Today was much slower and time to undertake some administration, emails and diary updates. Not that anyone was rushing outside as the morning temperature was -10.6C which in any language is a little brisk. When we arrived home just after midnight from our Who Commited the Murder dinner the temperature was already down to -9C again. I am adjusting nicely and adding selected items from the outdoor shops to my clothing list.
Andreas helping with the Blog and photos
That's me trying to get dressed with Andreas help!
Not only are Andreas and Brigitte great company and good hosts, Brigitte does my washing and Andreas my ironing to ensure that I am reasonably well presented to go out to dinner. At about 3:00pm we left for Köln (Cologne) for a beer and to wander around the shops before going to the Who Commited the Murder dinner at the Wolkenburg theatre restaurant.
But first coffee at the Italian cafe Galestro which brings a little bit of Italy to Germany and then a nice cold beer or two at the well known bar Gaffel Kölsch to fortify us for further shopping.
As always we seem to end up in the Globetrotter shop (www.globetrotter.de) which provides 4 levels of crazy shopping for the outdoor enthusiast.
Indoor pool for testing small boats and kayaks
Besides the indoor pool there is a cold room with ice blocks where the temperature can be set to any level for testing cold weather clothing and also a shower area where wind and weather conditions can be set to test your wet weather clothing prior to purchase. I was good and bought the last balaclava in the shop at a greatly reduced price as the end of winter sales are on. Temperatures are dropping rapidly as you can see on the news but winter clearance sales are on and I had to stop myself time and again from adding to the local economy.
At 6:30PM we walked to the Wolkenburg theatre restaurant for a fun evening. I must admit that my German was not good enough to understand everything but I did catch the gist of the play and prayed that I would not be called out the front to perform some part. By the way the butler who was murdered was called 'Wally'. That proves that there are Wally's the world over!
Main entrance to the Wolkenburg theatre restaurant
Andreas as one of the Hunters
Heading to the railway station to go home at midnight
And to finish the day we watched some photos from Liesl's wedding and Australia, going to bed at 2:00AM.
Andreas sucking in his stomach as we're all putting on kg's
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