February 27, 2023

Market days in Uelzen are Saturday and Wednesday from 7 until 2.  Big market trucks pull into the main street which is blocked off and the market happens rain or snow, summer and winter. Several trucks sell meat, bread, cheese and there is a large vegetable vendor.  All of the vegetables are marked where they are grown so you can buy locally if you want to.  Yesterday we didn’t buy anything as our fridge is stocked but by next Wednesday we will get our food from the market.  I have started a painting of the flower truck and a close-up of the bakery truck.  This morning I bought some flowers and sweets for the paintings.

After going to the market in the morning, we hiked to the river and the park at the very far end of our street.  I was so tired by the time we got there that I didn’t cross the highway and go on the hiking trails.

Yesterday we went for a walk with Ivy, Kai, Michael and Emily and we found access to the river that is very handy.  Kai wanted to take Janice, my walker. We decided to rename the walker, Oma, since Janice is Kai and Ivy’s Grandmother.  Ivy is just three and she rode her two wheeler bike and Kai was the old lady, pushing “Oma”.