Dull day

When we left for Lidl and Aldi’s this morning it was cloudy in patches but getting duller as the day went on. We went to the Posh Lidl at Bad Elm’s dated at 1903 and nothing like their usual buildings. We had ice cream outside as there is no freezer at the apartment. At this rate I will be overtaking you again Jim. Then it was off to Aldi around the corner. We are basically looking for wine to take home. A 3 liter box of chardonnay that Clare likes at home is £13.99 since the budget, whereas the same box is 5.99 Euros here. A huge saving so worth buying, trouble is finding them; we only have 2 boxes so far and have scoured the Rhine valley time and again. We now have about 14 boxes of Cabinet Sauvignon that I like luckily as there is no shortage of those.

It was then back to the ferry for Boppard but this time we left the car this side to save some money. By this time it was getting quite cool and a few raindrops were felt so we decided to move inside into the restaurant for lunch today. Even this family of ducks looked cold. We had a walk around Boppard visiting all the bakeries and saw a huge gang of bikers on their choppers but by the time I had my camera out I could only catch the last one. Mum and Dad got excited; probably thinking about their old Triumph’s and BSA’s from the 50’s.

It was raining proper when we returned on the ferry so we sat inside for the first time. Maybe it will brighten up tomorrow? I read that Germany got its name from the Romans who called this whole area, “Germania” that also includes Poland, Austria and the Czech Republic. Everyone is preparing for the big match tonight; come on Germania!