Black Forest for Happy Hour 12/12/08

I go with to the Black Forest for happy hour. Elizabeth, Kate, Lizzy, and Katherine (our intern) come along. Linda meets us later.

Everyone orders beer, except for me. I have been coughing too much so I get a hot toddy (whiskey, lemon, hot water, and honey) then another.

The restaurant is empty when we get in, but by 6:30 it is totally crowded, plus there is live music. Two musicians, one plays a horn, the other one the acordion. The later one sings too. They are dressed in typical tirolean costumes and they work the place, moving from table to table, they stop for a few songs then move on.

Eventually they come to our table. They have been singing in English up to now. Linda asks them for a song in German, they sing two. One of the songs is one of these Yay, Yay, Yay songs that everyone can sing along. Elizabeth wants to give them a couple of bucks, but they can’t hear her when she offers them so she justs stuffs them on the suspenders of one of them. He doesn’t really notice at first, but later on grabs the money and thanks her. After that we leave.

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