Feiertag in Germany means every shop is closed. Stefan, Jutta, and I were going to drive to Holland to shop there instead, but then Katri's host family called to ask if I would go with them to go sight-seeing. I picked sight-seeing, because this week is going to be full of shopping in CentrO and Bonn, and Jutta and Stephan are still finishing up their tax papers.
We went to the Biblical Open-air Museum for most of the day. There is one building with artifacts from Judaism, Christian, and Islamic history. The place had many models of cities and temples such as Jerusalem that could be lit up to show different parts.
Rebecca, me, Katri, and Benjamin's hand
Outside in the open air part were larger models of buildings from the time periods. We got to walk through a middle-eastern town, a Greek house, a caravan stopping point, and a fishing village, among others. It was an interesting opportunity.
In the caravan building were two women in traditional garb giving out samples of some sort of wheaty pancake type food. There were also chickens, donkeys, and camels on the grounds. Katri and I even rode one.
Sort of.
Katri pretending to be a sheep
in the "natural" cave sheep fold.
We went into a city center after the museum. There were more bikes there than I have ever seen at one time, even in Germany, but we soon found out why. The city was having its own holiday type event, with rides and boutiques and food. We went on a few rides, ate roasted almonds, went on a couple more rides. It was fun, but by the end we were so tired we practically slept on the way back to Germany. 
Rebecca and Katri on the swing-carousal ride.
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