The Only Saturday we are here, and What a Saturday it was!
When we walked into the hotel room at the end of the day we decided that it was the fullest and most fun day we have in our lives, with the exception of our wedding day and the birth of our children. Wow, what a day!
We got a late start, at least later than we have been waking up since we got here. We were up late talking to people online back home, and went to bed later than usual.
We left the hotel room intending to just find an ATM to get some cash, grab a roll from a bakery, and get on the road to Bonn and Cologne/Koln.
When we walked towards the bank, we discovered that Saturday is Market day. Lining the shop filled streets (no car traffic any time) were vendors of all kinds. Everything from fruits and veggies, to sausages, to flowers and plants, to garden ornaments, to clothing, to suitcases and purses. It was amazing.
When we went to the bank, we were amused to notice that one of the other people there, looking almost as confused as we were at the multiple type of atm machines (and trying to determine which one to use) was speaking in French.
While we were struggling with figuring out the bank machines with our phrase books, a choir formed outside. We stood and watched them for a while. They appeared to be a high school or college singing group. Pretty good too!
We sat down for some breakfast at one of the many outdoor cafe/bakeries. I was really excited to notice that they had a version of poppyseed rolls. Although they resembled the flavor of my grandma’s poppyseed rolls, it feel short for me. Still very good, excellent in fact, just not like Grandmas. It was still pretty neat though. Zach enjoyed his croissant with fruit filling too.
Walking back to the car still parked at the hotel, we saw a chalk drawing of a house on the side of a building. We enjoyed seeing a display like this…reminded us of our favorite son.
We filled the tank up and Zach showed me two quick sites on the way out of town.
First, the jail. I wouldn’t want to spend any time there, but a really nice looking jail, as jails go.
And, just down the road, the restaurant his coworkers took him to the first day of work
And, with that we were on the road for a day of adventure.
