The Early Bistro-Cafe was an interesting place. It was decorated with some cool looking science fiction paintings of some far off planet. Not what you would expect to find in Germany, but we weren't complaining. The important thing was they had a good selection of beer!
I started off with a Denninghoff's Premium. Jerry, Harald, & Jeff had the Budweiser Budvar. Marty had the Gutzweiler's Alt. Joyce had the Denninghoff's Hefehell. Later, Marty tried the Giessener Pilsner as well. For a 2nd and 3rd round, we each tried one of the other beers. I Think my favorite was the Budweiser Budvar. It was typical of the other Pilsners we had in German, but slightly better.
Scott (me) having a Budweiser Budvar
A couple of Harald's friends brought their baby son, Felix, with them. Felix was having a great time. He had a sippy cup with juice. When his father would say "Prost", he would raise his cup and tap it against his father's beer mug. They were teaching him young, indeed!
Prost!
Harald had reservations for dinner at 5:00 (17:00), but it was early, so we just hung out drinking beer. Nobody was complaining! When it was time to go, we paid our bill. Jerry, some more money, please. Thank you! Then we slowly zig zagged through some more of the 'old-town' section. The streets in this section are closed to vehicle traffic. We could have easily spent an entire day exploring the shops in town.
Harald took us to a restaurant called Gaststätte Auflauf, which he said is the German word for casserole (Google translates auflauf as 'accumulating').
We each ordered our own style of casserole. Once again, the food was excellent! The place was decorated with enchanting puppets. Jeff and Marty sat right in front of a wizard, thus creating another photo opp.
The beer was also very interesting. Some was good, some not so good. I started off with an Augustiner Festbier. It was light and smooth. Very good! Jerry, Marty and Harald each had the Marburger Schwartzbier. Jeff had a Krug-Brau. I had the Krug-Brau later and found it to be a dark, carmal, malty beer with no detectable hops. Then Jeff got adventurous and tried a Radler. That was mixture of Schwartzbier and lemonade. I had a sip. Gross!
After that Marty, Jerry/Joyce and Jeff had the Marburger Premium Pils. Jerry also had the Marburger Krausen Pils.
Then Jerry got adventurous. He tried the Berliner Weisse Röt. That was a wheat beer with some red raspberry syrup mixed in. He was quick to give that one to Joyce. Since he had tried the röt (red), he had to try the grün (green). This was the same beer with some kind of green syrup mixed in.
Jerry taking a sip... Jerry choking!
One of our favorites was the Marburger Weizenbier Dunkel. Jerry, Marty and I each had one. My notes have a star next to that one!
Then it was time to leave. We paid the bill. Jerry? Thanks! I should have known that since today was Sunday, there would be no banks open for me to cash a one of those damn traveler's cheques!
Then we walked back to the cars and went back to our respective hosts. Harald drove Jeff and I back to Manuela's house. She didn't go with us today, but was waiting for us when we got to her apartment.
Manuela had a very nice surprise waiting for us when we got in, too. On her kitchen table she had an assortment of beers and some bread! That was so nice of her! The beers included Krombacher, Warsteiner, and Köstrißer. Jeff and I couldn't resist. We each had a beer and some bread as we chatted for a while.
After having a snack, I used Manuela's computer to access the Internet. First I showed Manuela and Philipp some pictures from my personal web site, then I logged on to my e-mail.
There was a message from my wife, Bonnie, waiting for me. In the message, she describes what the kids wanted to say to me. My son complained that I didn't write a long enough note the last time, my oldest daughter said she missed me and my youngest daughter said she pooped in the potty!
My wife gives me the play-by-play of the end of the Eagles game she was watching while writing the e-mail.
The Eagles are now losing 28 to 10 in the 4th with just over 3 minutes left. The game was close until about 7 minutes ago....the Jaguars scored twice in the last 5 minutes......ooops Philadelphia just scored again that makes it 28 to 17 after the extra point. Oh they went for two and didn't get it....there's a flag on the play against Jacksonville....I'll wait to see what happens...Yeah...the Eagles scored two...now its 28 to 18. Ohhhh big run by the Eagles...they're back in Jacksonville's territory...oops they cut to commercial....OK they're back...less than 2 minutes...oh great...Phil is out of time outs...long pass...nobody there...57 sec left...hail mary again...nobody home..Eagles first down inside the 10 but there's only 15 seconds left and they're down by 10. McNabb throws for the end zone...Jacksonville almost intercepts...they try again...Eagles score with 3 seconds left....extra point is good but it's too little too late....if you had to miss a game at least you picked a good one to miss.
Oh well, can't win them all. Time to call it a night.
Next, Buchenwald.
