Saturday, Feb. 10, was a day where we didn't do too much. After our big cold day in Trier the previous day, no one wanted to go anywhere or do anything! By this time, Bob's back/leg was really hurting him, and he could barely walk. He had been having some back problems for a little while, but they were really exacerbated by all the walking we did in Germany. He hoped a day of rest would be helpful, although it ended up not really helping. But I needed to do laundry, and we needed to go back to the store to stock up! Siri had told us that pretty much all stores are closed Sunday always, and most stores, like the grocery store, would also be closed Monday and Tuesday because they were holidays--the 2 days before Lent started! Brian said that Germans aren't all that religious, but they like to celebrate the fun parts, lol. But that meant we needed to get enough cereal, (tiny) cartons of milk, yogurt, lunch meat, cheese, and bread to sustain us until we hopefully we got a flight back on Tuesday!
We did need to get the kids out of the house though, so we went on a walk around the C's neighborhood in the afternoon. We were hoping to go to the nearby park Siri had told us about, but alas, it was locked up for some reason. Ah well, it was still good to get out of the house, and we had a nice walk.
This is a church a few streets up from the C's house. There is also a church below them, and so they can hear the bells from both churches when they toll! I really liked hearing the church bells throughout the day. It's kind of an audio reminder that the day is passing, and I think they sound pretty.
This is the C's house. It is surprisingly big as far as German houses go! There are 2 main stories (with 4 bedrooms on the second story, and 2 full bathrooms), plus a beautiful, light-filled attic with a big room and a small room, where we stayed. There is also a big basement with 3 more rooms that could be bedrooms, a large laundry room, and a bathroom with a shower. It was very nice!
The stairs are really compact, space-saving spiral staircases, which I liked a lot because they just don't take up too much room. Drew, struggled with them, though. He fell down them, not once, not twice, but 3 times before he got the hang of them! It turns out he was letting go of the rail at the same time as he would move his feet, and that just wasn't working for him, poor guy. His back was so bruised!
*Artsy picture looking up the spiral because I just thought it was so cool!*
Some things that jumped into our cart at the grocery store were these Milka chocolate bars, which were on sale, as well as these "Toffifee" things that Anna had been dying to try out. Verdict was, they were all delicious! We got several options of chocolate bars. The ones that were "triple" caramel and "triple" chocolate were really neat--each row had 3 different sections, one with a solid crunchy caramel or chocolate part, one with more of a nougat thing, and the last with a more liquid-y filling of either caramel or chocolate. Yum!!
Even though we got some flavors that weren't specifically nutty, Caleb didn't end up ever eating anything chocolate because we just weren't sure. We made sure he had gummy stuff to make up for the lack. It was definitely hard, since we couldn't accurately read labels, and no one wanted him to take any chances! Plus, he doesn't love chocolate, so it was not such a huge loss.
A day of relaxing, which ends up eating yummy chocolate, is a good day in my book!
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