Village of Biberach

Yesterday I walked down the hill from the apartment to find the bus stop in Ummendorf and catch the 1:02 bus to Biberach, where Doug spends his workdays. When the bus didn’t arrive on schedule, I asked a couple of English-speaking women about the bus delay, and found out that the time was for Sonntag…which is Sunday! The M-F pick up was 1:52 pm. False start number 1, as Doug’s dad would say. When I returned to the stop at the correct time, I met a delightful couple…also going to Biberach. They invited me to join them and even paid my fare! For the next few hours I enjoyed shopping in the town square area, where there’s a magnificent church. A funny incident occurred when I tried to buy Tums from a clerk who didn’t speak English. After lots of hand gestures, she suggested pills that I figured out were for weight loss! Finally I showed her the word “indigestion” in my German phrase book. Ahh…she got it. Doug met me after work and we ate dinner at a cool restaurant – Ente. It was suggested to Doug, as Mr. Liebherr (head of the multi-billion$ company) eats there when he’s in town, and even keeps his line of Liebherr wines there! We were tempted to try one, but the price of a bottle was a bit more than we wanted to spend. Food was fabulous – I had white fish from the Bodenze and Doug had grilled lamb. For dessert we shared homemade coconut ice cream with pineapple sauce. Yum!!