My Old Kentucky Home

I finally got out at 9.30 this morning. I managed to get almost 4 hours of sleep in the on call room, which was pretty good. I was still tired during the lecture we had to attend in the morning. It was interesting, but I did have a hard time following... A doctor from Hopkins was there to talk about craniofacial reconstruction.
In the afternoon Tim and Deb took me to Maker's Mark. We wanted to go see my barrel (a princess' drink), but we got there too late for the tour and they also told us, they don't know where they store which barrel. We wandered around the place a little and when we got to the distillery a supervisor came by and offered to give us a private tour - being German in America does have some advantages.... ;) He showed us around the distillery, which was extremly cool. On the way back we drove to Bardstown to see the place where Forster got inspired to write "My old Kentucky home" (the state hymn). It is a really neat place. We did the candlelight tour. People had dressed up in costumes and told us all kinds of interesting facts about the old house and his owners. They had two people singing Christmas carols and Christmastrees in all of the rooms. It was really neat. Some of the beds were really scary and I am glad we don't use those kinds of furniture anymore. Unfortunately there was no picture taking allowed inside... In the kitchen they offered Bourbon cake (and chocolate cake) and apple cider. It was a really neat tour! We also got to see the moon when we got back out, the brightest full moon for the next 8years!!! It was bigger and brighter than usual!
Once we got back home I got to drink my first Maker's Mark drink... and slept well after that!