I woke up as soon as Dad came out of his room at 7am. I was happy to see him because I wanted to sleep in his bed. Jona and I moved from the kitchen sofa, and floor, respectively, to Dad and Baerbel’s room. Then we kept sleeping until 10:45am. We were able to sleep in today because Jona, Davin and I decided to stay home and play games, instead of going on another hike.
I finally rolled out of bed because I didn’t want to oversleep and because I knew I had to go buy a loaf of bread from the local store before they ran out. When I got dressed I realized that I didn’t have any shoes because I left them in the car and the car was gone, so I borrowed Jona’s shoes. (It turns out that Baerbel left a pair of my shoes downstairs, but I didn't see them!)
When I got to the store (literally around the corner from the apartment), four or five middle aged men were already outside drinking beer. Inside the store, two old women were waiting around, and the store keeper was nowhere to be found. I noticed that only two loaves of bread were left, so I felt that I couldn’t leave and come back later. So I waited around for 10 minutes. While I was waiting, I noticed one of the men just helped himself to the bottles in the back of the store. Finally, I asked one of the old ladies how long until the storekeeper came back because I wanted to get some idea of how long I could expect to be standing around. I tried German with her because Baerbel said that older people in Slovenia typically speak some German and younger people speak more English. This lady obviously didn’t speak anything but Slovenian, but she motioned the big man inside and I asked him in German. He said 5 minutes, look confused, then threw up his hands and said Many, Many. This really didn’t make things clear for me, so I asked the old woman again, and she explained in Slovenian that the storekeeper had gone to Stara Fuzina and would then be coming back. Or that’s what I inferred from hearing Stara Fuzina and interpreting her hand signals. So I settled in to wait. A few minutes later, the big man came in again and went behind the store counter. The next thing I know he has pulled out a bottle of hard liquor and a shot glass and was helping himself to that as well. That was the best moment of my wait! I was pretty amused by this small town culture! Anyway, he was about to help the old lady who was waiting before me, when he saw the storekeeper coming. I was finally able to buy my bread and return home. In the end, I only had to wait 15 minutes.
Davin and Jona got up when I returned. We sat around talking for a long time. Jona had his usual cornflakes for breakfast. Finally Davin and I also got around to eating. Then Jona jumped onto Dad’s computer. He was on there until 1pm. Davin and I watched Al Jazeera news and then read. At 1pm, I had my turn on the computer for an hour and a half. I spent my time writing an email to Scott, to my brothers’ mutual disgust. Then I finished reading one of my backlogged investment links. Davin started reading one of his BattleTech books. He says it isn’t very good but it seems to be keeping his interest. We were both amused by the subtle references to Toshiro Mifune movies that were in this particular book.
Around lunch time, Jona and I washed all the dishes. Then I had a tuna fish sandwich. Jona made noodles and warmed up the left over spaghetti sauce for him and Davin.
Davin has been miserable about his injury since the beginning, but at least he now has everything done for him. Of course he’d rather be fit, but that’s the one perk of his accident. We have to check the alignment of his brace every hour of two as well. It doesn’t seem to move much though, and the alignment of the bone looks okay from an outside inspection. Much better than when he first injured it. But he is bummed that he needs help putting on his shoes and his shirt. I can see that it would be very unnerving to suddenly find yourself dependent on others to take care of yourself.
After lunch, Jona played a little online poker and black jack. Then, he and I played a game of cribbage. I won! I really like that game. Next, Davin, Jona and I played Scotland Yard. It is similar to Dracula but different. One player is a thief, and the rest are detectives that have to find him. The board is a map of London, and you use different types of public transportation to chase the thief around the city. Dad and Baerbel came home when we started Scotland Yard. When we finished (Jona and I won by finding Davin) we all went out to eat.
Baerbel, Jona, Davin, and I walked to the local restaurant. Dad met us there with the car. I had delicious Palettschinken with raspberries and tea for dinner! Davin had Veseli Bohinjc for dinner. It was pork filled with cheese covered in gravy and baked potatoes. I tried it and thought it was pretty good. (See photo above)
After dinner, Jona and I headed back to the car and I practiced juggling. I’m getting better. Back at the apartment we worked on packing, and I wrote the updates for today and yesterday. Meanwhile, Dad, Jona, and Davin watched the opening German League soccer game featuring Dad and Jona’s favorite team FC Bayern Muenchen. They won 2:1 with a goal in the first minute of two minutes of extra time. Now it’s time for bed at 10:30pm, we have an early day tomorrow!
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