Tuesday, March 5, 2013

ANJA'S FIRST AFFAGATO!


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Friday, March 1, 2013

A Beautiful Day with Anja and Konny


I was surprised, when I went to the door to pick up Anja to go to the street market, that Konny came with her. He didn’t have class this morning, so we were very pleased that he decided to hang out with us.

Anja found a new purse to replace the old one that was about to break at the strap! She was looking for a huge, carry everything purse, and she found just the right one for her. When we had looked all over the rest of the street market…it covers 2 large parking lots and 2 large and long streets…we dropped by the Slow Food office to look around the shop. By then we were ready for Konny’s wild coffee and a rest. Surprisingly, I could drink this wild coffee with no schizophrenic reactions! He said that would be true, but I was amazed! And, the coffee was very good. Konny loves to grow his food and forage for food, as well as to cook. We love for him to do those things too, so I gave him the terra cotta planters that we need to discard. They are definitely not within our 50- pound luggage limit!!! He really appreciated the gift, and I’m sure he will put them to good use!

In the afternoon, Konny did have to go to class, so I took Anja up the hill to the overlook at Zizzola. It was a cloudy day, so the view was not the best, but we could see all through the valley…just not much of the Alps. From there, we went on to deliver laundry at the Big Store. Anja shopped while I took care of that and got some bananas. By the time I returned, she had bought a lovely dress for 90% off (Wow!). She was very pleased with her 10euro purchase, which startedgot a conversation about Dave Ramsey’s Financial Peace University that Peter and I taught at our church. She was fascinated and wanted to look online for more information. I hope you’ll like what you read, Anja!

On the walk back home, I finally got an opportunity to introduce Anja to Affagato! As you can see, she ordered 2, since she thought they were so good! (Really, Colleen?) Well, I did eat MOST of “her” second one!!! They are irresistible, and now Anja is an Affagato snob, too!!!  Maybe we should start an Affagato Club!!!

She’s going back to Germany tomorrow. I hope you can come back next weekend, Anja. I have really enjoyed our excursions this week.

Baci,

Colleen

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