28 JUN - Lazy Day 2 (Day 21)
This is my typical vacation. Lying around, reading a good book and listening to music. I did get some things accomplished today though. As I promised, I was awake at 06:30 this morning and prepping for the oil change ordeal. I only got 5 hours of sleep since I had to finish The DaVinci Code last night. I told you that I would finish. The movie was VERY true to the book. I saw very few differences. I could almost watch the movie again in my mind as I read the book.
Anyway, I was at the gas station at 7:30. The mechancic said that he couldn't change the oil today. He may have said not at all; I didn't quite understand everything that he said. I did understand that there was another garage just down the road so I headed that way. Of course, they weren't open yet. I grabbed some breakfast at McD's since it was right there and headed back to the apartment.
On the way, I found some parking near one of the hair salons so I decided to get the ol' mohawk shaved off. I really like the 'hawk but it was getting long and I need to start growing my hair again. The lady in the shop didn't believe me at first when I said I wanted my head shaved. This seems to happen quite often. The barber thinks it's a shame to cut my hair. I assured her though that it would grow back. It's always done so before.
After my haircut, I took a nap and I slept like a log. Contextually, I know what that means but I've never understood the references. Do logs sleep? Are they alive? I would think that they are dead trees. Whatever it means, I slept very well.
Rocco was able to find a laundromat where he could wash his own shirts while I was sleeping. He is very picky about who washes shirts. I can understand that he doesn't like to have them dried but I don't understand about the washing. Maybe he as some special Rocco powder that he uses. I think it makes him taller or more attractive to women and probably a little of both. He gets winked at quite often here.
Once Rocco returned from his laundry foray, I took the SUV to the other garage. The mechanic wasn't in today but his wife was very helpful even though she said he wouldn't have the right filter. She knew there was a Nissan dealership in town and she called to make sure they could change the oil today. I was very glad that she did that. The dealership was able to change the oil for me for which I was extremely glad. We have driving around 5000 miles on a new engine and I'm sure the engine really needs the new oil.
I usually avoid dealerships if possible. This was a case in point. It cost about $130 to get the oil changed. I expected it to be more expensive even if I wasn't at a dealership. Owning and operating a car in Germany is an expensive enterprise.
For dinner, Rocco and I found this nice Chinese restaurant on the north side of town. The Chinese waitress didn't speak German very well which was bad since my Chinese is even worse. We were able to communicate our orders though. She understood German numbers VERY well. I really appreciated Rocco eating Chinese with me. He doesn't really like Chinese food. Our waitress couldn't understand why he was picking out the bean sprouts or why no ALL of the vegetables had been eaten. I'll make it up to him tomorrow night. He wants to go the German restaurant downtown again tomorrow night.
After dinner, we spent about 3 hours driving around the country side. I took a picture of this beautiful field with purple flowers. Hope you enjoy it. Rocco also took a picture of me with my dancing clothes on and my new haircut.
Rocco was very intent on visiting one of the three castles in the area. We attempted to drive up to all three. The first two could only be visited by climbing the large hills on which they sit. The third one you could drive right up to but it was almost 11PM and I didn't feel like scrambling around a castle and then driving back down a very tight and twisty road at night. Maybe tomorrow.
Calm and relaxed,
Knuckles
Anyway, I was at the gas station at 7:30. The mechancic said that he couldn't change the oil today. He may have said not at all; I didn't quite understand everything that he said. I did understand that there was another garage just down the road so I headed that way. Of course, they weren't open yet. I grabbed some breakfast at McD's since it was right there and headed back to the apartment.
On the way, I found some parking near one of the hair salons so I decided to get the ol' mohawk shaved off. I really like the 'hawk but it was getting long and I need to start growing my hair again. The lady in the shop didn't believe me at first when I said I wanted my head shaved. This seems to happen quite often. The barber thinks it's a shame to cut my hair. I assured her though that it would grow back. It's always done so before.
After my haircut, I took a nap and I slept like a log. Contextually, I know what that means but I've never understood the references. Do logs sleep? Are they alive? I would think that they are dead trees. Whatever it means, I slept very well.
Rocco was able to find a laundromat where he could wash his own shirts while I was sleeping. He is very picky about who washes shirts. I can understand that he doesn't like to have them dried but I don't understand about the washing. Maybe he as some special Rocco powder that he uses. I think it makes him taller or more attractive to women and probably a little of both. He gets winked at quite often here.
Once Rocco returned from his laundry foray, I took the SUV to the other garage. The mechanic wasn't in today but his wife was very helpful even though she said he wouldn't have the right filter. She knew there was a Nissan dealership in town and she called to make sure they could change the oil today. I was very glad that she did that. The dealership was able to change the oil for me for which I was extremely glad. We have driving around 5000 miles on a new engine and I'm sure the engine really needs the new oil.
I usually avoid dealerships if possible. This was a case in point. It cost about $130 to get the oil changed. I expected it to be more expensive even if I wasn't at a dealership. Owning and operating a car in Germany is an expensive enterprise.
For dinner, Rocco and I found this nice Chinese restaurant on the north side of town. The Chinese waitress didn't speak German very well which was bad since my Chinese is even worse. We were able to communicate our orders though. She understood German numbers VERY well. I really appreciated Rocco eating Chinese with me. He doesn't really like Chinese food. Our waitress couldn't understand why he was picking out the bean sprouts or why no ALL of the vegetables had been eaten. I'll make it up to him tomorrow night. He wants to go the German restaurant downtown again tomorrow night.
After dinner, we spent about 3 hours driving around the country side. I took a picture of this beautiful field with purple flowers. Hope you enjoy it. Rocco also took a picture of me with my dancing clothes on and my new haircut.
Rocco was very intent on visiting one of the three castles in the area. We attempted to drive up to all three. The first two could only be visited by climbing the large hills on which they sit. The third one you could drive right up to but it was almost 11PM and I didn't feel like scrambling around a castle and then driving back down a very tight and twisty road at night. Maybe tomorrow.
Calm and relaxed,
Knuckles
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