A Good Day

I can't say that today was very eventful. But it was a good day, nonetheless. We started the day by meeting with a financial advisor on post to start making financial plans for our future...better late than never! We got so much good information. And while at that office, I got some information on a German class that takes place next month. And while it will be great to have a refresher course in German, it will be even better to meet new people, many of whom will also be spouses new to the post.

We spent a big chunk of the day walking to, around, and from downtown Schweinfurt. The top two pictures are of the Schweinfurt Rathaus...the Germans like their fancy town halls! Here's a picture of the Markplatz in front of the town hall...today it was full of flowers for sale!

During Jerry's in-processing time, he was taken on a tour of Schweinfurt which included visiting a church downtown (St. Johannis Kirche) that had been almost completely destroyed, but has since been reconstructed to look as it originally did. Over the centuries, Schweinfurt has recovered from three periods of destruction! The outside of the church carries scars...cannon balls lodged into the clock tower. Here is a picture of the inside of the church with sun coming in through giant windows.

We did do a substantial amount of eating today, beginning with two shared sandwiches at a bakery. Later, after walking around a bit, we shared a bratwurst....we both agreed that we would probably be happy to only eat bratwurst during our entire stay in Germany! With the supergood bread of course!!

Here is a photo of the Rossmarkt, the central area downtown where all buses converge. The bus shelter is a pretty cool construction that I thought was worthy of a photo.

As if we hadn't eaten enough already, we couldn't pass by our favorite Eis Cafe without stopping for ice cream. We shared a cone of my favorite flavor (Hazelnut) and then sat outside with a cappucino (Jerry) and hot chocolate (me). It seems that Germans really value their lounging around at cafes time. People take their time and enjoy their coffee beverages and ice cream creations, along with the shared company. It's really a nice part of German life. Though we suspect we should lay off the excessive ice cream eating!

We returned home and spent the day pretty leisurely....a very good day indeed. We have one day left before Jerry returns to work on Thursday. But then we have a three (or possibly four) day Memorial weekend!

We did get some sad news from Elyssa today. She's torn something in her knee...ouch!! She's going to doctors and will be taking good care of it, but she had been hoping to play softball this summer and now it looks like she won't be able to :( We hope her knee feels better soon and that she gets to get back to doing all of the active things she loves to do.