Venturing Into Downtown

Monday, we had a relaxing morning and busy afternoon. The whole day was delightful.

In the morning, we hung out with the Glenns at our apartment and had lunch here. I like being able to cook in the apartment...makes it feel homey.

In the afternoon, the girls ventured out into the city while the boys hung out and played soccer at the apartment. It's World Cup season, as you may know, and the whole town is buzzing about the Germany soccer team. There are photos of them everywhere! It's pretty fun and festive!

This is the Old Rathaus (old city hall). The statue you see in front of it is a major landmark for Goettingen. I'll take better photos and share more about it later. It's really neat to me.

Feeling like a tourist:

We went to a confectionary called Cron & Lanz. It's been around in Goettingen for a very long time and I can see why it's so popular! You walk into the 'showroom' (that's what I called it) and pick out your dessert. They give you a ticket and you go find a table. Then a server comes to your table, takes your ticket and drink order, then brings your dessert and drinks to your table. It was a nice day so we sat outside on the upstairs patio, which was lovely. The dessert was ridiculously delicious. We will be going back here again!

The 'showroom:'

Gorgeous impatients on the patio. The colors are so vibrant in real life that I don't feel like they come across in the photo as bright as they really are.

My dessert, a raspberry tart with fresh whipped cream. Unbelievable. 

As we were walking around on Monday, we saw lots of little places I want to go back and check out. Good thing we've got lots of time! There is an H&M on the square. Even though it's a European company, it made me feel more at home to see it! 

We went into the Old Rathaus and looked around the Goettingen gift shop, which was really cute. There is a lady there that speaks English and she was so nice and answered all our questions. We went to the grocery store again, another Rewe, and then took the bus back to the Williams' house, where we had dinner and ice cream and stayed up and chatted. 

The best part of my Monday might have been sleeping 6 consecutive hours! The Lord is faithful!