I really don’t have very much interesting to say today, but Rainer tells me that it’s been two days with no new blog entries and that’s just no good!
The nesting thing seems to have been a false alarm. I spent the last few days sleeping (post-cleaning exhaustion, I think) and not having bad contractions or anything else out of the ordinary.
We did our pre-check-in paperwork at the hospital on Friday – nothing interesting to report there – it took, about two minutes for the paperwork, I peed in a cup, and they did a fast ultrasound to check how the baby is lying. Everything looks perfect in my case. They asked if I have any special wishes (birthing in water, etc), and I don’t, I’ll just see what feels right at the time. The doctor was pleased with the answer and said that’s what they like to hear. (Rainer’s pal Harry who visited recently says I’m the most laid-back pregnant woman he’s ever seen). Because we have private insurance, we should have met the head ob/gyn, but she was at lunch, so we didn’t.
For lunch Friday, we tried out a fairly new place across from the hospital, Café La Roché (if I am remembering the name right) on Prüfeninger Strasse. The lunch was okay, I wouldn’t make a special trip to sample it, but the place has a breakfast buffet Monday-Friday (til 10:30am) and a brunch buffet on Sundays and holidays. Might be worth checking out, as I haven’t heard of any other brunch places in Regensburg, although I’m sure there must be others.
I’m jonesing for American-style chocolate cake, but not quite badly enough to go through the trouble of making one yet. Sucks that there is no Starbucks in Regensburg. Maybe I should check out the McCafe – Do they have these in the US? They’re McDonalds that look like Starbucks inside and have a coffee and dessert counter. The one by the university here has sofas and a fireplace.
I just introduced Rainer to his first Stanley Kubrick film (in this case, The Shining – it’s on sale at Media Markt for €5,99). He thought it was great, even though he is so not into horror movies. I’m not much of a Stanley Kubrick fan, but The Shining and the first half of Full Metal Jacket are excellent.
And I think that’s enough for now. I’m going to hit the sack. Happy trails, partner!
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Hi Christina,
I’am glad that everything is right on schedule with you & Oliver.
I never heard about the McCafé. Starbucks has started it’s expansion in France these past years, and our regional shopping center has one.It’s only an occasional treat for us, as it is rather expensive.
You take it easy and stay healthy.
@barbara: Hi! Starbucks is pretty expensive, but I see it more as a treat than a daily requirement, not that there is much need to worry, the closest I know of is 40 minutes away in Nürnberg!
I don’t know if this is dangerous info for a pregnant woman with a cake craving but as of a week or so ago, there’s a McCafe over here in Parsberg, too. Quite swanky looking, though Wee Laddie preferred the slide.
Glad everything’s going great Oliver-wise… not much longer now!
@o-tay: I think the craving is passing, so it’s safe! No specific cravings at the moment to report.
A McCafe?! Holy cow. Do they have those in England. What’s next?
@matt: You inspired me to check this out and it does not appear that McCafe has made it’s way to the UK just yet, but I did find sites in Australia, Ireland, Singapore, and Germany. The German site actually has a picture of the inside of one, so you can see how swanky they are!
Aha! According to Wikipedia: “McCafé is a café-style accompaniment to McDonald’s restaurants.
“Due to popularity of Starbucks and coffeeshops in general, McDonald’s introduced McCafés to capitalize on this latest trend. McCafé is a concept of McDonald’s Australia, starting with Melbourne in 1993. Today, most McDonald’s in Australia have McCafés located within the existing McDonald’s restaurant. In Tasmania there are McCafés in every store.
“As of the end of 2003 there were over 600 McCafés worldwide.
“According to a March 2007 article in Consumer Reports, McDonald’s beat out Starbucks, Burger King, and Dunkin’ Donuts in a coffee taste test. This was surprising news to some, as McDonald’s has been historically known for burgers, fries, and shakes, not coffee.”
Hmmm, I might just have to try out the coffee and cake at one of the local McCafes!