Like settling into a warm bath

I'm home!
Well, not my home but still it feels that way. I've been here with M & M for over a week now, at their cozy Nurnberg apartment. They live just inside of the old city wall, so close that you could hit it with a kitchen sink. In so doing, you would be giving the sink a bird's eye view of the city's northeast tower 50 metres away at the end of the narrow cobblestone lane. Having had such high expectations for my time here in Germany, I am delighted to find myself so satisfied.
Matthias and Melli are wonderful. They have gone far beyond the obligations set forth by friendship, and have made me feel right at home with them and in the city. Matthias even took the week off to act as a guide and chauffer me to heaps of interesting places in nearby villages. Each of these sleepy little villages gives the impression of having been transported straight from the16th century, with their fachwerk architecture and ancient castles perched atop overhanging cliffs. We've seen two-thousand year old Celtic walls, gothic cathedrals rendered in breathtaking detail, and crystal-clear streams meandering through forests a vibrant shade of green which only the spring season can produce. I've also been happily stuffing my face with oodles of scrumptious Bavarian food. Most of it is meat in one delicious form or another, which is an interesting change of pace after a month of eating almost exlusively vegetarian Indian food. Though much of what I've experienced in the time I've been in Germany has been new and interesting to me (I ordered dries 3 im vegler on my second day!), the generosity that M & M have shown me has made this time nothing but exceedingly pleasant.
They made the mistake of telling me that I can stay as long as I like!