Saturday, 17 June. Offenburg

Not much news today as I have been very lazy and the weather is hot. I had a lovely call from Lott this morning, checking that I am getting on OK in Germany. That was so kind of her.

I went to the supermarket and bakery this morning and made myself a tomato sandwich for lunch. A tomato sandwich is one of life’s simple pleasures.

Had a bit of a read and then went for a little walk in the town. The photos are the Lion Fountain, the Pharmacy and the town hall (Rathaus). There are two strange bronze sculpted characters that spin around and I have no idea what they are supposed to be. A child was spinning on one so I didn’t photograph it. Might do so another day.

I did a bit of window shopping and checked out the department store, the name of which I’ve forgotten. Then I had my afternoon ice cream treat at the Eis cafe. This has become a very bad habit but I’m only here for a couple of weeks so what the heck!

When I got home a woman was doing some cleaning and watering in the courtyard/garden and we had a little conversation. She comes from Colombia I think and we talked about learning German and how difficult the grammar is. Her native language is Spanish. I laughed when she told me that she thinks English is a romantic language.

Tonight I plan to cook a proper, sort of, German meal - a Bratwurstschnecke ( bratwurst snail) and some rotkohl. I’ve also got a zucchini. Today at the supermarket I learned how to put a price sticker on my fruit and veg before I take it to the cashier. I got some funny looks last time when the cashier had to weigh it all.

The six o’clock bells are ringing again. This afternoon around 4 there was some bell ringing which sounded very happy and I decided it must be a Saturday afternoon wedding. 

And that’s my day in Offenburg.