Today was a day of more practice and organ registration for Mary Joy, while I spent the morning reading. Around one o'clock our good friend Marika arrived in town from Berlin, after an overnight train ride and picking up a car in nearby Geisingen. Marika visited us last year in Minnesota and went with us on our trip to Utah, Arizona and California.
Mary Joy, Marika and I had a good lunch--local Schwäbische (Swabian) cuisine--at the Engel restaurant just off the main square, then Mary Joy went back to her practice. After a rest, Marika and I went for a walk along the Danube, then had cappuccinos at a bakery by the square. Then, at 6:10, we got the car, picked up Mary Joy and went to the nearby town of Stetten, to have dinner with Bernard and his daughters.
Mary Joy and Bernard went back to church to finish deciding registrations, Marika went back to her hotel, and here I am, blogging.
But the big news of the day here in Tuttlingen is the World Cup match between Germany and Serbia. Surprisingly, the Serbs won, 1-0. Tuttlingen has major populations of Italians, Croats and, apparently, Serbs. The last group went wild, and rather than showing pity on their poor hosts, drove around town honking their horns and waving Serbian flags, for more than an hour.
Wishing Mary Joy success in her concert tomorrow.
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