A Day of Shopping

On President's Day, we decided to go shopping. Our first stop was Idar-Oberstein. We parked our rental car in a lot close to the train station, because David wanted to show me the machine that prints train schedules and personal itineraries in English (and other languages). Very helpful.

After the train station, we walked across the street to a shopping area. Katherine loved looking at the pigeons. A friendly German lady came out of her pretzel stand to talk to us. I didn't understand a word she was saying, but David's been studying German and he thinks she was trying to tell us not to eat the pigeons because their legs have been bound... or something like that.

We found a nice toy shop and bought Katherine a cute little wooden push toy. Then we went to a restaurant inside Karlstadt (a German department store), and had lunch. It was kind of like a buffet where you fill your own tray and then go to the cashier. She looks at how much food you have on your plate and charges you accordingly. I was afariad to go first, because I had no idea how much things cost, so I sat down at a table near a play area with Katherine and let David go first. His meal cost 10 euros, later mine cost 6 euros. I don't know why.

I went to the bathroom to wash my hands before I ate. There was a guy outside the restrooms waiting for tips. I guess he's the janitor, but I didn't feel like leaving a tip just for washing my hands. Everyone should wash their hands before they eat, right?

Later I felt bad, because he probably works very hard and his job is not very glamorous, so when David went back to change Katherine's diaper, I mad sure he took a tip with him.

This is going to be a funny story, but I'll have to finish it later.

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