Jet lag is not my friend this trip. I got out of bed at 5:30 am. There are no curtains or blinds on any of the windows, so the morning light is pervasive and not easy to ignore. I came downstairs and scrolled through different websites until the others got up around 7:30 am. Mom’s first thought to me after a morning greeting was to see if I could Google where the 1966 VW Bugs were made. After looking at several sites and blogs and articles, I am 99% sure they were only made in Germany. She will confirm with the paperwork she has when she gets home. Then it’ll be up to Anja to arrange to get the car from Pasadena to Wermelskirchen.
Breakfast was Bröetchen, wurst, cheese, tomato, cucumber, jam and jelly, coffee and lattes and a soft boiled egg. Yummy!
The plan today was for me to go for a ride in Herbert’s Karman Ghia today and go to an Old Timers gathering with folks and their classic cars. However, the light rain has put the kibosh on those plans. Perhaps later, Herbert says. I am starting to fade, so I took a nap.
When I awoke I didn't immediately find anyone home and not finding Naila either I surmised that they were out walking her. But with an Achilles heel injury I knew Herbert would not be with them. I went to the bathroom and saw the office door was ajar. I knocked and indeed he was inside. Shortly after, Mom, Anja & Naila returned.
We all gathered around the table for more Küchen (cake) and coffee for them and water for me. Anja began preparing the evening meal and said she would be making “folded bread”, and she started by making an herb garlic compound butter. I watched intently and took pictures of each step so I can recreate it at home. She has an appliance called a Thermomix that is wundershün (voon-der-shun)! It’s a blender plus rice cooker, plus it can cook meat and veggies and she also uses it to prepare homemade yogurt. Tonight she used the heating element to start the dough for the bread because her brick of yeast was frozen. I looked this machine up on Amazon to get a base price for the US. $1,000 is better than the $1,400 she says the new version costs here that she wants, but it’s still expensive.
Herbert grilled the marinated turkey breast fillets and marinated baby back ribs we bought at the meat market yesterday AM and we finished the leftover “auf lauf”, the pasta & veggie casserole Anja made for dinner on Fri. as well as the remaining carrot salad and a green salad along with the folded bread. It was an abundant meal!
More discussion around the VW and it seems like they talked about it themselves and it seems now they are telling her to go ahead it and sell it and keep the money for herself. My opinion is the fact that it’s not a family car, that she’s only had it 15-20 years and possibly the expense to bring it from the US may deter them from seeing this endeavor though. We shall see. Once Mom gets definitive information on where it was built and what it’s value is may be determining factors.
Anja, Mom and I took Naila for her final short walk to pee before bed.
Mom and went to bed early so we could pack and prepare to leave tomorrow for Berlin.
My journey today was one of rest, final time with framily, and preparation for the next chapter of our trip.
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