Saturday, August 17

This was a very slow day!  The first person didn't get out of bed til 9:30.  Friday really tired all of us out.  Finally when everyone came downstairs and we looked at each other like zombies for a while.  Then we decided to have breakfast.  Bill had one of his favorites, banana or apple with almond butter, Janie ate leftover fish from dinner and Linda made one of her clean out the frig scrambled eggs for herself and Dan.  They were 'yummying' all through breakfast.  Everyone read while Janie did some laundry and  played her favorite card game, solitaire. OK, time to move our bodies. Bill, Janie and Linda walked downtown on a mission.  Janie and Linda went to Fusion's to make reservations for dinner to get some of those mussels they had last week. Done, and on to the Albert Hine (a&h) grocery store to pick up some pea soup.  Dan had some in Amsterdam and loved it so much he just has to have more.  Maybe today for lunch we will open the can and see if it is as good as he is hoping. Bill went to Lidl, another grocery store to pick up some paper towels.  We meet at Bill's favorite cafe for espresso.  The Chocolatier Cafe was closed but the served him anyway.  Everything in town closes at 5 o'clock.  It was 5:15 PM or 17:15 hours.  There were still customers eating so they served him not knowing he has 2 honeys coming around the corner to have a drink too.  Linda has decided she likes to drink port and Janie has a glass of the house white wine.  We helped pick up some of the cushions for the cafe since they were so nice to let us stay while they were closing up.  We are the nice Americans. Then we walk back to the house to see how Dan is feeling. Good, he is ready for dinner so we hop into the car and drive a full 5 minutes to Fusions for dinner. 

As arranged, we ate at Fusions - mussels, same as we had last week with Dan and Sue and just as good. The server recognized us and even remembered what we drank. No one left hungry. Good place to eat. If you're ever in Soest, go to Fusions.