14 June ’04, Monday. Last night we were handed a catalog from a distributor of camping equipment. The catalog was very impressive so we planned to go shopping in the morning. Off we went about 10:30 ready to spend, spend, spend. Well you might say that after we found the place we were greatly disappointed. It was more of a catalog store that a store that had things that you could walk out the door with. A great disappointment to say the least. The only positive was we came back with money saved…. We had set this day apart just for that bit of shopping so we just headed back to camp. Louise has one of those books that she just can’t lay down so that has given her a full day of reading. As for me, I dug out the car wax and waxed the van….boy that was fun. One thing that we do look forward to is meeting as many people we can at the campgrounds. Because we are running with Dutch license plates it is often very confusing to our camp ground compatriots when all they hear from us is English. Most of the campers here are German and a few from Holland, Poland, and Italy. We have found that just about 60% or more will speak English once we have gone through a little conversation of both languages and it is hopeless to continue on their side. All are very gracious and interested in our journey. They are also a people that travel quite extensively. We have gotten many interesting ideas and locations that we should see and do while we are here in Europe.
Today we did find a Internet computer that we could use for our email. I just happened to see a sign across the street from the grocery store that said “come browse the internet”. Well it didn’t take long for me to make it across the street. The shop was owned by a young German who had a chance to live in Texas for 4 years while working for a big telecom company. His English was perfect, even with a Southern accent. He even offered me the opportunity to use my laptop to up-load to the web. All this was free…Thank You Greg !!! Tomorrow…..Busing it to Bomberg for the sites of the town.
Today we did find a Internet computer that we could use for our email. I just happened to see a sign across the street from the grocery store that said “come browse the internet”. Well it didn’t take long for me to make it across the street. The shop was owned by a young German who had a chance to live in Texas for 4 years while working for a big telecom company. His English was perfect, even with a Southern accent. He even offered me the opportunity to use my laptop to up-load to the web. All this was free…Thank You Greg !!! Tomorrow…..Busing it to Bomberg for the sites of the town.