Day Two -- Continued

Lunch with Antje and Tara was a great success. Antje sat directly across from Andreas so they could talk more easily. I impressed Antje with how much German I knew, including the word for opportunity 'gelegenheit'.

During lunch Andreas had mentioned how much he missed good German bread. I suggested that we go to Siegfried's Delicatessen, which is the German restaurant that I grew up going to. Initially we had planned on going to Temple Square but when Andreas found out that we couldn't go into the temple, he had no interest in going.

Since it was raining and we hadn't brought an umbrella, Jeff bought two umbrellas at a bookstore nearby: one with kittens and one with dolphins. Andreas ended up taking the one with dolphins -- the most masculine one.

I could tell that Siegfried's was quite surreal for him. He asked me if different items were sold in American supermarkets but when I told him no he seemed surprised. He bought schwartzbrot and Jeff bought some schokolade.

Then we took him home and went to visit my Mom for awhile. I find it somewhat exhausting to move between my father and mother's world, between English and German.