After a good night's sleep we were up at 7. Dana babysat the
neighbor girl for an hour. Then Dana took us on a little trip to Amberg.
(Awe-m-burg). The old city walls that once surrounded the city are
still there. Inside there they still have the buildings and churches and
cobblestone roads. They have made it into an outdoor mall with lots of
little shops. We went inside two churches. The Basilica St. Martin and
the Cathedral St. George. They were very beautiful and ornate. I loved
the stain glass windows. After that Dana indulged me and I bought some
fabric at a cute little shop we passed. We played at a cute playground
then headed home. We met up with Dan, went to the grocery store, watched
some Studio C clips, put the kids to bed, and had a traditional German
dinner.
A note on a ‘Traditional German’ dinner. It was like a bunch of
different meats and cheeses on bread. So, there you are, with a couple
different types of bread, a few cheeses, and few meats, along with
butter and mustard, and you pretty much just talk to each other while
eating whatever suits your fancy. Dan pointed out that if a family
member doesn’t like one item, then they just don’t eat it. No arguments
about ‘Your mother slaved over the stove and that is all there is to eat
so you better eat it or else you can just go to bed.’ Tonights fair
included Sültze (weird stuff, hard to describe, look it
up), Alaska-Seelachs Brotaufstrich (Alaskan Salmon spread), Fleischsalat
(Meat Salad, has belogna, pickles and eggs), Rotwurst (also known as
blood sausage. Not as bad as you would think), Mettwurst (smoked and
cured pork burger), Gruyere, bayrische Blaukäse (Bavarian blue cheese),
Camembert (really stinky cheese, but still tastes pretty good),
Hartzerrolle (a cheese native to where Dana grew up, very good), along
with a boring smoked swiss. It is a very filling meal. We sampled a few
German sodas also (Almdudler, Lemon Bitter, Cola-Orange). All in all
very good. Then we watched Big Hero 6.
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