july 27

July 27th (wind, rain and sun)
Got up to a splendid breakfast before the four of us went to the Uetersen weekly market in the centre of town. Uetersen has approx. 20,000 people and is about 25 kms from Hamburg. They use much more brick in all the homes and buildings and there are many thatched roofs which make the homes look like they are from the Hansel and Gretel storybook.
Irmgard and Rudolf are very environmentally and organically sensitive people. They are totally in love with each other and treat everyone with the utmost consideration whether total strangers or friends and family. They have a lovely home with many beautiful possessions with “a place for everything and everything in its place”. I have mentioned to Georg that we will look at the decorating of our home in a different light when we return home.
After the market, we went for a walk to a rosarium. It is interesting to find out that most of the almost 500 various hybrids of roses in the world were propagated in this district of Germany. We also visited an an old kloster (monastery) for nuns along with some very old heritage buildings and then on to Rudolf and Irmgard’s favorite coffee and torte restaurant. I believe that the German cakes baked by a good konditor are the best in the world. Also, coffee seems to also taste better than anywhere else.
We finished our interesting day by stopping by the Uetersen airport to watch a few small planes taking off and landing before we headed home to a lovely dinner and evening together.