Grandma

Grandma erholt sich langsam von ihrem letzten Cache-Aufenthalt. Ein erster Schritt war, dass wir sie zum Essen ausgeführt haben in ein kleines Lokal, wo sie ein typisch deutsches Schnitzel mit Pommes gegessen hat.
Außerdem entwickelt sie sich langsam zur Einrichtungsexpertin. Nachdem sie schon mit Alice bei IKEA war, hat sie auch mit uns "die Möglichkeiten entdeckt" und uns erfolgreich beraten. Und sie liebt Kötbullar. :-)
Tja, nachdem alles so gut lief, haben wir dann einen kleinen Faux-pas begangen: Wir haben sie mit in die Mensa genommen. Vielleicht hätte die Salat-Theke es gerettet, aber Schnitzel mit Nudeln? Oh je... Danach haben wir ihr im Botanischen Garten die Wetterstation des Institutes für Physik der Atmosphäre gezeigt, um gut Wetter zu machen. ;-)
Ja, und dann hat tobsas sie heute mit auf die "Kleine Salzkopf-Rund genommen". War sie anfangs noch begeistert von dem Spaziergang, so wurde später die Angst vor der dunklen Box immer größer. Daher habe ich sie wieder mit nach Hause genommen. Am Wochenende würde sie gerne mit uns Boot fahren, mal schaun ob das klappt...

Grandma is getting back into good mood after our rescue from the cache "Grenzerfahrung" was one day late. "... so stupid not to find me and forcing me to stay another night in the dark. Hell, they wont bring me back into a box that soon? But they won't find the next one quickly if they didn't learn anything from this desaster..."
To calm her down we took her the first night at our home out for dinner to a small restaurant, so she could enjoy a typical German Schnitzel with french fries. "Not too bad, but they have to do something else for me to compensate for the stress!"

Beside that, she seems to become an expert for furniture: After her visit to IKEA with Alice, she guided us through the whole store and told us what to buy for our apartment. And she loves Kötbullar! :-)

Well, after all went so good ("anything outside of those boxes is a good thing!!!"), we made a mistake... "Damnit, they tried to poison me! First night we had a wonderful Schnitzel and this time ... Damnit! They forced me into the cafeteria of their university to take a Schnitzel with an Italian name which means that there are no french fries but pasta and tomato sauce with it. 'What the heck...' I thought and told the lady at the counter right away to skip the tomato sauce, so at least that was ... well, eatable. But I learned that most cafeterias are infamous in Germany. After that so-called lunch they showed me the botanical garden and the meteorological weather station in there - first I thought those two fools wanted to place me inside of this white house, but that is full with technical equipment, so they failed! :)" (Actually, we didn't even try to as it's no geocache, Grandma...)

"Today, tobsas took me on a tour called 'Die kleine Salzkopf-Runde'. He promised to go for a nice 4km walk, but mentioned that a box is waiting in the end only after more than 2km and more than 115 steps up and down a tower! Damnit! I HATE BOXES! He even couldn't tell me if and when somebody will come to pick me up. I resisted to stay in the box - they are invited to join some other geocachers for a trip with a boat on the weekend if the weather permits. So I want to stay with tobsas! Maybe the Team Wutzebear who supplied me with the quilt I'm so proud of is coming along too - I want to go there! They didn't put me in the first geocache they found ..."

Ok, Grandma, I'll take you back home with me and we'll see if we can go for the boat trip on the weekend...

[This entry was edited by tobsas on Sunday, June 24, 2007 at 12:48:46 PM.]

Nachdem Grandma gestern offenbar viel Spaß daran hatte, uns beim Herumirren rund um ihren Cache zuzuschauen, hat sie heute dann doch Lust gehabt, ihr aktuelles Zuhause "Grenzerfahrung" zu verlassen und sich uns anzuschließen. Bisher ist sie guter Laune - wir haben ihr noch nicht verraten, dass es hier weder Nintendo noch Zigaretten gibt... Mal schauen was passiert, wenn sie es merkt - wir werden es euch wissen lassen!

Viele Grüße von tobsas

We opened the box. "Who's this? Ah, the two young fools who run forever around the cache but couldn't find it. But why did you go away when I yelled for you to give you the position to rescue me? You know what it means to be placed inside for three days? Damnit! And you're so stupid that I had to stay a day longer here... Now it doesn't matter, I'll come with you, it can't be more boring than inside a box..." After Grandma obviously enjoyed watching us yesterday when we were looking for her and the cache without success, she decided today to leave her recent home "Grenzerfahrung" and join us. Up to the moment she is in a good mood - we haven't told her yet that there are neither Nintendo nor cigarettes... Let's see what happens when she realizes it - we will let you know!

Greetings from tobsas

Grandma was happy when we took her to the Graz outlet of Europe's most famous furniture shop, IKEA. Everything a lot cheaper than at home!

Next day she assisted in the liberation of "der MatheMagier" from a hideout called "Ali's Wonderland: Austria". This little guy bewitched her to such an extent that she insisted on going to the Graz technical University in order to study mathematics. But she was not admitted there, as she did not have her high school diploma with her. What a deception.

Grandma then travelled back to Germany with me. None of the caches on the way attracted her. We are getting along fine, Grandma has become friends with the neighbours here in Marburg (and I think, they give her cigarettes, but I prefer not to know).
Yesterday I told her about visiting a cache of mine which is called "Grenzerfahrung". This made her curious. Maybe we shall give it a try and let Grandma experience her limits ....

[This entry was edited by alice on Wednesday, April 28, 2004 at 2:34:02 PM.]