A relaxing day in Waiblingen

Gerhard has been in a rowing club since he was
14 yrs old. I’ve always known this was a big part of his life so I told him I wanted to see his boat. We walked a couple miles along the Rems River
(pic #1) in Waiblingen, to the boathouse (pic 2). He showed us the 4 man boats and oars (pic 3&4). Pic 5 is Gerhard’s one person boat. He paddles with club members several times a week.
On the walk back we stopped at a beer garden for lunch. We had “weisswurst”, a veal sausage that is white, you peel off the outer skin. Tradition has it that weisswurst should be eaten before noon! We had weisswurst with sweet German mustard, a pretzel and of course a beer, I had my radler. The relaxed atmosphere of the beer garden invites you to sit back and just enjoy life, enjoy the weather, and for Davor and Gerhard it was a chance to reminisce about fun times in their friendship. It was also a sweet time to talk about Gerhard’s sweet wife, Heike. The last pic is of one of the decorative entrances to Waiblingen.

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