Some 100+ kilometers north-northeast of München lies the sleepy little town of Regensburg. I say "sleepy" because every morning while we were there, at 7:00am sharp, every church tower in the historic district rang continually for about two-minutes-thirty-seconds.

But seriously, my girlfriend, Dana, was to be presenting a talk at the International Herpes Workshop 2001 during the week of July 28th to August 3rd at the University of Regensburg. Along with registration for the conference came a tour selection and a ... (more)