Gutmadingen

Gutmadingen was the town that I was sent to.  When I got there it was about 8 oclock and I walked into the first Gasthaus that I saw, the Gasthaus Ochsen (oxen).  When I came in there was a small group of people at the table, I asked them if I could gt something to eat here, and they looked at me and said I could eat wine there, then the owner came out and said of course I could and brought me a menu.  He sked if I could read German and I said yes.  I ordered and got the best Jagrschnitzel I have ever had.  While I wa eating I could tell the people were talking about me.  The owner came back to my table and asked about where I was from, etc.  H invitd me to put up my tent in his garden  We talked for a few minutes and he invted me to come to the Stammtisch, the table everyone else was at, I said thank you and did.  This is rare to be invited to the Stammtisch so I was impressed.  So I had a beer with everyone and then as a treat one of the other men who was there and is a magician put on a show for the group.  We all had a great time and then I was invited by one of the other men, Rudi, to stay at his house instead of camping.  I thought this was a great idea so we went back to his house and talked about all kinds of things until 2 in the morning then I got to sleep on the sofa bed.  Next morning we got up and had breakfast, which one of the others had brought over for us.  Gutmadingen is the home of a tractor manufacturer and they will have a big antique tractor fest this weekend, to which I was invited back.  Unfortunately because of the knee problem and being in Austria now I will not be able to go.