Citizen Borter

I am pleased to inform you that today I'm "officially" a foreign resident in the city of Freiburg!  It has been interesting to go through the process and I must say that it was (outside of a couple headaches during translation sessions) largely pain-free.  It came as no surprise when I discovered that the state office in Freiburg received an award recently for the being the friendliest bureau in the nation.   For me, they were most helpful and more than patient in dealing with my amateur attempts at German. 

As I walked out of the state office, it was a rather dreary, but I swear I could feel the immortal spirits of Goethe and Beethoven silently guiding me towards greatness!  Of course I asked myself what Beethoven would have done at that moment in my life.  As if whispered in my ear, the answer came to me immediately.  Why not celebrate my new found residence with a beer!   However, being only 8:15 in the morning, I restrained the immortal spirit of Beethoven and settled for a delicious (and fresh) pretzel with cheese...