Wieden

Tobias was invited to dinner at Anna’s as well on Monday so we all drove down in Tobias’ car. Since it was such a sunny day we decided to venture to a nature park. This one was like a petting zoo with pathways leading you around the lake. It was nice but it wasn’t before too long we all started to get cold and continued our journey to Wieden. When we arrived we learned that Anna’s grandfather was not doing well and needed to be taken to the hospital later that night. Anna wanted to show Tobias around Wieden (it was his first visit), so we made the hike up the volcanic mountain to the church on top. This is my 4th time being here and I once again managed to forget the camera. Julie kindly reminded me before we arrived in the parking lot for the restaurant at the base of the mountain. We drove downtown afterwards and took a stroll though a park and the downtown before heading back to Anna’s grandparent’s house. The dinner was one we have had here before and it was still good, Julie managed to learn a few of the ingredients for parts of it too. This time it was followed by desert, a mole cake, and it was good too. Tobias needed to be on his way after dinner was over so the rest of us went downstairs and watched 1408.
The following day was slow and lazy for Julie and I. Quite the opposite for Anna’s family though. They were in and out of the hospital most of the day as Anna’s aunt and grandfather were going in for surgery. Later that night we booked our hostel for Prague and I tried to show them Canadian Bacon but the sound wasn’t in time with the picture. So we watched Billy Madison instead (Anna and Michael’s first time watching it).
Determined not to spend another day inside we took Anna’s offer of a drive into Wieden’s centre while she went back to Regensburg for an appointment. Julie and I ventured into a few bookstores and some stores that we couldn’t label (they sold kitchen stuff, wine, candles, patio furniture, greeting cards, “funny” mugs and some other stuff that didn’t quite fit). The bookstores provided us with no new books as they seem to have purchased the same ones as other bookstores. It wasn’t before long that Julie and I ventured to a coffee shop for something to drink, warm up and just sit and talk. We decided not to take the bus back to Anna’s place, but to walk back instead. We stopped by a grocery store along the way. We picked up some snacks and some flowers for Anna’s grandmother. Later, we had tea/coffee and cake with Anna’s grandmother, all of us doing our best to hold up a conversation. I think with not much being said, we all did very well. We originally purchased the snacks because we weren’t going to Anna’s Uncle’s birthday party that night. However, when Anna came back home from her appointment she had said that 3 people weren’t going to show up so there was room for us to join the party. We had barely taken our jackets off when shooters were placed in front of us along with our beers (Julie was drinking wine). It was a great night and we all had a lot of fun and managed to get pretty drunk. This was probably not the best idea though, since we were taking the train to Prague the following morning.