The Castners 2007

The Castners 2007

Sunday, October 18, 2009

Germany 2009 -- Day 2 -- October 18th


Today was a nice leisurely day -- we caught up on some much needed sleep, had a late breakfast and headed for the Konigsalee (which I think translates to "shopping, shopping, shopping", or something similar). So . . . in case anyone else didn't know this . . . all of Dusseldorf pretty much closes down on Sunday. So, we did some "window shopping", which was really not as much fun as it might sound, because apparently when we asked the concierge "where would you suggest we go for shopping", she heard "where can we extremely wealthy Americans go to personally support and expand your local economy". Yikes! I didn't see anything there that was even remotely affordable (including a pair of rainbow colored socks for 25 euro). Then you do something crazy like I did and figure in the cost with American dollars (1.5 times the euro) -- Honestly! Who paysnearly $40 for a pair of socks!!!! It's a good thing the stores were closed. I was th--is close to buying those socks. . . . Ok, maybe it was more like th----------------------------------------------------is close.Dave has the first process of the procedure tomorrow around noon, so we may lookaround a bit after that and then we're going to try to hit the Old Downtown on Tuesday. Wish me luck, or maybe wealth. . . . Oh, yeah . . . . and maybe a bit for Dave too. He's actually quite calm this time around, after knowing what to expect, hopefully is goes just as well and simply as last time.

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