Sunny, playful weekend

On Friday we met our land-lady for the second time. We took her to this nice Italian restaurant and had a nice evening. Even the Chef himself came out to ask if the food was OK. And it was, as always. Be sure to try La Veneziana, if you're ever in Bochum.

On Saturday, we went to visit a Finnish family living in Herne. We played Robots on the XBox, then we played the board game of the year, Niagara and decided to stay overnight. Sunday was, as its name says, sunny. We drove to a nearby field to fly two kites. It was fun. And once again the laws of physics and Murphy combined meant that the wind was best just when we were packing the kites away.

Today, we were visited by a terrible trio. I don't know what these dwarfy monsters had done but they wanted candy from us. We were luckily well prepared. We actually buy candy every time we go to the store (once a week) just for this kind of case. If a small monster, or a ghost or troll appears at our doorstep demanding something sweet, we have something to give. And today it worked, the bloody bandits disappeared as soon as our lollipops had vanished into their bags. Virpi is still shaking from the encounter.