an iternary of his trip he is planning hiking in the Austrian moutains, "We're<br />

going hiking now in the summer since it is impossible to hike in the snow there in the<br />

winter." Emme: That is pretty cool...where is the coolest place you ever went on vacation?<br />

Stephan, "I went up a glacier and lived in a tent that overlooked the fjords of Norway. That<br />

is the most beautiful place I^ve ever been."<br />

Emme, One of the most beautiful places Ive ever seen is the view from the Stone Bridge<br />

late at night when there is snow on the ground. It is other worldy and mystical and<br />

imaginative and beautiful.<br />

Stephan, "You like Regensburg huh?"<br />

http://www.meiereinlokal.de/


Emme I love Regensburg<br />

And run across the road<br />

to hear the violin players at the Meier Restaurant and if you're lucky you can grab a table always always packed...<br />

My little room had a sekret passage..you thought it is a closet no...a bathroom old fashioned tucked into the<br />

dressers! a beauty of a room with antiques and faded persian rugs. It is totally charming. A room of romance.<br />

When you see the little sleigh bed with its authentic faded persian rug laying faithfully next to it and exquisite elegant<br />

long slender chestnut mirror you imagine that it is a 18 th century German cottage enroute from the crossing Czech<br />

border that weary travelers used along their escape route...charm and mystique and beauty...from one occupied territory<br />

to another...and inside my chamber is a sekret door and armoir! and it is when you open the closet and find the sekret<br />

passage...entering the door you walk through the closet to the little abode oops Im sorry I mean the <strong>com</strong>mode...and when<br />

you open the other door on the armoir it is the closet! It is of beauty and charm...<br />

http://www.hotel-lux.eu/<br />

Across the 2000 year old alley cobblestoned of course is the Restaurant Meier which is cozy<br />

and woodsy and a cabin feel but maybe about 1000 years ago! I could hang out there all<br />

night it gives you a warm great feeling and that is where I chatted with the owner Stephan<br />

Kappi who is hilarious and a bundle of energy, "Yes I owned the restuarant 19 years and 7<br />

years the Lux. It is great I enjoy the people that <strong>com</strong>e to eat since I can sit and talk to em<br />

and learn a little about everybody where as at the Hotel people <strong>com</strong>e and go. I love every<br />

culture. Everyone who <strong>com</strong>es in here is nice." It could have something to do with the fact<br />

that he is such a friendly person.


Um how do I explain Astrid and her husband, Stefan and his brother Hermann? It takes an entire afternoon to do<br />

that. Number one love is the first requirement...I could live in the garden of the Brandl Beer Gardens and Restaurant at least one<br />

youthhood...walking the wooden planks up and down the courtyard and garage, the ivy covered huge stone walls that enclose the old<br />

brewery fortress, the "would you love to see the 14thCentury to 15th section of the house that my husband's mother use to live in? I would<br />

love to make it a special guest house that wealthy Americans say <strong>com</strong>e to and stay a day or a maybe week and see that unique part of<br />

Regensburg and history that they otherwise could only see in museums?" says Astrid the beautiful blonde wife of the 5th generation owner of<br />

the restaurant...Would i? Um the answer is YES!<br />

Bavarians being Bavarians at<br />

thehttp://www.brandl-braeu.de/ 0941 58433016<br />

"It is the oldest authentic real Bavarian Privately owned restaurant in Regensburg," Stefan the owner says, "I've been here 5<br />

Generations." In walks Maximillion, "And here is number 6,"says his proud mother Astrid. Another member of the family<br />

<strong>com</strong>es and his name is Hermann,"Make sure that you write the name of our brewery beer it is Lammbraeu." And Astrid the<br />

perfect host says, "Would you like a beer to taste. I should of asked" That is after she has shown me the massive <strong>com</strong>plex,<br />

her mother-in-law's quarters, and the American collection of Corvettes! 1965 and 1968 of her husbands...and I say that yes<br />

of course I would. We wander into the huge brewery gardens and sit and laugh and talk about life drinking Weiße beer when<br />

Hermann joins us and there is friendly hilarious banter back and forth between Astrid and her brother-in-law. "My daughter<br />

is in Miami now and she loves it. She says mom and dad must holiday anywhere except Miami since she wants her distance<br />

and privacy!" So? they travel to Sicily soon for fun the two:)<br />

Aw yes...the Bear...once upon a time does every fairytale start this way? Once upon a time a circus<br />

came to Regensburg...where 300 years ago there was a wall around the city...an ancient Roman wall and<br />

again another wall...without the first wall is where travelers and traders had to sleep and that is where the<br />

story of the circus and the bear is. The tavern owner let the bear sleep(a dancing bear) in its stalls and<br />

shoed the other animals a little calf out. In the middle of the night robbers came to steal from the Tavern<br />

and steal the baby cow but the bear grabbed the robber instead and held the robber all night. From that<br />

point on the bear is allowed to sleep in the town.<br />

info@feine-raeder.de<br />

Claus Blesch owner<br />

0941 7000365 Furtmayrstraße 12<br />

"Interview is new to me...here let me show you the bikes," the shy owner walks around his bike store and shows me the "fun" things such


as the "Family Pedelec" Claus takes the cover of the front of the bike to show inside...it is a carrying car that fits two small children in front<br />

<strong>com</strong>plete with its own rain cover and in the back is the bike where the people pedal. It looks like a motorcycle side car except it is in the<br />

front. "25 years I had the store of bikes. And I only own 1 bike." he says as I ask if owners of bike stores own about 12 bikes. "It has small<br />

bikes big bikes moutain bikes. Mine is a moutain bike."<br />

Question of the day...which of these supplies is essential when a person is on a 5 day biking trip around<br />

Germany Claus? "A mastercard." Claus says...Um"You can camp or you can go to a Hotel with<br />

a MasterCard." he laughs. Alright and if the professionals would love to actually bike and camp? "A<br />

pump to pump the tires and tube in case the tube breaks. That is all that you really<br />

need."So it isn't like a car where you must have gas and brake stuff and spare tires and all<br />

that? "Nope just really the pump and tube. And a tent and bags to add to the bike if you<br />

want to camp or...a Mastercard." Um then okay we got the idea Claus...<br />

Straße 2<br />

http://www.irontrizone.de/ 09417040704 Bischof-von-Henle-<br />

Iron Trizone OHG is a serious professional cyclist's dream store...Regensburg however they<br />

laugh a lot:)<br />

One of the bike<br />

repair specialists<br />

says, "O me? I<br />

fix the<br />

How much are the gorgeous bikes?"They range from<br />

1000E to about maybe 10,000Euros here but<br />

we could actually order one of about<br />

50,000Euros! Yes you would have digital gears


Matthias, the other owner of the<br />

store, is in the repair shop"Yes I<br />

can fix bikes...I am one of<br />

the owners...". he says as if of<br />

course he can why else would he own<br />

a bike store!.. well, it is good to know<br />

we have efficient people in<br />

Regensburg...<br />

problems...if<br />

you have a<br />

problem with a<br />

bike bring it to<br />

me..." Emme.: my<br />

problem is I need a<br />

bike... He<br />

laughs,"We can<br />

help you with<br />

that too:"<br />

and all of that...but it is still a bike and you<br />

have to pedal!" Lugwig one of the owners of the store<br />

says..."It is a professional bike shop...we carry<br />

racing bikes and mountain bikes.We are the<br />

only store in Regensburg that fits you to a<br />

bike. It takes about 1hr to 1and1/2hrs to fit the<br />

bike. We video tape you, measure you, adjust<br />

the shoulders and the seat and the<br />

handlebars...and YES it does make a<br />

difference. It is much more <strong>com</strong>fortable and<br />

many more hours of efficient riding when a<br />

bike is fitted correctly." Emme...or buy a<br />

cheap bike dont get fitted and spend hours at<br />

the massage therapist...! ow ow ow ow.<br />

However <strong>com</strong>e to Ludwig for those serious<br />

pros, "I choose the bike with the people and I<br />

know what will fit them."<br />

Michele is from Italy and um can I say funny! "I am from italy yes but it is Global now. I am feeling<br />

European and Italian and German. Now we all feel more European. It is like an embroyo<br />

not like a baby since America is a baby but the Europe now is mixing to be<strong>com</strong>e a little<br />

America. It is the last 10 years. America is about 450 years old. Europe is 1,000s of years<br />

old." Yes I say that is why Americans love Germany and Europe because we love the Germans being German, the<br />

Italians being Italian , the French etc and all of the differences of each other. But it is the reverse now in Europe. "Yes<br />

it is Global now. That is the restaurant Rinaldi. It is a little Italian, a little German, a little Mediterranean. The people<br />

<strong>com</strong>e here and I hope it is the feel of a Living Room. I owned the restaurant 8 years now and everyday it is full of<br />

happy people."<br />

http://www.caffe-rinaldi.de/<br />

"When I see the world it is<br />

everybody. When I see a<br />

child laugh I say why does<br />

that child smile. I want to<br />

know why. That laugh and<br />

that smile is a special<br />

gift...the eyes of a<br />

child." says Michele.


: 0941 - 870 090 83


I<br />

http://www.goldfuss-geigenbau.de/<br />

The violin of 3 Ancestorial Generations at Regensburg is<br />

amazing simply amazing in fact that I am sending the article to<br />

the Philadelphia Orchestra members...they must fly here and<br />

buy a new violin! It is a true artisans woodworking palace all<br />

real and all sawdust and a handle cello here and a bass there.<br />

Little rooms of 1/2 finished violins , a huge very<br />

expensive bass cello getting reworked a new face so to<br />

Violinists the Serious ones around the<br />

world <strong>com</strong>e here. 0941 53556<br />

Thomas the son goes into the backroom and brings back<br />

another long horse's tail , "It is about 1500 Euros and the<br />

horse's tail takes a couple of years to grow back." The horse's<br />

<strong>com</strong>e from the region of Bohemia. "The violins cost abut<br />

20,000E to 25,000E each and each is custom handmade<br />

to fit the person. It is important for somebody from<br />

America to fly here to try the instruments in the


speak. the father Horst sits with his wife , a lovely 60ish<br />

woman blonde coiffed hair holding a huge horse's tail long and<br />

wirey. Yes real. He pulls a couple of hairs to make the violin<br />

bow. They let me touch it and it is a real horse's tail.<br />

workshop. The most expensive one in here is about<br />

300,000Euros."<br />

He leads me to the backroom where there is a huge map on the wall, "My grandfather started the making of violins here..." he<br />

points to a part that from Germany turned now Czech Republic.."He came from Bohemia here. Nowadays they ship about<br />

300,000 cellos, violins and guitars to America from that region."<br />

http://www.tikibeat.de/<br />

The Tiki Beat Regensburg<br />

They're crazy from the Satellites the Band that plays here to the two WILD CRAZY OWNERS...CRAZY CRAZY CRAZY and<br />

tons of fun. I LOVED EM...Live stage performances Tiki Drinks and Saturday Night Live everynight you will have<br />

outrageous fun...here is what you'll find. 0941 93081758<br />

One of the nicest people I have ever met is the owner of,<br />

http://oma-plüsch.de/<br />

Tel.: (0941) 5 48 89 Dive into the Bavarian Cave and sit all<br />

night eating and drinking with friends that is how I see the<br />

Restaurant. As I chatted with The owner he showed me pictures<br />

of the olden times of Regensburg on his walls. I asked him how it<br />

had changed over the years the little town of Regensburg.<br />

"There was a time in Regensburg when<br />

30% of the property is owned of Thurn<br />

und Taxis, 30% of the Government and<br />

30% privately owned. Nowadays the<br />

majority of percent is maybe almost 20%<br />

and most is 10% here 10% here 10%<br />

here...much privately owned properties<br />

now. We used to be in then the building of<br />

where Emma's is about 10 years since and<br />

now we moved here. "<br />

Oma Plusch<br />

in Regensburg. They are located down a little<br />

cobblestoned alley in a cavern about 1 meter below the<br />

street level...all wood beams etc. The beer is good as<br />

each restaurant in Regensburg typically carries one beer<br />

here it<br />

1363 Franziskaner beer<br />

Erste Erwähnung der Brauerei<br />

He laughs all the time and is happy. He is the owner of Traumwerk which is a games<br />

store...you know the kind that does Magic and Pathfinder and role playing. "On Saturday<br />

we have a sneak peek event where everybody <strong>com</strong>es and plays in a tournament with the


new cards not yet released Magic and it is fun to play and watch.The ages a little older<br />

say 20 years and above. It used to be only younger people played." His address since he<br />

has zero facebook or websites at the moment yes in the future... you can call his store at<br />

0941 59937214 and <strong>com</strong>e buy some Magic!<br />

She looks just like the lady at the Jugenherberge named Elli Zimmerman<br />

KASPER 5 AND KASPER 5 BABY<br />

http://ka5per.de/<br />

The bartender's lady at the bar early and just the two of them while I chat, "The difference of the<br />

students at Regensburg now <strong>com</strong>pared to 3 years ago...o it is a big difference," she says and the<br />

sweetest bartender ever seriously totally nice says, "Major difference..." Can they explain the<br />

difference? "Yes" She says, "The difference is that 3 years ago there is all new students and now 3<br />

ýears later they're totally different..." Um I start giggling...yes that is because they graduated and now<br />

new ones <strong>com</strong>e..."Yes that is the way it always is everybody is different..." Okay they're hilarious.<br />

The elegance of BIG Kasper 5 and the fun and funny atmosphere of baby Kasper, "I chose Regensburg<br />

since it is perfect, too big and not too crowded..." says the bartender and his lady at the bar...<br />

Emme: I guess it is the way of the Goldilocks and the 3 bears...it is the baby Regensburg just perfect


just the way that Baby Kasper is:)<br />

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