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| Dinner with Conny and Hitten. |
We are staying in an extremely
good “hotel”, being thoroughly spoilt with great food and good times. Ian has
been taking things a bit quietly but with the weather so nice and warm this
afternoon we all went out for a 20km bike ride on some of the many bike paths
that are in this area. Great having Guide Hitten leading the way, we could just
follow, riding through small towns and passing large areas of cropping. Even
passed a huge goose farm where they are growing them for Christmas, good to see
them outside and quite a number were even in the maize paddock. True free
range.
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| Xmas goose |
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Billboards up for Germany's election, about
the same time as New Zealand. |
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| Power station towering over the small town. |
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Hitten had a busy morning making a "fence" from
the tree that they had just had cut down. |
Yesterday Ian and I drove half an
hour to the motorhome service centre where we had visited at the start of our
trip. They were able to get the correct locks which they fitted along with some
other bits and pieces. Also they took the broken satellite dish down,
discovering a bolt had sheared off. Unfortunately, it would take 2 weeks to get
the replacement bolt fitted by the satellite company – quite a wait there is a
huge motorhome show starting in Dusseldorf this weekend and all the companies
are busy setting up displays for the 10 day long show. So, we have left the dish with the company
and will have it refitted next year when we come back.
Conny has taken me out shopping a
number of times, especially enjoying learning about the different German
foodstuffs that are available and how to cook them. Went to a huge store which
is only open to card holders and supplies many food outlets. The biggest I have
ever been into. Conny and I went to the neighbouring town of Neuss this morning
and had a look around. Popped into the really nice store of the company Rituals
which I think is in a number of other countries around the world. There were
body products and linen, and the service was amazing. We were greeted with a
small cup of cold herbed tea, just so nice and refreshing. Needless to say, a
small bag of product came out with me.
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Pfifferlinge mushrooms, a delicacy that Conny
is going to prepare for dinner tomorrow night. |
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| Rituals store. |
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This Neuss store had a window display
celebrating the weekends festival. |
Had a great afternoon on Sunday
meeting Conny and Hitten’s son Janno and his partner Miriam. We got the bikes
out and everyone had a lot of fun trying them out as they had never ridden a
“Pedolec” as they call them. Lots of hilarity.
Off out to dinner tonight at a
local restaurant, time to give cook Conny a night off!!! Tomorrow we are going
back to Dusseldorf to see the specialist Ian saw last Friday, he is not as good
as he was after the treatment so hoping we can get a few more answers.
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| Janno getting plenty of advice. |
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| Conny and Janno |
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