Aaah, beautiful city. =) Do you watch the MLS as well? Many of my friends in the South have a European team and watch the local MLS team to make up for the lack of live football (soccer) and say it's getting better and better. Their European teams are almost always Barcelona or Real Madrid though, or perhaps Bayern or Dortmund if they chose a German team.
Yes, I follow the Philadelphia Union in MLS and though I agree the league is getter better every year, it still has a way to go to be as exciting as the European leagues. MLS does fill in the Summer months when most international leagues are off!
I'm headed to the US in a few weeks' time and don't know my exact schedule yet but I'm hoping to catch a game either in Seattle or Texas this time round. Last time I visited the MLS was off for international fixtures but I got to watch a friendly between Dallas and Mexican team (needless to see "we" were outnumbered by the Mexican fans 
In terms of the Bundesliga I'm afraid that regarding who comes first it tends to be a bit of the more boring leagues. It tends to be Bayern and then perhaps one other team that is able to keep up - used to be us, Dortmund for a while and perhaps for the time being Wolfsburg. Like Werder Denver said, they've lost their key player but now seem to be going after Julian Draxler as replacement but we'll see what happens until tomorrow evening when the transfer window closes. 
Your favourite club still has a good reputation here in Germany, even if the great successes unfortunately go back a long time. Nevertheless, I fondly remember your victory in the final of the European Champions Cup against Bayern Munich in 1982. Wasn't it even the substitute goalkeeper who drove Rummenigge & Co to despair?