Adieu, Summer

Today we said "goodbye" to summer. It was supposedly the last summery day of the season. Marc finished a meeting earlier than expected and called to ask me if I wanted to join him for an evening on the sea.

He picked me up at the train station and we headed to a local park, which has a sea fed by the Neckar River. Unfortunately, this sea doesn't offer the possibility to swim, but it does have a very nice beer garden. So we grabbed some Wurst and Potato Wedges.

(Sorry, but a side note: the cat just wrapped her paws around the cupboard handle - pretty much like a person would do - and opened the cupboard. I now have my camera sitting next to me to attempt to get this feat of cat genius on film. Unfortunately, she has left the vicinity of the cupboard. People, this is one smart cat!)

Sitting in the sun, looking out at the water and eating our simple (fatty!) meal, it felt like we have the best lives ever.

And then, we took it up a notch. Yes, we rented a paddle boat. Girls, is this not the MOST romantic thing ever?? Maybe you've never met the mushy side of me before. Well now you have!

We paddled around for a half hour, watched the sun set behind the hills (unfortunately, we didn't have a camera - maybe next time) and promised ourselves that we would never become workaholics, who can't take off from work at 5 p.m. (after an 8.25 hour day!) to just enjoy life.

Then we headed back to the dock, back to our car and back home.

It was a perfect, lovely evening.