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A day in Freiburg with my aunt and uncle

Tuesday

Awake at 07:10, up at 09:30.

I’m planing on meeting my aunt Joke (that’s YOKE-uh) and uncle Rob today. They’re retired and spend most of their time touring around Europe and the world. Home for them is the Netherlands.

They’re staying at the camping just outside Neuf-Brisach! I’m waiting to hear back from them; meanwhile I’m going to eat a porridge and apple breakfast.

Tram:

  • Am Kirchacker is my bus stop
  • From Doftbrunnen, take tram 5 richtung Hornusstraße
  • Get off at Bertoldsbrunnen

Task list:

  • Buy maps: €26.99 for maps to get me to Ulm
  • Get washing done: ready at 19:30 tonight
  • Buy groceries
    • soap
    • bin bags
    • loo paper
    • shredded carrot
    • packet soups
  • Post redundant map
  • Meet Joke and Rob
  • Sit in a café
  • Transcribe notebook 4
  • Plan route to Ulm

09:49: I’m in Bertoldsbrunnen. On my way to the map shop. No word from Joke via either email or WhatsApp.

10:44: Map shopping done. €26.99.

11:40: Wandering around. Finally got a message from Joke. They’re on their way to the town. I’m going to sit and read for a bit with a hot chocolate. The day is warm and sunny.

13:48: €25.56 for lunch and coffee for Joke and Rob.

16:26: A lovely relaxed afternoon hanging around with Joke and Rob. Get the snap from her of me and the plush wild boar! Dropping home for a bit and then out to the Netto for some shopping.

16:54: On the way to Netto and MediaMarkt.1

18:30: Shopping done. €9.37 for carrots, bread, butter, salad cream, yoghurt, appelmoes2, eggs, scallions, soap, loo paper, bin bags.

23:06: Transcribed a day and a half from the previous notebook into blot.im and caught up on some email conversations. I skipped dinner because I had lunch and dinner in town with Joke and Rob. Instead, I had two small bowls of appelmoes and yoghurt. Tomorrow’s breakfast will be omelette I think. Also I discovered Google Voice typing is tolerable for getting content into a text editor quickly. I think I’ll give that a try tomorrow.

Oh, and Luiza came around and did my washing for €2. I think she went a bit heavy on the detergent because the whole room smells of it now. I’ll air them tomorrow as well.

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  1. I was seriously considering getting a tiny laptop.

  2. The direct translation is apple sauce, but appelmoes is different. It’s a sweet, lightly spiced cooked apple paste, usually served hot.

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