The weather in the Alps in May is changeable, to say the least! It was bitterly cold on Saturday, when we arrived, and all the skaters froze at the welcome party. Then yesterday was really lovely, mostly sunny and very warm, and today - this afternoon, really - it has been very wet indeed. It wouldn't really be Oberstdorf without a picture like this:
Anyway, the Swan Whisperer went for a run this morning before breakfast, but I found myself really tired - I seem to have overdone it rather over the past few days! I did get up when he came in and, after breafast, contemplated going into town to visit the local Lidl, but realised that this was simply Not On, so contented myself with going to Norma, which is even nearer to the Wohnmobilstellplatz than Lidl is to home!
I went up to the rink to see at least one skater that I wanted to see, but found I was very tired, so when she had skated I went back to the WoMo and lay down for a bit before lunch, missing another skater I should have liked to have seen. After lunch, I again lay down and rested for awhile, but headed up to the rink (in the pouring rain) for 5:30 to watch pretty much continuously from then until the close of play. Zorans seems to be closed on Mondays (although I'm not actually sure that it was tonight - but perhaps it doesn't when there is An Event on), so we went out to a local take-away called "Zur Currywurst" and got ourselves the eponymous sausage and a portion of chips to take away. Which was delicious, and I ate all my sausage and pretty much my fair share of chips, too! We hadn't realised the sausages would come with rolls, so we decided to keep them and have them for breakfast tomorrow.
We saw all the women skaters we wanted to see in Gold V Free, Silver II Artistic; and Gold III Artistic which was very frustrating - two friends were lying first and second in the class (only 5 skaters in it), when the fifth skater pipped both of them and (deservedly) won the class! My friend who came 2nd was very frustrated as she said that is the 8th time she has come second, and never yet won!
I was very stiff by the time the skating finished - ice rinks are not comfortable places to sit for hours, and I ended up with serious chapelbottom! I had the inflatable cushion for my back, but the flat cushion I like to sit on is fabric, and there wasn't room to stuff it in my bag, and it was too wet to just carry it, so I left it back in the WoMo. I must manage things better tomorrow, but I hope it won't be quite so cold and wet. This being Oberstdorf, it will probably snow.... And despite everything, I have still done almost 7k steps today!
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