Regensburg is a town in Bayern (Bavaria), which in turn is a southern state of Germany, where I am living. Regensburg has a population of about 150.000. For more details about Regensburg as well as about Bayern, maybe Wikipedia has some interesting ones for you: Regensburg on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regensburg Bayern on Wiki: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bavaria. My hometown is Passau:

On the following pages, I want to write about some local peculiarities and traditions we have - focused mainly on the region where I live, Bayern. Because Germany is quite a young country  (in it´s current form and borders), and went through a rough time of very small independent kingdoms and rulers before finally got united, the local traditions can very differ.  That starts with the spoken regional dialect and ends up with culinary deliciousness. And yes, Reg, a Weißwurst definately IS a delicacy.  Ignorant, you...hehe. So I hope, you will discover maybe something new about Bayern or Deutschland in general - or at least find some amusement on this page. It´s not much content in here yet, but I just started and will try to enlarge this page by-and-by. Uhm..and if you eventually find some grammar faults or a strange syntax, please be aware - I am working hard to improve my english. So, be an optimist and re-visit again. Maybe you will even see some improvement - or maybe not. So, have fun and be curious!