Thursday we got ready – packed and washed and dried clothes (Brenda’s washer is automatic but takes almost two hours to do a load – and the drier takes over one hour for a very small load.) to get ready for our week end trip to Bad Ischl. Then Brenda remembered that a “Fest” or fair was here in town, so we picked up Kristopher from Kindergarden at 4:00 and went down by the River to it. It was like a big fair except they sold more things like shoes and clothes. We ate delicious Bar-B-Que chicken (1/2) and French fries under a tent the size of a football field. (There were two more of these big beer halls there) It was a “beer hall” with a live 25 piece band in the center. All were dressed in Austrian outfits (red and white) with a girl singer. They were loud, drinking beer, playing, and singing. All the picnic tables had red and white table clothes and the waitress’s were middle age to elderly women. It was all great and I loved it! (P.S. Morris just had to try the beer!) We take all three of the boys everywhere and I can’t believe how good Andrew is. He loves to be pushed in his carriage and he rarely cries (only when he’s hungry).