Rainy Day

Friday was rainy as hell, and a national holiday so not a lot going on.  We helped Kelly and Mirinda pack, as they were heading back early and did some housekeeping chores.  Rod, Nancee and Malcolm went out to explore a few castles in the rain while we did some final catching up with Kelly and Mirinda.

Little did we suspect that everydamnthing would be closed due to the holiday.  Grocery stores, wine shops, the works.  Dinner started to look a bit grim as we scrambled to get something organized.

Around 1:30p, Nita and I ran down to the train station to pick up Skip and Karen for a quick visit before they went off to their rental in the old part of town.

Got a hold of the folks and they volunteered to grab wine and dessert.  Tried to warn them, but they thought they could find something.

Kelly and Mirinda left on the train for Strasbourg about 6p, headed for Strasbourg and their last night in a hotel before heading home.  We will miss them terribly, they are splendid travelers!

7:30 rolled around and we started in on dinner.  We have the makings for a cheese souffle, salad and a light dessert of cookies.  Wine.  We had wine.  Somehow my parents found the only open gas station between here and Strasbourg and bought 9 bottles of surprisingly good wine for about $50.  No kidding, gas station wine is better than much of what we pay a ton o bucks for at a wine store in the US.

The souffle came out tremendous, loaded with tons of Emmental and Comte' cheeses.  Gotta admit, I was shocked it turned out well at all!

Much wine was consumed, the food and fellowship were superb.

A good yet rainy day!