On the road, Day twenty one: Indian food in Erfurt

Where am I? : Ilmenau, Germany

Today we day tripped to Erfurt with the family for lunch and a spot of walking. Lunch was taken at a fabulous Indian restaurant where we had way too much food. A combination of chicken and vegetarian stuff (veggie for Mary and Adam who don't eat food with faces, except for potatoes who do have eyes from time to time) in the form of samosas and sauces to pour over delicious basmati rice, along with naan (Indian flat bread) left us all stuffed and slightly less eager for that walk we'd planned. However we did walk up to the top of some old German fortress (no, I don't know the name. Saint Peter's something-or-other I think... ) and let the kids run around for a bit. I took part in some escorting of my niece around the top, which is mostly just a wall with some grass and broken down old walls in the middle. The view from the top is mostly of the red-roofed town of Erfurt, so I didn't walk away with any actual pictures of the fortress...


- A dial at the top of the fortress, giving the direction and ages of nearby buildings and churches. -



- A view from the top. -


After our little excursion which turned out to be much less walking than I'd initially expected, we speedily made our way to the train and traveled back to Ilmenau for a dinner of some fabulous ice cream. At Adam's suggestion, I got a massive fruit and ice cream affair and managed to demolish the entire thing by myself.


- Before -



- After, though I ate the melon too -

Hooray. The evening finished up with some lazing about the flat before bed.
All and all, a fine first day back from the 2 weeks on the road.