Two Beers and a Pretzel

After work on Friday we got in Ingrid’s car and drove 6 hours to Hanau, Germany - the fabled home of the Brother’s Grimm.

With a few traffic delays, we arrived at Erinn & Chris’s house just after 11 PM, caught up with Erinn, got to see baby Annika, and went to bed.  On Saturday morning Ingrid and I went for a walk around town before getting back for lunch.  Later in the day we dragged Erinn out to the Christmas Market.

That night Erinn & Chris were exhausted from baby duty, so Ingrid and I hit the town without them, had some interresting conversation, then got back at 2 AM and found both of them awake, so we all stayed up until 4 AM talking.

The next day we hung out until after lunch.  Then Ingrid was anxious to get back home to rest up for her motorcycle riding exam on Monday.  I’m kinda bummed that we missed visiting my friend Kirsten in Cologne, Germany, but Ingrid made up for it by proving that she can cook a pretty tasty curry rice with chicken – so I suppose I’ll have to whip up some Thai food in the near future.

I think I’ll head into Amsterdam tomorrow since all the museums everywhere else in Europe are closed on Mondays…  Then Tuesday it’s off to Belgium for 2 days to hang out with one of my surfing buddies, Arnaud.