A look into my navel, which produces some fluff

Let's talk meta.

Where do I begin? Starting a blog, I thought, would be a wonderfully edifying experience another way to waste time online without feeling like I'm actually wasting it.

I then thought "a blog about what?" I already have a more private journal, and I tend to think of that as a confessional. A confessional with bad poop jokes. Perhaps I want a different theme here? Undoubtedly.

I then thought "what do I do that could be blogged about?" and came up with at least a few family friendly options. 

Here's one: I greatly enjoy cooking, and I'm a feeder. Not in a scary way. You were warned, don't google that! But what about a food blog? An excellent idea, only I notice somebody already uses Just Add Butter. Possibly I could've changed that to Just Add A Pound Of Butter, a more realistic depiction of much of my cooking... hmm, maybe not.

Another thought I had: what about clothes? Fashion is not an interest to me, but design is, and clothing provides a chance to combine colourful, fun things and -- this is the best part -- walk around perplexing conservative Germans, who do not understand why anyone would desire to stand out and not wear dull earth tones. Children's clothing in particular is, or can be, a world of whimsical fun. Why not write about that? I could, but it's not a topic that works by its lonesome, perhaps.

From there I came to think about life as an expatriate Finn in conservative, Catholic Bavaria. I'm over the initial misery of culture shock and mostly in a place from which I find it equally easy to laugh at the quirks of Finns, Germans and Bavarians, this last one being a distinct breed of homo officious. I could talk about how I'm adjusting to life here and how an important part of that for me has been getting out and looking for things to climb, scale, conquer, visit, gape at, eat and/or photograph.

Finally, I have a three-year-old daughter not yet in kindergarten; she's a sturdy little trooper and my constant companion on these trips.

All powers combined... why, this is a blog about our adventures in Munich -- in all weathers and seasons! -- with complementary "look at where we dined today!" bits.

This established, I leave you with a photo of my six month old daughter eating sushi. Baby led weaning worked very well for us.