Saturday, July 27

Today was a rest day. I think we  were all tired for various reasons. By 12:00 we were ready to venture downtown (i.e., Soest). Linda wanted to see if she could get new contacts for her eyes, because the batch she left home with turned out to be the wrong prescription. After talking to 2 different stores, the guy at Pearle Vision ordered her a couple at no charge. You can't beat that. We all stopped at the chocolate and coffee shop and had coffee and two apple pies (a very traditional dish). Liesbeth happened by while we were eating. We invited her and Peter over for a glass of wine later after dinner. They are leaving for their annual 3 week trip to Germany tomorrow and we wanted to see them one more time.

We walk back to the  house and have a drink. Then we walk back to town and eat dinner at Fusions. They had mussels as their special for the night and we all decided to have that along with a bottle of wine. They were excellent. The waiter brought one huge pot of them. And, then when we had finished , another pot the same size arrived. No one left hungry.

About 8:30, Peter and Liesbeth arrived and we sat outside and drank several different wines: a dry white, a red, and Pressco. We had a good time just talking about stuff. They are such a nice couple. After a couple of hours, they needed to leave to finish packing for leaving tomorrow and we say goodbye.

A couple more hours of talking, laughing, and telling family stories and we hit the bed. A nice leisurely day.