Village and Countryside

Today we got to sleep in again and we headed to a nearby village where Jonas had a dentist appointment.  Nancy and I walked around until he was done and then we headed to a cafe for cake.  I had a piece of lemon cake and it was amazing! We also ordered hot chocolate and it was made from real chocolate.  They shred it in shop and make it themselves. It was good but I couldn't drink a lot of it because it was so heavy.

Next, we went to a store that makes its own chocolate.  There were many different kinds of chocolate and they design unique pieces of chocolate.  There were beer bottles made of chocolate, sports scenes, instrument themed chocolate, animals and any other thing you could possibly imagine.

When we got back to the house, his parents joined us.  We took a bike ride for 45 minutes in one direction to a sit down restaurant.  We passed miles of corn fields, some with corn and some already harvested and passed a girl on horseback.  It would have made a wonderful horseback ride.  Traditionally at a German restaurant one would stay at least an hour after the meal to talk and enjoy the other person's company but we wanted to get back before it got too dark.

Culture:

Power lines are generally under ground.

In February there is a celebration called Carnival in which you have a celebration to ward off the winter ghosts.

There are no free refills at restaurants.

Waitreses are paid more here so you tip maybe one or two Euros, if that.