Went out for lunch at Carpaccio. An Italian restaurant with actual Italians. Great little courtyard, with lattice and umbrellas (it was sunny here, by the way; a miracle!) The boys and I went, along with Martin, the lovely Ulla (who should have known better) and the indomitable Dominik.
Martin insists on ordering a whole liter of chianti, even though he was the only one who wanted any. Well, actually, I did that. Martin was kind enough to go along. But I need to work something like a chum with a bottle of rum in here, to make the Buffet allusion work. Really great lunch, first rate, kind of Martin to suggest it.
Our waiter was hilarious. Funny, insulting, did a little dance. Long hair pulled back, oiled down, about five foot ten and 150 pounds, looked like an Italian waiter should look. Kept checking back, brought the food quickly. I briefly forgot I was in Germany, with such service. The pizzas and pasta all very good.
Then we climbed the Huguenot Church in the main square. Yes, we did. It's tall.
. Amazing view.Then the boys and I went back to the Hotelchen, where I immediately napped for 20 minutes. Fortunately, Hajo called and woke me up. He was at Berg, waiting for us. We didn't get up there until nearly 17:00, and it was really hard to find a table. Martin was going to join us later (after HIS nappie). Finally found a table, near "The Kessel" at Entla's Keller. This description is funny, both the "boiling" and the list of cheesy sing-along songs. Here is the Kessel (yes, that's really what is going on; our table was above a bit, though, not in the boiling):
After we found a table, shared with some other folks (Ha-Jo did this, crucial to be quick and speak German), we sat for quite a while (Ha-Jo had some entla, which was cool). Our table companions left, leaving half a table open. This is like a pretty girl in a tight tube top sitting alone at a dance for sailors just back from the sea. LOTS of people were hitting on us, though of course they only wanted us for our table. We were trying to hold seats for Martin, Ulla, and Dominik, but we were under constant attack. Apparently (Martin insists) I left a phone message for him (he was still napping) that was like a call for an air strike in a bad war movie: "Martin! You have to get here. We can't (loud noise)...Wow! That was close. We can't hold on much longer. Please...(loud crashing and banging)... You have got to get here!"
And then they did get there, and it was all good, and we sang and danced on the tables at the Kessel.
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Three things: First, your image shows the Neustaedter Kirche which we saw from the Hugenottenkirche. This is easily excusable since there are three churches in Erlangen with almost the same height (http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erlangen#Protestantische_Kirchen) The Hugenottenkirche might remind us of Darth Vader, as a fellow American professor once remarked.
Second, you really must have been excited when you called while being under attack: You were actually talking to me then. I kept replying that it would be fine, and that you could give the seats to someone else. We would still be coming. And so we did.
And in the end, Mungowitz waived good-bye - again. He just mungered out of the Berg. Like he did in 2009. Mungerer! (He did not munger out of Erlangen though. So, I am not complaining.)
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