Sunday, November 02, 2008 – Today I started the day after a 13-14 hour nap. After having a few nights without good sleep, this felt good. We took the foot path into town to find breakfast. We ordered a breakfast for two that included bread rolls with meats, cheese, jam, etc…the breakfast we have become accustomed to J.
After breakfast, we needed to find a place to buy feminine hygiene products, which was a challenge given that almost all places were closed except restaurants. I stopped and asked “Wo kann man ein Apotheke finden?” to ask where we can find a pharmacy. The older woman and her mother seemed to hesitate, so I went on to clarify saying “drogen”, which translates to “drugs”. The woman said I should not ask for that, since those are bad drugs only…apparently her English was better than my German. Now I know to use the word medicine…unless I want the good stuff J. At the train station I attempted to ask for paper for women and after some gesturing she recommended what I understood to be the gas station. Mission accomplished.
Once prepared, we went for a hike up Staufen mountain on the “am den Staufen” trail. It was a nice hike with some great views from the trail. We talked to a mountain biker (or attempted to) and he said that there are good trails in the area. Tomorrow the bike store will be open and we can ask about renting a bike. Since this is a holiday week, the bike store is only open on Monday and Thursday, so I am not sure if we would need to rent for several days or not.
After the hike we went back into town and stopped at an “eiscafe”, which serves fancy looking ice cream desserts. We had a “Spaghetti Eis” that looks like spaghetti (go figure) and a Nutella Becher, which had chocolate Nutella with peanut and vanilla ice cream. Very good with my cappacino. We then hiked back down the foot path to the Mondi-hotel and labeled some photos and relaxed a bit. Eventually we went to the Italian restaurant on the hotel campus. I had a salmon and spinach lasagna that was excellent. I am a bit too full, but hopefully I will get another good nights sleep. I think today was a good mix of catching up on sleep and also getting some exercise.
Oh, we also checked on internet usage…we must pay $8 Euro for an hour, so I will likely not post this until we leave. Either way, at some point I will post this.
After breakfast, we needed to find a place to buy feminine hygiene products, which was a challenge given that almost all places were closed except restaurants. I stopped and asked “Wo kann man ein Apotheke finden?” to ask where we can find a pharmacy. The older woman and her mother seemed to hesitate, so I went on to clarify saying “drogen”, which translates to “drugs”. The woman said I should not ask for that, since those are bad drugs only…apparently her English was better than my German. Now I know to use the word medicine…unless I want the good stuff J. At the train station I attempted to ask for paper for women and after some gesturing she recommended what I understood to be the gas station. Mission accomplished.
Once prepared, we went for a hike up Staufen mountain on the “am den Staufen” trail. It was a nice hike with some great views from the trail. We talked to a mountain biker (or attempted to) and he said that there are good trails in the area. Tomorrow the bike store will be open and we can ask about renting a bike. Since this is a holiday week, the bike store is only open on Monday and Thursday, so I am not sure if we would need to rent for several days or not.
After the hike we went back into town and stopped at an “eiscafe”, which serves fancy looking ice cream desserts. We had a “Spaghetti Eis” that looks like spaghetti (go figure) and a Nutella Becher, which had chocolate Nutella with peanut and vanilla ice cream. Very good with my cappacino. We then hiked back down the foot path to the Mondi-hotel and labeled some photos and relaxed a bit. Eventually we went to the Italian restaurant on the hotel campus. I had a salmon and spinach lasagna that was excellent. I am a bit too full, but hopefully I will get another good nights sleep. I think today was a good mix of catching up on sleep and also getting some exercise.
Oh, we also checked on internet usage…we must pay $8 Euro for an hour, so I will likely not post this until we leave. Either way, at some point I will post this.
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