Dave’s Blog

We got up and around and then Kevin and I walked to the markets. We bought fruit, meat, milk, staples and some household supplies. That was 5 stores. There is the meat market, the green grocer, the wine store and Penny Market and others that are a kind of supermarket.

I had a couple of good pastries in Koln and wanted to get them here. We tried every bakery that we saw and did not find them. They all had the same kinds of things. They all looked good.

We walked home and put things away and then went to the Methodist Church near here. They serve a meal on Thursdays for anyone who wants to come. It costs 1 1/2 euros for the meal and you get a cupon to get a bag of vegatables, fruit and bread. It is for all, not just the poor. They want people to intermingle. It was an assortment of people.

The two men that sat across from us were older and friends that met there every Thursday. One of the men ate half his meat and put the other half in his bag for later. We had potatoes, a big slice of pork loin roast, red cabbage and au jus. We also had a bowl of fresh fruit and a glass of apple juice. What a bargain for about $2.50. We did not take the cupon for the food stuff.

Later we took the train one station away to get some parmasian cheese. You can go to the cheese store or to the big expensive supermarket downtown. We went downtown. Very fancy. This is in the multi leval building that was just finished that has a tunnel of glass going through the building in a swilr. It is really impressive.

I looked at all the kinds of fish, cheeses, meats, probably 30 kinds of mustard and lots of fancy candies. We just got cheese and then went back to the train station. In the station was a bakery that I bought some pastries for breakfast and one to eat now. Not too sweet but very good. Took the train home and I took my nap. Naps are so good.

I spent my free time reading a very good book. Jesus Today: A Spirituality of Radical Freedom by Albert Nolan really makes me think. He is looking at things in ways that I never thought of from Quantum Physics to Philosophy. I love it so far. It is shaking some of my prexisting concepts.

Had spagetti and garlic bread for supper and Carol made a good apple crisp with lots of topping. Kevin and I had ice cream with ours. What a hard life I lead. I need to finish packing so I can catch an early train to Stuttgart tomorrow.

Dave