Today Dianne & I went to Achaffenburg. We went to the Waechtersback (Vectersbock) factory and I spent 244 marks after getting only 8 feet in the door. I bought a tableware set for 6. It's a dusty blue and the set includes: 6 plates, 6 smaller plates, 6 saucers, 6 cups, creamer, sugar bowl, 6 bowls, a water pitcher, baking dish, 2 serving trays, 3 serving bowls, and I bought other miscellaneous cups & things that I liked. I had a small cow, but think I got a good deal (except that they, of course, wouldn't take my travelers check, so we had to find a bank)(the bank with the mumbling bank clerk...).
After the factory we went to a castle. It was very symmetrical, but we couldn't go inside.
After that we went to a church and an old Polish guy started talking to us. He said Americans were wonderful, etc. etc. and how he came to Germany for 3 days with 20,000 whatever the money unit is in Poland and it only got him 9 marks at the bank. He had no right hand & cried, then asked for money. Di game him 3 marks & I gave him my pocket change (which happened to be 12 marks :-() and felt terrible afterwards because I thought I might have been suckered, but now am not so uptight about it...if I can spend 244 marks on dishes, I can certainly believe this man & give him 12 marks!
We made blueberry dessert, did laundry, and now I'm going to bed!
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