Friday, October 31, 2008 – Today Papa Franz, Katie, and I walked to the store (bakery and meat market) and bought fresh bread and meat for breakfast. It was another feast for a king…bread, cheese, meats, Nutella, jams, coffee, tea, and juice. I don’t think I could have asked for anything more.

After breakfast, Papa Franz, Franzi, Katie, and I went to Altötting and saw the “black mary”, which is a famous statue of the virgin Mary in a church in the town, which as many churches all around the square. People claim that the virgin Mary helped them be healed and produced miracles. We also met Frani’s girlfriend Angelica (Geli?) and then all returned to the Kopfelsberger’s house.

Susanna and Michael joined us, and eventually we went to a hockey game without the parents. We went to a town just outside of Munich. We had dinner at the rink and then watched the game. Michael’s team got their butts kicked, but it was fun to watch regardless. On the walk home, the boys stayed behind and eventually snuck back ahead of the girls to jump out and scare them…it was only proper given that it was Halloween.

Tonight we are staying in a hotel with three rooms and 6 beds for all of us. I had several liters of beer, so I think it is time to go to bed. Bis morgan…