We keep telling ourselves that spring is finally here! I think if we say it enough it will be...
On Saturday, we went to the annual chocolate festival in a nearby ancient medieval town. We were taking some visitors from Canada so were hoping for nice weather. We woke to another day of rain and fog and promptly cancelled our plans. An hour later the rain had stopped and there was actually blue sky peeking out from among the clouds...so we decided to go and hope for the best.
It was a good decision. The rain held off except for a few sprinkles and the sun actually blessed us with its presence several times during the day. Now, imagine yourself surrounded by all kinds of chocolate from all over the world...chocolate to eat, chocolate to drink, chocolate to bath in...and, oh, the aroma of all that chocolate! Mike will try to post some pictures of the festival. The festival goes on for two weeks so when we got home we decided we had not quite gotten our fill of the chocolate experience and so plan to get to the festival again one day this week after school.
Sunday was an even sunnier day so after church we decided to open up our house and let the winter mustiness out and the sunshine and fresh air in. This, of course, involved some cleaning and scrubbing...but now we feel ready for spring for real! After the cleaning was done, we decided the next thing was to start our spring training regimen and get some exercise. All four of us walked up the steep hill to the park above our house. The girls ran around on the exercise trail while Mike and I trekked along at a bit slower pace. We kept telling ourselves we didn't want to overdo it...it was great to be outside in the fresh air and sunshine. The road up to the park is so steep it is difficult to walk down, let alone up. Hard on old(er) knees.
We topped the weekend off by taking our new friends from Canada to "Steak on a Rock". They serve you a tender piece of raw steak that you cook yourself on a steaming hot rock. We like to take all visitors to this place so come on over...the steak dinner will be our treat!
On Saturday, we went to the annual chocolate festival in a nearby ancient medieval town. We were taking some visitors from Canada so were hoping for nice weather. We woke to another day of rain and fog and promptly cancelled our plans. An hour later the rain had stopped and there was actually blue sky peeking out from among the clouds...so we decided to go and hope for the best.
It was a good decision. The rain held off except for a few sprinkles and the sun actually blessed us with its presence several times during the day. Now, imagine yourself surrounded by all kinds of chocolate from all over the world...chocolate to eat, chocolate to drink, chocolate to bath in...and, oh, the aroma of all that chocolate! Mike will try to post some pictures of the festival. The festival goes on for two weeks so when we got home we decided we had not quite gotten our fill of the chocolate experience and so plan to get to the festival again one day this week after school.
Sunday was an even sunnier day so after church we decided to open up our house and let the winter mustiness out and the sunshine and fresh air in. This, of course, involved some cleaning and scrubbing...but now we feel ready for spring for real! After the cleaning was done, we decided the next thing was to start our spring training regimen and get some exercise. All four of us walked up the steep hill to the park above our house. The girls ran around on the exercise trail while Mike and I trekked along at a bit slower pace. We kept telling ourselves we didn't want to overdo it...it was great to be outside in the fresh air and sunshine. The road up to the park is so steep it is difficult to walk down, let alone up. Hard on old(er) knees.
We topped the weekend off by taking our new friends from Canada to "Steak on a Rock". They serve you a tender piece of raw steak that you cook yourself on a steaming hot rock. We like to take all visitors to this place so come on over...the steak dinner will be our treat!
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