Saturday with another former exchange student

Today we awoke at 9:00ish -- the guest futon is always so comfortable! We had rolls, croissants, meats, cheese, and jam for our leisurely breakfast. Today was scheduled to be a rainy day, so we played games with the children and caught up with the family. Both families have requested that we not post pictures of the children, so I plan on boring all of my friends and family with the many photos we took of the children! Here is a view of the house and garden.

We also watched another soccer game: Argentina v. Belgium. A babysitter came in the evening, and we walked into town to have dinner at a tapas restaurant. The food was excellent, and Axel was thrilled to see that the Costa Rica-Netherlands game was on two screens near our table.  It was actually a lot of fun because most of the wait staff was rooting for Costa Rica. It was an exciting game.  

Here are some of the many dishes we all sampled -- delightful! 

The only glitch in the evening came when we got our bill. Bob commented that it seemed a bit high, but Axel and I were willing to just pay, so we did. But then Steffi looked more closely at the itemized bill and saw at least two dishes that we hadn't ordered. We were actually over-charged by £40 -- someone had mistakenly added some dishes from another table to our bill. They were very apologetic, but if Bob and Steffi hadn't raised the issue....

We had a leisurely walk back -- bed after midnight.