Her flight was right on time and since we're getting pretty good at estimating the time it takes to come through customs, we didn't need to wait more than 20 minutes for her to emerge.
Linda stood her up in front of the main terminal to get her welcome pose.
We took her home and put her to bed. She slept for 5 hours. Once she got up she seemed to be in pretty good shape.
While we waited for Joy to arrive and Diane to wake up, I drove downtown to buy some groceries and then drove on to Muidenberg to return Linda's rented saxophone. All done without the Garmin. More and more, we are divorcing ourselves of that crutch and driving around "naked". So far, so good. The nice thing is that if we need it, we can pull it out and tell it to take us "home".
Shortly before Joy arrived, Diane awoke and the drinking and the Internet surfing began. I guess its a sign of the times but when people come to visit, within the first hour they want to know how to connect to the network.
Joy pulled up at 5:30 and was ready for a glass of wine. Her drive up from Metz, France, (where she spent the night) took longer than she expected. She spent some time "touring" Belgium. But, she was coherent and we all started to "catch up", even me.
Dinner was one of our staples from van Ash (the butcher): chicken breasts wrapped in bacon with a nice sauce on it, a salad, broccoli, and leftover rice. And, of course, processco and red wine. Both women brought me bottles of vodka - so we're good.
Joy and Diane getting ready to eat.
After dinner, the women walked over to the windmill through the corn field and then circled around on the main street to return.
On the way over to the cornfield there is a tunnel that takes you under a main road. They found these "artists" working and were allowed to take a picture.
On the way back, they found this other art work of a Shepard and his sheep.
We showed them some of the TV shows that are available here and then it was time for bed.
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