second tour through urban KY

Saturday was a prettz short working day. I could have gotten out right after rounds were over at 8.00, but I decided to stay to see some surgeries. I finally left the hospital around noon even though I have had the chance to operate on my first abscess... But I figured those come in often and I should make sure I also got some social life!!!! And Deb, Tim and I did! We went back to Maker's Mark - this time for the guided tour with a tasting at the end. It was great. We got to try the freshly fermented stuff (tasts like beer), the freshly distilled white dog and the aged bourbon. When we were all standing around the big fermenting barrels I was wondering what they would do if someone just stuck their finger in... well, I found out - nothing, they tell you to do so!!!! At the end of the tour I got to dip my own bottle (but I would not have been able to dip 20/minute like the workers their do - it is no easy!) Tim and Deb also arranged to get me an official Maker's Mark embassador certificate, it was read to me and I even got a pin... Some people have beer with the head a tiny state and other's get to taste bourban with an Embassador ;)

On the way back we drove through Hodginsville, which is the town where Abraham Lincoln was born. We stopped at his birthplace and saw the little cabin he and his family used to live in. Unfortunately there were constructions going on, because next year will be an anniversery...

For Dinner we went to a German restaurant in Louisville. Tim and Deb had "Gluehwein" for the first time and I have to admit the food is pretty good there. So if any one of you wants to get an idea of what some typical German dishes taste like, I can recommend you go there!

Sunday was a pretty easy going day. I finally got to sleep in! I managed to catch up with all of my families and in the evening we started to put up the christmas tree. Not knowing what I would get myself into I wanted to help Deb, do some of the things she still had on her never ending list... Putting up almost 400little Lights on a Christmas tree is definetely not easy for someone who usually only puts up 24 lights.... Fortunately Tim and Steve took over at the end, otherwise I would probably have spend all night struggeling...