Beautiful Fall Weather

We’ve been very lucky weather wise, pretty warm and certainly sunny, I consider each good day a gift this time of year.

Took Christoph and his son to lunch at Mahatma Gandhi Saturday for good, spicy Indian food. The son said he liked hanging with us to experience new foods and practice his English. He speaks English well, hesitates on some words, but also understands most of what we say and asks if he doesn’t, truly does want to learn. He’s a polite teenager around us but his father has told us he has typical teenage foibles. 

Sunday and I spill wine on my computer, darn it!!! Of course it doesn’t work so it’s off to the computer store we go on Monday. We’d both be really rich people if we could find a fix to spills on computers but they aren’t ever covered under any warranty, human error. I wanted the exact same gold coloured MacBook which they didn’t have in stock so ordered for me, came in Wednesday so we picked it up, need to go back for the backup on Friday. So shiny new computer with a right shift key that works and no sticky space bar which I was willing to live with but this way I can type much faster and more accurately, bonus! Plus I am writing again which I’ve missed doing. Thankfully Dawna left me a paperback novel which has held my attention nicely.

Newly restored building downtown.

After the store we stopped at a cafe we haven’t been to for a long while and had an excellent lunch at Cafehaus. A lady next to us had a very big, beautiful Newfoundlander dog, black and white while usually they are brown and white, it was gorgeous and well mannered. Huge paws on it and a sunny disposition, just a pleasure to see.  Bruce paid the bill with a 50 Euro bill and received back two twenties with the change, hey, that’s not right, so we call over our waiter and give him back the extra 20. He was very pleased and because we figured it might come out of his wages and didn’t want that to happen even though his error. This square is a through point for many University students to walk or ride to reach the University, always lots of people going by. Nice day out too so it was a lovely time of good food, people and dog watching and sitting under horse chestnut trees. We have to grab those days while the weather still is cooperative, but in three weeks we’ll be back in sunny Sevilla which can be cool but is usually sunny.

Next door I checked out a unique store, held products from India and China I think, had a yoga theme with small statues of gold frogs in the lotus position and looking happy or smug depending on how you read them. 

Read about this gate in the following link, one of two, this is Martinstor (Martins gate)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martinstor

Bruce took his wheels in to get new wheels and other minor adjustments done. He now has four shiny new wheels and doesn’t bob all over the place on cobblestones. His bar at the back to carry luggage and the shopping cart has also been firmed up which is helpful to us both. That bar has been a godsend for me so I’m not dragging two large suitcases across long lines to trains or in the airport. We have learned over time to let the bike take as much weight as possible and it really helps.

Met Christoph at Milano, Italian restaurant after looking for the lady who sells dried fruit at the Munstermarkt, wasn’t there, was on Saturday.That market smells so wonderful as I’ve said so many times before, I do wish there was a small app I could use to give you a scent of it. 

Munster spire, almost restored after years of painstaking effort!

Twin towers attached to it.

The mesh you are seeing in the two photos above is because I took the pictures from the balcony of a department store next door.

There were a lot of police downtown on Thursday 12th, walking around in pairs and threes, there wasn’t a game happening but it was noticeable and I don’t know why, we went down on Saturday and didn’t see any. These anomalies make me curious and I really have no way of finding out about them.

I visited the local ophthalmologist shop with the idea that I wanted new glasses, he’s always been good to us but haven’t seen him for a couple of weeks, maybe on holidays. Looking, I or we, didn’t find anything that struck us both in frames and since Bruce has to look at me daily, his opinion is important! The clerk there cleaned my current glasses with a “sonic bath” and they are much improved, brighter than ever and aside from checking the prescription I may not need new ones after all. Will look in Sevilla and expect to find cheaper frames and more colourful perhaps.

Downtown to the Munstermarkt and it is Saturday, lovely warm day so extremely busy. We sat in a cafe for a drink, away from the maddening crowds but could watch from our seats. Bruce knocked over his drink before getting a sip of it, there was just a sip left. Good thing there were no computers in the way! Lunch was doner kebab where they shave off the meat, we didn’t want too much so just shared one. 

Just added to show some lovely architecture!

Weird thing today, they are running sets of trams instead of singles out our way and we can’t figure out why. Nice day out though, fall colour everywhere and brilliant sunshine. 

Sunday and we’re back downtown but a much less packed city, lots of people travelling seen because we were next to the train station in the theatre district. We ordered a chicken salad from Divan, a Turkish restaurant we have gone to before, ordered it for take away and enjoyed a glass of wine while people and dog watching.

Zwiebelkuchen is Onion Cake, a dish that is served in the Fall in south Germany so I tried a piece from our local bakery. Some versions have ham or bacon in them, mine was plain. I liked the topping but not the crust, to describe it better, it’s basically an onion quiche, doubt it will become a favourite.

We've really enjoyed this fall in Freiburg, weather has been fantastic, warm enough without a coat, even some people are still wearing shorts!

All for now, Cheers, Bev, Bruce and Lexi Cat