I slept really well last night - I think I must have dozed off about 11, then woke at 12:30 and then didn't wake again until 3:30! And then woke properly around 6, to "proper" Oberstdorf weather - it was raining! As we had to be away by 14:00, when our exit ticket expired (this is new; last year they had a token for exit, but I don't know what you did if you wanted to exit and re-enter. This year, it is a far more sophisticated system! But they keep on improving that place, year on year).
We got up early, and the Swan Whisperer went to the place where you can get unpasteurised milk, and then got rolls for breakfast from the bakery. Once we had had breakfast, we used the services and got the WoMo all ready to leave, returned our Kurkarte and got our deposit back, and then went up to the rink.
I am delighted to say that I have gone back and forth to the rink at least twice a day, except today when it was only once, and never once have I had to stop for breath part-way there! This has never happened in all the years we have been coming here in the WoMo, and in the Van before it, so I am very, very pleased!
I was very sleepy, and may have dozed off during the free dances, which is a pity. I did manage to watch the Bagets, who say every year that it will be the last time, but I think they mean it now they are in their 80s! They were, gratifyingly, Not Last in their class.
After the free dances, some of which were more watchable than others, it was the Silver Ladies III and IV Free Skating, in which we had several friends competing. But, sadly, after that class it was time for us to leave if we were to have lunch before our longish drive. We said goodbye to various friends, and returned to the WoMo by way of the bakery, where we treated ourselves to filled rolls and a "last day" raspberry strudel, which we shared.
We called in at the ReWe to return empty beer bottles and buy leeks and mushrooms, and there was a miniature watermelon.... and then we set off to this little town near Stuttgart. We came here last year on our way home, too - it's only a car-park, but there are dedicated motorhome spaces, and it is free. I gather there is a parkrun not far away, so the SW is planning to do that. When we arrived we were both tired and hungry, so I regret to say we ate cheese on toast and a bit of fruit. This means our supper - chicken casserole - will be late, but cooking it will warm up the WoMo, which feels dank and chilly tonight!
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