Heidelberg Vacation: Day 6

More bad weather. We left the kids with their babysitter during the morning and headed to the mall in Viernheim again as I was in desperate need of some clothes. Being the manly man that I am, the clothes shopping took about 10 minutes (I bought some dress shirts for work). We then had lunch at Al Forno, the place we had eaten with the kids a couple of days earlier. B had carpaccio again, which was excellent. Before we went in, we bought some marinated shrimp at the place next door as an appetizer. This place (next door) has tons of "she-she-poo-poo" appetizers etc. for those rare festive occasions when you feel like impressing your friends.

On the way back from the mall, we decided to buy some DVDs to distract the kids while B headed out for some "me time". I watched "My Girl" with the kids who, as opposed to being scared by the little boy's death, seemed fascinated by it, replaying the funeral scene several times. I'll chalk this unexpected response up to healthy curiosity. I had forgotten how bad this movie is on all levels. If anyone in Hollywood is reading, bad script + past-their-prime actors (however young) + catchy theme song (that has nothing to do with the story) = PURE CRAP (now and forever). The kids, especially Emily, liked it though.

Unfortunately, B spent most of her time stuck in traffic. She did manage to run by Ikea to buy some shoe wracks that ended up not fitting well into my "closet" (it's really an armoire as the closet doesn't seem to have caught on in Germany). They worked perfectly for the kids though.

That night we all went to a Thai restaurant in Schwetzingen, Chiang Mai, owned by the couple that lives in the apartment above ours. It's co-located with a grocery store, Rewe. As we expected, the food was incredible! I had Pad Thai that was off the charts. The kids had simple noodles and B, a slave to her diet, had beef and vegetables. We barely had enough cash on us to pay the bill (they don't take credit cards), but, even if we'd been a bit short, as our neighbor said, he "knows where we live". At the end of the meal he surprised us with deep fried bananas with honey. B and I used to eat these with ice cream at a great sushi restaurant next door to our apartment in Rio. At this point, I'm just hoping my clothes fit when it's time to go back to work.

By the way, this Rewe is a "Super" Rewe. It's much bigger than most grocery stores near us and it stays open until 10. There's a Plus (another super market) across the street so we may start shopping there regularly. We have 4 super markets in walking distance of our apartment but they are all small, with very limited selection.

All in all, I'm convinced we made the right decision to stay here for vacation. It's been relaxing and surprisingly fun.